The renovations are done and the Mine Kill State Park Pool opened today, after many months of renovations and an early close last year after the pool filter and pump died after 50 years of use.
Mine Kill State Park
Main Falls Was Really Flowing
Lower falls
Upper Falls
Lower Reservoir
Mine Kill Park Sign
August 24, 2020 Morning
Good morning! Happy Average High Falls To 79 οΈDegrees β±οΈοΈοΈ! If you don’t like the muggy weather then there is hope. πTwo weeks to Labor Day π¨βπ. Partly sunny and 74 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. The dew point is 67 degrees. The muggy weather ends tomorrow around 8 pm. π
Its warming up quick this morning.βοΈ It’s going to be a really hot one. I’m honestly not looking forward to the midday, Zoom meeting today due to the heat working from my truck. π» I guess I could go down to the park with the laptop and work in the shade but I feel like it’s easier in the truck when I can keep the laptop plugged in. π
Today will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny π, with a high of 88 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 68 at 10am. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 75 degrees. The record high of 95 was set in 1947.
Solar noon π is at 12:59 pm with sun having an altitude of 58.3Β° from the due south horizon (-12.5Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour π starts at 7:06 pm with the sun in the west (279Β°). πΈ The sunset is in the west-northwest (286Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:44 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 1 seconds with dusk around 8:12 pm, which is one minute and 37 seconds earlier than yesterday. π At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter π Moon in the southwest (216Β°) at an altitude of 25Β° from the horizon, 227,479 miles away. π The best time to look at the stars is after 8:49 pm. At sunset, look for thunderstorms π© and temperatures around 83 degrees. The dew point will be 68 degrees. There will be a southwest breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 30 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 42 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy π , with a low of 66 degrees at 5am. Seven degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 68 at 6pm. Southwest wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation 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 54 degrees. The record low of 35 occurred back in 1940.
Back in 1967, the Yippies of Abbie Hoffman’s Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills π΅π΅π²π²π²from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them. As they say, it’s all about the money.
Cool with showers this weekend. π¦οΈSaturday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 64 at 11am. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Maximum dew point of 56 at 8am. Typical average high for the weekend is 78 degrees.
As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Labor Day π¨βπ when the sun will be setting at 7:18 pm with dusk at 7:47 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 73 and 52 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 76 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1945.