John Boyd Thacher State Park, is situated along the Helderberg Escarpment, one of the richest fossil-bearing formations in the world. Even as it safeguards six miles of limestone cliff-face, rock-strewn slopes, woodland and open fields, the park provides a marvelous panorama of the Hudson-Mohawk Valleys and the Adirondack and Green Mountains. The park has volleyball courts, playgrounds, ball fields and numerous picnic areas with nine reservable shelters. Interpretive programs are offered year-round, including guided tours of the famous Indian Ladder Trail. There are over 25 additional miles of trails for summer hiking and mountain biking, and winter cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, and snowmobiling.
More unstable weather, heat and humidity ahead. But alas it’s summer and sometimes it is just sultry out. I am sure it will be much nicer here in the Finger Lakes though then back home.
Tonight. Muggy !
Mostly clear.
South wind 3 to 8 mph.
and
72 degrees
,66 max dew point,
6:01
sunrise.
Thursday. Muggy !
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Increasing clouds and hot.
Heat index values as high as 98. South wind 6 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
and
93 degrees
,71 max dew point,
8:25
sunset.
Thursday Night. Muggy !
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 8pm and 9pm. Mostly cloudy.
Light south wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
and
69 degrees
,71 max dew point,
6:02
sunrise.
Friday. Muggy !
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy.
Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
and
85 degrees
,72 max dew point,
8:24
sunset.
Friday Night. Muggy !
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy.
Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
and
69 degrees
,72 max dew point,
6:03
sunrise.
Saturday. Muggy !
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny.
Chance of precipitation is 40%.
and
89 degrees
,73 max dew point,
8:23
sunset.
Saturday Night. Muggy !
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly clear.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
and
70 degrees
,72 max dew point,
6:04
sunrise.
Sunday. Muggy !
A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny and hot.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
and
92 degrees
,74 max dew point,
8:21
sunset.
Sunday Night. Muggy !
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
and
71 degrees
,71 max dew point,
6:06
sunrise.
Monday. Muggy !
A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly sunny.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
and
89 degrees
,72 max dew point,
8:20
sunset.
Monday Night. Muggy !
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy.
Good evening! A nice evening after a hot day swimming. 🏊♂️
Sitting by Foster Pond for a while, saw two shooting stars but also a fair amount of haze around.
Partly clear and 77 degrees at the Town of Hector. ✨ Moderate breeze, sometimes humid sometimes cool and refreshing. Seems to be mixing of the air currents between the lakes. The dew point is 62 degrees.
Spent the bulk of the day at Enfield Glen 🏊♂️ hiking in the morning through the Glen and the Lucifer Falls Loop and exploring the Grist Mill followed by spending the bulk of the day swimming in the gorge. Refilled my propane tank and camp back to camp, bought sweet corn 🌽 and made burgers 🍔 on the grill and then read 📖 until around 9:15.
It was kind of a nice day but hot by afternoon. 🏖 The swimming was nice but it was hot especially when I had to stay out of the water 💦 for a while for a work conference call. 📞 I think I might have picked up swimmers itch from the water but the stuff I use on my feet can be sprayed on my balls ⚽ to address that. 😂
Yesterday was a quieter day at camp ⛺, cloudy ⛅ but rain free and quiet. Dusty though when cars went by from it being so dry. Got through two books, 📚 took a nice afternoon nap after some fishing 🎣 and wildlife observation at Potomac Ponds. Kind of hot and dry, did a fair bit of drinking 🍻. I kind of enjoy the more relaxed pace this year.
Somebody emailed 📧 yesterday about making some KML Google Maps up and it sent me down the long journey of thinking 💭 how I could do it in R in an automated way. I had previously been doing it by exporting the geopackages from R into QGIS but I want more control and automation over the process.
