Watkins Glen Harbor
Schuyler County
8-14 Day Outlook – Friday August 5
It seems likely that the heat wave will continue throughout much of August based on predictions of above average temperatures much of August. But don’t worry, autumn is still coming.
Weather Update – August 5, 2022
Final weekday of summer vacation 🏊♂️
So it would seem. The crowds return tonight and tomorrow then Sunday I pack up and head home. Today and even tomorrow could be stormy but I hope not. A
| Today. Feels like … August 14th. |
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny.
Light west wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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82 degrees | 70 max dew point | 8:24 sunset |
| Tonight. Muggy ! |
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy.
Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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68 degrees | 70 max dew point | 6:03 sunrise |
| Saturday. Muggy ! |
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny.
Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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88 degrees | 70 max dew point | 8:22 sunset |
| Saturday Night. Muggy ! |
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly clear.
South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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71 degrees | 69 max dew point | 6:04 sunrise |
| Sunday. Muggy ! |
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A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Sunny.
West wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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89 degrees | 70 max dew point | 8:21 sunset |
| Sunday Night. Muggy ! |
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Partly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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73 degrees | 70 max dew point | 6:05 sunrise |
| Monday. Muggy ! |
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Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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90 degrees | 71 max dew point | 8:20 sunset |
| Monday Night. Muggy ! |
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Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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69 degrees | 68 max dew point | 6:06 sunrise |
| Tuesday. Feels like … September 8th. |
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A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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77 degrees | 66 max dew point | 8:18 sunset |
| Tuesday Night. Feels like … July 31st. |
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Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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62 degrees | 63 max dew point | 6:07 sunrise |
| Wednesday. Feels like … September 8th. |
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Mostly sunny.
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77 degrees | 61 max dew point | 8:17 sunset |
| Wednesday Night. Feels like … August 20th. |
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Mostly clear.
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60 degrees | 6:08 sunrise |
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| Thursday. Feels like … August 28th. |
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Sunny.
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80 degrees | 60 max dew point | 8:16 sunset |
Daily Update – August 5, 2022
Good morning! Happy Friday. 😲
How fast summer vacation comes and goes. Some of it is the more relaxed pace this year. Some of it just is time is going by faster as I get older.
Partly cloudy and 72 degrees at the Finger Lakes National Forest. ⛅ Calm wind. The dew point is 69 degrees. The skies will clear around 9 am.
So yesterday I decided to head to Watkins Glen before the thunderstorms came. ⛈ They arrived, just a few crackles of thunder and the pool was closed. Looked at the radar, the only a few small thunder cells, figured they’d pass by shortly.
Decided in the meantime to hike the Finger Lakes Trail. ☔ The thunder and rain picked up and I hurried to an old CCC built picnic pavilion. Pretty crazy thunderstorm that kind of popped out from nowhere though this 90 year old picnic pavilion is a very substantial structure, super heavy built out of massive timber beams.
With the rain and thunderstorms here never got much above eighty. 🌡️But based on the frying pan on the table we got half and inch of rain after about 3 hours of rain and thunder this afternoon. Spent like two of them hiding out in the Punch Bowl Shelter on the Finger Lakes Trail. It was wet for a while, ended up completely soaked walking back after two hours of sheltering from the loud, repeated cracks of thunder and driving rain. Hiked through the gorge there after 🚶 and it was fairly empty but damp.
I wanted to go to the pool 🏊♂️ but by 5 pm it’s opening seemed unlikely. I had some work stuff to do and I wanted to figure out the plotKML library so I went down to the Watkins Glen library. 📊 I hung out there until about ten minutes before closing and then decided to skip ice cream and head back to camp. ⛺
This morning I’m thinking about bringing my kayak 🛶 down to Watkins Glen and doing some paddling on Seneca Lake. I’ve noticed in the morning it’s often the calmest, if not I can explore the Bad Indian Swamp with the kayak. I’ll probably leave it on my truck for the remainder of the week, paddling Taughannock and Cayuga Lake tomorrow. 🏊♂️ Hope to get some swimming in later at the state park, depends on how stormy it gets later.
Absolutely pouring out now
All day the rain stayed south of the village but it has pushed north now.
Taken on Monday August 10, 2020 at Watkins Glen State Park.Weather Update – August 3, 2022
Tonight and beyond 🌃
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 ! |
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Mostly clear.
South wind 3 to 8 mph.
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72 degrees | 66 max dew point | 6:01 sunrise |
| Thursday. Muggy ! |
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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.
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93 degrees | 71 max dew point | 8:25 sunset |
| Thursday Night. Muggy ! |
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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.
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69 degrees | 71 max dew point | 6:02 sunrise |
| Friday. Muggy ! |
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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.
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85 degrees | 72 max dew point | 8:24 sunset |
| Friday Night. Muggy ! |
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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%.
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69 degrees | 72 max dew point | 6:03 sunrise |
| Saturday. Muggy ! |
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A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny.
Chance of precipitation is 40%.
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89 degrees | 73 max dew point | 8:23 sunset |
| Saturday Night. Muggy ! |
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly clear.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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70 degrees | 72 max dew point | 6:04 sunrise |
| Sunday. Muggy ! |
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny and hot.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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92 degrees | 74 max dew point | 8:21 sunset |
| Sunday Night. Muggy ! |
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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71 degrees | 71 max dew point | 6:06 sunrise |
| Monday. Muggy ! |
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A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly sunny.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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89 degrees | 72 max dew point | 8:20 sunset |
| Monday Night. Muggy ! |
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Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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67 degrees | 70 max dew point | 6:07 sunrise |
| Tuesday. Feels like … August 28th. |
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A chance of showers. Partly sunny.
Chance of precipitation is 50%.
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80 degrees | 68 max dew point | 8:19 sunset |
| Tuesday Night. Feels like … July 15th. |
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Mostly cloudy.
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63 degrees | 65 max dew point | 6:08 sunrise |
Daily Update – August 3, 2022
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.