Good morning! Happy Sunday. Three weeks to Fathers Day 👨. Foggy, damp and 52 degrees in the Lye Brook Wilderness outside of Stratton. 🌁 There is a east breeze at 13 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 51 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 4 pm. Not a real nice day but also not a real soaker like last year and the black flies have gone away for now. 🐜Don’t you just wish there was a black fly emoji?

Yesterday I hiked back to Bourn and Stratton Pond. 🗻 Never been back to the later, it’s a fair bit more scenic than Bourn Pond I would argue, as it’s right below Stratton Mountain. Nice hike but especially the Lye Brook Trail between Bourn and Stratton Pond is kind of hard to follow in parts because blazing is sparse and there is some blow down. I didn’t get a really early start because I stayed up late the night before because of the black flies which disappear after dark.

Today will have a chance of showers. Cloudy ☁, with a high of 54 degrees at 12pm. 19 degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 51 at 10am. East wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies. The high last year was 71 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1914.

I’ve decided to I’ll head home in a little bit as it’s rather wet and gray. 🌁 Solar panel is still putting out a dozen or so watts, enough to maintain the accessory battery charge although I did start the truck up briefly as I hadn’t run it in 36 hours and wanted to make sure I didn’t wear down the starting battery from opening and closing doors, causing the computer under the hood to boot up and use a little bit of voltage. I have both the starting battery and the accessory battery hooked to voltage meters so I can monitor it but I know sometimes a surface charge can be misleading.

The sun will set at 8:20 pm with dusk around 8:54 pm, which is 54 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for possible rain showers ☁ and 50 degrees. There will be a east breeze at 11 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 33 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have scattered showers, mainly before 11pm. Cloudy ☁, with a low of 47 degrees at 1am. Four degrees below normal. East wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2017, we had mostly cloudy skies. It got down to 60 degrees. The record low of 33 occurred back in 1994.

As you might guess, cell service is pretty spotty around here🔕 but it’s kind of nice to be off the phone network with the constant pings and pongs of email and social media. There are a few places I can get a weak signal but honestly I’m fine with being a bit disconnected this weekend. 🐸 That said I kind of have to check my email from time to time for work emails. 🐣

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Fathers Day 👨 when the sun will be setting at 8:33 pm with dusk at 9:09 pm. On that day in 2017, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 81 and 64 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 79 degrees. We hit a record high of 94 back in 1994.

Good afternoon! Partly cloudy and 76 degrees in Lye Brook Wilderness outside of Stratton VEE-momt. ⛅ There is a west breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 57 degrees.

Camping up on Branch Pond Road in the Green Mountain National Forest. ⛺Black flies are bad as to be expected.🏃 It’s nice having the solar power to charge up the battery and not have to idle the truck or drive anywhere.🐜 Today I’m hiking back to Bourne and Stratton Pond.

This afternoon will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny ⛅, with a high of 81 degrees at 4pm. Nine degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 59 at 6pm. West wind around 9 mph. 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 light rain in the morning, which became light drizzle and mist by afternoon. The high last year was 62 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 2010. There was a dusting of snow in 1953.❄

The sun will set at 8:19 pm with dusk around 8:53 pm, which is 54 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for possible thunderstorms ⚡ and 70 degrees. The dew point will be 60 degrees. There will be a north-northeast breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 15 hours and one minute of daytime, an increase of one minute and 35 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy☁⚡ , with a low of 54 degrees at 5am. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 60 at 8pm. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. In 2017, we had cloudy skies with some clearing in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 52 degrees. The record low of 30 occurred back in 1969.

Tomorrow will be scattered showers, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy , with a high of 56 degrees at 1pm. 17 degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 51 at 6am. East wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light drizzle and mist by afternoon. The high last year was 71 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1914.

There are 6 months until Cyber Monday 🛍️ when the sun will be setting at 4:19 pm with dusk at 4:51 pm (Standard Time). The average high temperature is 32 degrees, with a record high of 61 in 1895.

In four weeks on June 23 the sun will be setting at 8:34 pm,🌄 which is 15 minutes and 22 seconds later then today. In 2017 on that day, we had rain, mist, partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 89 and 69 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 80 and 59 degrees. The record high of 96 degrees was set back in 1888.

Looking ahead, Cyber Monday 🛍️ is in 6 months and Boxing Day 🥊 is in 7 months.