The MapColoring package provides functions for assigning colors to polygon maps such that no two adjacent features have the same color, while using a minimal number of colors. If provided more than the minimal required number of colors for a given map, it selects colors in a manner that maximizes color contrasts between adjacent polygons. The package also implements the DSATUR graph coloring algorithm in R.
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then a slight chance of showers between 11am and noon. Mostly sunny.
Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
and
79 degrees
,66 max dew point,
8:27 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … August 13th.
Mostly clear.
Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm in the evening.
and
61 degrees
,62 max dew point,
5:59 sunrise.
Wednesday. Hot !
Sunny.
Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
and
86 degrees
,61 max dew point,
8:25 sunset.
Wednesday Night. Muggy !
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Partly cloudy.
South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
and
73 degrees
,66 max dew point,
6:00 sunrise.
Thursday. Muggy !
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly sunny.
South wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
and
91 degrees
,72 max dew point,
8:24 sunset.
Thursday Night. Muggy !
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
and
71 degrees
,71 max dew point,
6:01 sunrise.
Friday. Feels like … August 22nd.
Showers likely.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
and
81 degrees
,71 max dew point,
8:23 sunset.
Friday Night. Muggy !
A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
and
70 degrees
,70 max dew point,
6:02 sunrise.
Saturday. Muggy !
A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
and
86 degrees
,71 max dew point,
8:22 sunset.
Saturday Night. Muggy !
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy.
More clouds this morning but still a nice morning. The breeze makes it pleasantly cool, when the sun dips under the clouds, it actually feel quite cool.
Partly cloudy and 74 degrees at the Finger Lakes National Forest. ⛅ There is a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 66 degrees. The skies will clear around 10 am.
Yesterday, I headed into town at worked down at the library for a couple of hours. 🏊♀️ While not so hot up here in the National Forest, down in Watkins Glen it was really hot and a library was very cold. So I ended my day at the Watkins Glen Pool, got ice cream 🍦 sat down briefly by Seneca Lake until I decided that sun was super hot and glaring, and I headed back to camp.
Today is a hang out and hike from camp day. 🎣 Do some fishing,some wildlife observation. Supposed to have more sun later on. I am continuing on the plan of spend one day around camp, and one day out and about. That said, with the exteme heat expected to bake New York State in the second half of the week, I doubt I’ll be doing much hiking — more like hitting up swimming holes. I like hanging around camp though every other day, as I don’t have to feel rushed to do things and can have some beer.
This table shows the average high, median, and low temperatures for the next year. Previous year values are shown in parenthesis. The sun angle is the maximum sun angle at solar noon for the day.
Should be a good evening for star 🌟 gazing but later in the week looks more unstable but hot. Not a lot of rain though in the forecast which is nice.
Today. Feels like …
July 15th.
Mostly sunny.
South wind 5 to 9 mph.
and
84 degrees
,64 max dew point,
8:28
sunset.
Tonight. Muggy !
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy.
South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
and
69 degrees
,68 max dew point,
5:58
sunrise.
Tuesday. Feels like …
September 1st.
A chance of showers before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 11am, then a slight chance of showers after 11am. Partly sunny.
Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
and
79 degrees
,68 max dew point,
8:27
sunset.
Tuesday Night. Feels like …
August 20th.
Mostly clear.
Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening.
and
60 degrees
,
5:59
sunrise.
Wednesday. Hot !
Sunny.
South wind 3 to 7 mph.
and
86 degrees
,61 max dew point,
8:25
sunset.
Wednesday Night. Hot !
Partly cloudy.
and
72 degrees
,64 max dew point,
6:00
sunrise.
Thursday. Muggy !
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly sunny and hot.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
and
92 degrees
,71 max dew point,
8:24
sunset.
Thursday Night. Muggy !
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
and
71 degrees
,71 max dew point,
6:01
sunrise.
Friday. Feels like …
September 1st.
A chance of showers.
Chance of precipitation is 50%.
and
79 degrees
,70 max dew point,
8:23
sunset.
Friday Night. Muggy !
A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy.
