July 17, 2016 Morning

Good morning! Happy Sunday. Partly cloudy and 74 degrees in North Blenheim. Calm wind. The dew point is 62 degrees. Back at Mine Kill State Park to go swimming once again. Went for a short walk along the reservoir and will shortly go for a swim. Not really warm right now with the clouds covering the sun, but hopefully it will get nicer. I can’t stay too long as I do have to get home. 

Today will be mostly sunny, with a high of 82 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Maximum dew point of 62 at 11am. The record high of 99 was set in 1900. The sun will set at 8:31 pm with dusk around 9:04 pm, which is 43 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 14 hours and 54 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 1 minutes and 35 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low of 62 degrees at 5am. Typical for tonight. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. Maximum dew point of 59 at 6pm. The record low of 46 occurred back in 1939.

0.5 inch of rain expected between Monday 8am and Tuesday 1am. Within the next four days, a total of 0.5 inches of rain is expected.

We have some muggy weather coming up. Monday 1pm – Monday 4pm. Maximum temperature will be 85 degrees, a heat index reaching 81, and a maximum dew point of 65. Friday 4pm – Saturday 12pm. Maximum temperature will be 88 degrees, a heat index reaching 90, and a maximum dew point of 68.
On this day in 1944, Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320. Also on this day, another deadly tragety. In 1981, A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.

There are 2 weeks until Mutts Day when the sun will be setting at 8:17 pm with dusk at 8:49 pm. The average high temperature is 82 degrees, with a record high of 98 in 1917.

Last night it was fairly warm but we had drizzle on and off, then it poured with a pretty good thunderstorm around 2 AM. I was a little concerned about a dying Elm tree I parked under camping but it was fine.I haven’t camped on the lower part of Betty Brook Road at not since the night of Barack Obama’s acceptance speech back in 2008. It was nice down there but not a drop of radio reception. Podcasts kept me entertained. 

Enjoy your Sunday! 

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