Good evening! Mostly clear and 64 degrees in Delmar. There is a north-northwest breeze at 6 mph. The dew point is a comfortable 44.

Mostly packed for camping this weekend. I do have to stop on the way out and pick up some groceries. But should be a great but warm weekend. Fishing, camping, paddling Sprite Creek from Stewart Landing to West Canada Lake, camping and the Potholers.

Tonight will be clear, with a low around 52. Seven degrees below normal. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1932. Only eight degrees above the record low tonight – but still late June is fairly warm.

Tonight we have a Waning Gibbous Moon with 80% illuminated. July’s Buck Moon is on Tuesday, July 19th.

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 5:18 am with the first light at 4:44 am, which is 21 seconds later then today. Mornings are slowly but surely getting later each day. In contrast, we are still picking up a few additional seconds of daylight every day. The latest sunset of the year is on Sunday, June 26th. After that, the days start getting shorter.

Friday will be sunny, with a high near 81. One degrees above normal. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph. The record high of 96 was set in 1943. Should be a very nice day with more low humidity temperatures.

Looking ahead, State Fair Opens is in 9 weeks and Thanksgiving is in 22 weeks.

A nice warm but low humidity weekend on tap.

Friday Night. Mostly Clear and 56 degrees.
Saturday. Sunny and 85 degrees.
Saturday Night. Mostly Clear and 58 degrees.
Sunday. Sunny and 91 degrees.
Sunday Night. Partly Cloudy and 62 degrees.

More humidity next week but cooler with a possibility of some much needed rain in the form of thunderstorms.

Monday. Partly Sunny and 85 degrees.
Monday Night. Chance of Showers and 64 degrees.
Tuesday. Chance of T-storms and 83 degrees.
Tuesday Night. Chance of T-storms and 60 degrees.
Wednesday. Mostly Sunny and 80 degrees.

I’ve started to dig into CDC death statistics. They make some pretty interesting maps. Suicide statistics are fascinating, especially how suicide is much more common in the western part of the United States and parts of the Bible belt, but rarer in Texas and parts of the deep south. A follow up map will have to look at the rate of firearm suicide versus non-firearm suicides in each county. With the gun debate this would be an interesting one. Then maybe look as the other fatal diseases like lung cancer. Interesting stuff.