The coming week looks fairly unsettled but quite mild, but not too hot. Maybe a nice weekend next week? 🏕 But this work week looks a bit stormy, so I will have to take it day by day.
This Afternoon. Feels like … September 8th.
Isolated showers. Mostly cloudy.
Southwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
and
77 degrees
,66 max dew point,
7:11 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … August 20th.
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3am. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Low around 60. West wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
and
60 degrees
,
6:36 sunrise.
Monday. Feels like … September 14th.
A chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Partly sunny.
Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
and
75 degrees
,61 max dew point,
7:11 sunset.
Monday Night. Feels like … September 17th.
A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.
Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
and
52 degrees
,
6:37 sunrise.
Tuesday. Feels like … September 11th.
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny.
Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
and
76 degrees
,65 max dew point,
7:09 sunset.
Tuesday Night. Feels like … July 15th.
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
and
63 degrees
,65 max dew point,
6:38 sunrise.
Wednesday. Feels like … August 14th.
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 82. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
and
82 degrees
,69 max dew point,
7:07 sunset.
Wednesday Night. Feels like … August 26th.
Showers, mainly before 8pm. Low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Good afternoon! That water in the Mine Kill Pool is so cold. 🏊♀️
It’s just so tough to swim in 60 degrees water. I can do a few laps before my muscles get hardened up from the cold.
Partly cloudy and 77 degrees at the Mine Kill State Park. ⛅ There is a west-southwest breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 66 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 11 am.
Did some nice hiking yesterday. I hiked the Windham Path outside of Windham – a scenic nature trail right outside the village and then did the Catskill Scenic Trail 🚶 – a lightly traveled rail trail between Grand Gorge and Hubbell’s Corners, through the deep gap where there headwaters of the East Branch of the Delaware River run. 🗻 I wasn’t planning to drive through Windham but I ended up going that way as I got gas in Durham and got on the wrong road heading up over the ridge. ⛽
I always forget how big and dramatic the mountains are in the Catskills around Windham ⛰ as I rarely get up this way – and the places with the good camping on backcountry roads tends to be relatively flat. I like the mountains a lot but my feelings about the Catskills and all of New York State are kind of mixed. 💭 I just feel like taxes are so high in New York State 💵 and the state really likes to punish rural communities.
I was hoping to camp at Duck Pond again but that campsite was taken. 🏕 So I ended up camping on Betty Brook. I kind of like that campsite, it’s fully off the grid and is small so it’s easy to light and set up although it’s always a bit of a challenge to get Big Red backed in between the trees. 🌲🌲🛻 It got pretty muddy as I decided to take Red up Burnt Hill Road from Blenheim and that section is kind of rough. Muddy too, Big Red will need a bath 🛀 this week.
Looking Glass Pond was drained, 🎣 so no fishing while I was up there, although there was a dad and their kid working a trap line 🐀 harvesting muskrats along the shore line when I was walking there. 🌽 Got sweet corn and veggies at Shauls and then went for another swim. 🏊♂️ But alas the water 💦 is so cold so it’s hard to swim.
