Good evening! Rain and 64 degrees at the Finger Lakes National Forest. ☔ There is a north breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 62 degrees. It’s been a rather rainy day, I spent a lot of time in truck cap. The skies will clear tomorrow around 9 am.

So it’s rained and rained some more today. 💦 I decided to hang out at camp today, doing some day drinking and laying back in the bed of the truck. It’s fun to be day drinking 🍻 while you glance at your email 📧 see how busy your colleagues are in the office. I also spent some time under the tarp in the hammock for a while too. I did make some lunch – a pork chop with some sauce and cheese. I also built a small fire 🔥 but I retired to bed of the truck soon thereafter as the rain picked up.

Tonight will have a slight chance of rain. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 61 degrees at 1am. One degree below normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 2nd. Maximum dew point of 62 at 9pm. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became rain by the early hours of the morning. It became very sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 73 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1981.

Last night was pretty watching the Waning Gibbous Moon rise 🌖 and the bugs weren’t that bad for a change. The stars ✨ were nice until the moonlight and clouds crowded that out. You could also see the heat lightening from the storm some 80 miles south of here in Williamsport, Penna.

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 59% illuminated with the moon rising at 11:39 pm. The moon will set at 11:57 am. The Last Quarter Moon will be tomorrow with mostly clear skies. The Strugeon Moon 🌝 is on Wednesday, August 14th. The sun will rise at 5:49 am with the first light at 5:16 am, which is 56 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 9 hours and 13 minutes of darkness, an increase of one minute and 49 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 75 degrees at 4pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 8th. Maximum dew point of 61 at 6am. North wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Should be a great day if not a bit cool. Didn’t help that my sweater got wet in the tent today but I’ll hang it out and should dry with the low humidity. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. It was sticky. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1955.

I am not surprised but it looks like Robert Treman is closed tomorrow due to high rain levels leaving the gorge mucky and water levels too high for swimming. 🏊 Instead I’ll probably go to Watkins Glen pool tomorrow for a good portion of the day. I think I also want to watch the sunset from one of pastures up in the National Forest.

While it’s been fun out in the Finger Lakes, I look forward to getting further west in the state on Wednesday and down to Pennsylvania as I’m kind of bored with visiting and swimming in the same state parks. 🚙 It’s not really an adventure if you’ve done it a dozen times before.

In four weeks on August 19 the sun will be setting at 8:01 pm,🌄 which is 34 minutes and 56 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 80 and 66 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 80 and 60 degrees. The record high of 92 degrees was set back in 1899.

Looking ahead, Work Like a Dog Day 🐩 is in 2 weeks, Last Sunset After 8 PM 🌆 is in 3 weeks, National Dog Day 🐩 is in 5 weeks, Labor Day 👨‍🏭 is in 6 weeks, Autumn 🍂 is in 2 months and Columbus Day 🛥️ is in 11 weeks.