Good morning! Already been a week since I left for vacation! 😲 Enjoy yourself, it’s later then you think as that old Guy Lombardo record plays. Sunday 4 pm when I make the slog home will be sooner than I think. Partly cloudy and 67 degrees at the Finger Lakes National Forest. ⛅ There is a southwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 63 degrees. Muggers are going to be around for a while longer but then midday we’re expecting some violent thunderstorms and rain but it will leave us with a cool and sunny weekend, though warming up nicely come Sunday.

Woke up around 6 o’clock, had coffee ☕ and some cream of wheat 🌾 with lemon juice, stevia and yogurt with a few a strawberries 🍓 tossed in for good measure. Yesterday I got a pound of clams at Wegmans in Ithaca 🦪 which I boiled about a third of them with beer 🍻 and a little bit of everything I had in the coolers and food basket including peppers, mushrooms, pearl onions, and zucchini. And some sweet corn 🌽. Hot peppers made it spicy. 🌶️ I was in bed 🛏 by 10:15 pm and I made it back to camp before 9 pm last night but mostly just by a minute or two because the corn stand I was planning on stopping at was out for the night. I had two ears of sweet corn which was fine.

Today will have showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 2pm and 4pm. ⛈ Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Partly sunny🌤️, with a high of 78 degrees at 1pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 5th. Maximum dew point of 66 at 1pm. Southwest wind 10 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became thunderstorm by afternoon. It was very sticky. The high last year was 99 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1955.

Plans for today start with visiting Caywood Point and the Queen’s Castle 🏰. Then take it from there. I would like some time at camp ⛺ to enjoy more clams and beer 🍻 🦪🌽 and reading 📖 but if the storms hold off ⛈ maybe I’ll try to squeeze in an exploration of some of the northern part of the Finger Lakes National Forest or even the Black Diamond Trail which I didn’t get to yesterday. I’d also wouldn’t mind going for a swim a Cayuga Lake. 🏊‍♂️ But I want to be back in camp by five or so and have a relaxed dinner, as I’m tired of getting back at nine o’clock each night. Plus I need to organize things as before you know it will be Sunday and I’ll be taking down camp ⛺.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:14 pm with sun having an altitude of 64.7° from the due south horizon (-6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:46 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (288°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (295°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:25 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 11 seconds with dusk around 8:55 pm, which is one minute and 13 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:36 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 69 degrees. The dew point will be 64 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 25 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 16 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 60 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 20th. Maximum dew point of 64 at 6pm. North wind around 6 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies. It was very sticky. It got down to 71 degrees. The record low of 43 occurred back in 1972.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 74 degrees at 5pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 17th. Maximum dew point of 63 at 11am. North wind 5 to 10 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became thunderstorm by afternoon. It was very sticky. The high last year was 93 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1955.

Looking ahead to Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 81. ☀ Southeast wind around 6 mph. Maximum dew point of 62 at 8pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees.

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Average High 70 🎑 when the sun will be setting at 7:43 pm with dusk at 8:11 pm. On that day in 2022, we had mostly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 73 and 55 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 79 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1953.