Good evening! Partly cloudy and 80 degrees in Westerlo. There is a south breeze at 12 mph. The dew point is 58 degrees. The humidity is creeping up a bit but despite the warmth, fairly dry.

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low around 63. Three degrees above normal. South wind 7 to 9 mph. The record low of 45 occured back in 1970.

Tonight we have a Waning Gibbous Moon with 60% illuminated. The moon will rise around 11:51 pm. July’s Buck Moon is on Tuesday, July 19th.

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 5:21 am with the first light at 4:46 am, which is 26 seconds later then today.

Monday will have increasing clouds, with a high near 83. Two degrees above normal. South wind 8 to 11 mph. The record high of 97 was set in 1941.

Looking ahead, September 11th is in 11 weeks and Christmas is in 26 weeks.

The other day I was bragging about how nice and cold the air conditioning is in my truck. In the hot weather today driving back I noticed I was getting cool air – and after 20 minutes uncomfortably cool air but not frigid at any point of operation like the air should be. I located the R134a recharge port and I need to decide if I’ll go to Walmart buy a recharge tool for $20 and buy some refrigerant or if I should take it to the shop. The air conditioning is working okay but I think it’s underperforming somewhat on these 90 degrees days. My truck is nearly five years old, and the system might just need a recharge to get maximum cold air out of it. I can live with the system now, but I want to ensure the air conditioning continues to work at peak performance.

Still not a lot of rain in the forecast but a chance of thunderstorms and scattered showers that might help all the poor farmers with wilting corn in the V3 stage and with the increasing wild fire risk…

Monday Night. Scattered T-storms then Scattered Showers and 62 degrees.
Tuesday. Scattered Showers then Showers is likely and 78 degrees.
Tuesday Night. Chance of T-storms then Scattered Showers and 57 degrees.
Wednesday. Isolated Showers then Mostly Sunny and 77 degrees.
Wednesday Night. Partly Cloudy and 54 degrees.
Thursday. Sunny and 85 degrees.
Thursday Night. Mostly Clear and 56 degrees.

Hot and stormy on Friday and more seasonable once the holiday weekend gets under way.

Friday. Chance of T-storms and 87 degrees.
Friday Night. Chance of Showers and 60 degrees.
Saturday. Chance of Showers and 82 degrees.