Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 81 degrees in Albany, NY. The dew point is 72 degrees. The heat index is 85. Warm evening for sure. You don’t often see dew points above 70 degrees in Albany. I was in air conditioned office all day, so I didn’t notice the heat but I’m sure it will be hot when I get home. 

Tonight the sun will set at 8:34 pm with dusk around 9:09 pm, which is 23 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tonight we have a Waxing Crescent Moon with 20% illuminated. The moon will will set around 11:43 pm. July’s Buck Moon is on Tuesday, July 19th.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Eight degrees above normal. Hot and sticky all night. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The record low of 43 occurred back in 1969. At least there is a 69 in that number. 

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend with Sunday improving a lot from earlier forecasts.  Saturday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Southeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. We need it. Sunday looks much nicer with only  a chance of showers before 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Dew points dropping back into the high 50s.Chance of precipitation is 30%. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.

In four weeks on August 4 the sun will be setting at 8:10 pm, which is 24 minutes earlier then today. The average high is 82 degrees, and the record for that date is 98 degrees was set back in 1955. That was a hot year back in ’55, according to the record books. 

I still don’t have a library book, but I think I’d rather go to the park rather than the library. Although now that I think of it, I think they have special events at the park on Thursday, so I would be better off going to the library. 

I think my weekend plans are do some cleaning around the Man Cave and toss a line in the Hudson. Sunday looks pretty good for going out somewhere but I don’t know where. Certainly not good camping weather but there has to be fun, local trip I could do for the second day of the weekend that isn’t a budget buster. I had some extra money in my account until it found ways to allocate itself. 

The Finger Lakes in a little more than two weeks will be a lot of fun. I need a good tan and time spent in those Adirondack chairs along the pool. While Moose River Plains was fun last weekend, they don’t have a swimming pool up there, and it was relatively cool. I’m hoping for nice weather for vacation.