Good morning! Happy Thursday. Cloudy and 67 degrees in Speculator, NY. ☁ There is a west-southwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 65 degrees. Brief break of sun, skies will clear around 8 pm. Maybe a few drops 💧 of rain but nothing major so far.

I am going to get washed up and shaved today 😁 as it’s been a while since I last did and while I went for a swim 🏊 yesterday I feel gritty with the peach fuzz. I also need to clean up the coolers before I go shopping midday today.

Today will have a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 8am. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 79 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 24th. Maximum dew point of 67 at 8am. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Not seeing much up north here so far – that air mass to the north is keeping stuff to the south. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 79 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1955.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:04 pm with sun having an altitude of 66.4° from the due south horizon (-3.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:48 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (292°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (299°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:30 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 21 seconds with dusk around 9:02 pm, which is 56 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west (269°) at an altitude of 17° from the horizon, 228,369 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:46 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 72 degrees. The dew point will be 64 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 51 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 55 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 59 degrees at 5am. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 21st. Maximum dew point of 65 at 6pm. North wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 63 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1985.

On this day in 1967, today was the start of 12th Street Riot In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. 💥 It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns about 1,400 buildings.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon. Maximum dew point of 60 at 8am. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Maximum dew point of 63 at 9pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees.