Good morning! Happy Sunday. Cloudy and 68 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Pretty good thunderstorm heading for Delmar now. There is a south breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 65 degrees. The skies will clear around 6 pm.

So I’m back home 🏡. Got home last night but I was tired 😴 and didn’t post anything on my blog. I did spend a little time fixing a glitch in the mobile version which came about with the scrolling 📜 as I tried to optimize things further for speed. ⌚

It wasn’t a bad trip home, 🚘 although I didn’t like driving the Northway as I’ve gotten very sick of Expressway driving so I tend to avoid them. But it sure is fast taking the expressway. I drove down through the high peaks – I had no interest in stopping at all – and then took the wrong road back to Hammond Pond. 😕 Ended up in Moria. When I hiked back to Hammond Pond I got eaten alive by horse flies and slipped in the mud and decided it was time to go home.

Called mom on the phone 📞 to see about Sunday dinner 🍲 and I’ll probably go out there if the weather is good enough for a picnic. I also discussed what I should do next about the noise I’m hearing in the truck – she agrees with me that I should get it fixed before my next trip.

Today will havethunderstorms, with clearing later. Some of the storms could produce small hail and gusty winds. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 82 degrees at 4pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around July 2nd. Maximum dew point of 67 at 10am. South wind around 7 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 91 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1901.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:59 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.6° from the due south horizon (-0.2° vs. 6/21). The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:55 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (303°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:38 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 28 seconds with dusk around 9:12 pm, which is 3 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the south-southwest (211°) at an altitude of 40° from the horizon, 226,288 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:58 pm. At sunset, look for thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 75 degrees. The dew point will be 64 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 16 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 29 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and midnight. Some of the storms could produce small hail and gusty winds. Mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 64 degrees at 6am. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 6pm. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It was humid. It got down to 70 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1981.

On this day in 1896, An explosion in the Newton Coal Company’s Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners. 🏭 Also in 1969, Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement. 🌈 Lots of explosive things hpapening on this day in history. 💥

Good morning! Happy Saturday. It’s the weekend! I’m heading home later today. Overcast and 63 degrees at the Jones Pond. ☁ Calm wind. The dew point is 52 degrees. The skies will clear around noontime.

I took down camp ⛺ and all is packed and except for the hammock and the kayak. I am going to go for one more paddle on Jones Pond and then maybe check out the Bloomingdale Marsh. Then I’ll head down through the High Peaks 🗻 and then down the Northway. With the Mauls closed ⛔ I expect traffic to be light on the expressway but I can always hop on US 9 at times if I’m bored.

Today will have a 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 10am. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 76 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 9th. Maximum dew point of 58 at 2pm. South wind 3 to 7 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 87 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1941.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:02 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.1° from the due south horizon (-0.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 8:02 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (297°). 📸 The sunset is in the northwest (305°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:46 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 36 seconds with dusk around 9:22 pm, which is one second earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the southwest (230°) at an altitude of 38° from the horizon, 226,590 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 10:11 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 70 degrees. The dew point will be 60 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 15 hours and 29 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 27 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers between 2am and 3am. Patchy dense fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 58 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 21st. Maximum dew point of 61 at 9pm. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 60 degrees. The record low of 43 occurred back in 1970.

On this day in 1985, U.S. Route 66 is officially removed from the United States Highway System. 🚧 You could no longer get you’re kicks on Route 66 because everybody was taking I-40 and I-44 through the heartland of America.

Good evening! Or is it morning? I think the clock flipped over at midnight. Partly cloudy and 59 degrees at the Jones Pond. There is a southwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 50 degrees.

Just got back from a midnight paddle on Jones Pond. 🚣 Nice evening, mild but not sticky. By the time I got off the lake though more clouds were pushing in. 🔥 After a nice campfire I drowned the fire and made sure it was out cold before bed because it’s been so dry out.

It was a quiet day at work, 💼 a few small projects but I had to stay close to my phone and work laptop 💻 in case any projects came my way. It was a nine to five work day and I would be in deep shit 💩 if I was having fun in the woods while clocked in and not getting work done. 🎣 At five o’clock I rushed out to the lake to go fishing and forgot my life jacket. Later on in the evening fishing after dinner I brought my life jacket. The lake is pretty shallow and not that big but kids drown in kiddie pools 🏊 and it’s the law to have one on board.

Overnight will have increasing clouds ☁, with a low of 56 degrees at 7pm. South wind 3 to 5 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 87 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1941.

Tonight will have a First Quarter 🌓 Moon with 37% illuminated. At 12 AM, the moon was in the west (275°) at an altitude of 8° from the horizon, some 227,415 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by December 17^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The moon will set in the west-northwest (282°) at 12:42 am. The moon will rise at 12:13 pm. The Buck 🦌 Moon is on Sunday, July 5. The darkest hour is at 1:02 am, followed by dawn at 4:40 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:17 am in the northeast (56°) and last for 3 minutes and 36 seconds. Sunrise is 26 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:01 am with sun in the east-northeast (63°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 31 minutes of darkness, an increase of 29 seconds over last night.

Saturday will have a 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 9am. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 74 degrees at 2pm. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 2nd. Maximum dew point of 59 at 6pm. South wind 6 to 14 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 87 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1941.

Tomorrow I’m heading home. 🏡 Not planning on rushing home – I have all day to get home and plan to stop in Saranac Lake and maybe in the High Peaks if I can find easy parking 🅿 or any other nature preserve I see. Going to be a cloudy day tomorrow so I won’t have much sun for good pictures but I’m sure driving home the alternator will bring the battery bank 🔋 to be fully restored. Sunday I’m going out to the folks house for dinner I think. 🍲

In four weeks on July 25 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (299°) at 8:30 pm,🌄 which is 15 minutes and 40 seconds earlier then today. In 2019 on that day, we had sunny, patches of fog and temperatures between 85 and 59 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 83 and 62 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1963.