Good morning! Happy Thursday. The weekend isn’t that far off. Three weeks to the normally scheduled Tax Day 💰, although I guess they are going to postpone it again this year due to pandemic for a few weeks . I am glad my taxes are done and filed, as that’s one less thing to deal with in the coming days. I don’t get why people delay. Especially when many have simpler taxes then I do. Mostly cloudy and 51 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 48 degrees. Mild but not a real nice morning. Going to open my windows soon for some fresh air. We shouldn’t need the heat locally for a while — with temperatures not expected to drop below freezing until next Tuesday around 1 am. ☃️ Even that is not a certainty. But then again, come April, freezing temperatures are occasional but not the norm.

Yesterday was kind of a bummer with all the rain. We needed the rain for sure, but it made for a long and dreary day stuck at home. I mean my apartment is just kind of small, and there isn’t a lot of room to stretch my legs, although I did get for my morning walk and later did stair climbing for a while. But my desk chair isn’t comfortable and I get tired of laying in my bed, even if it’s kind of nice not having to dress up for work. But I kind of look forward to things getting back to normal, especially on sucky weather days like the day that was.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 74 degrees at 4pm. 26 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 31st. Maximum dew point of 52 at 2pm. South wind around 7 mph. It will feel a lot like Memorial Day Weekend. But no black flies, just a lot of mud. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 47 degrees. The record high of 74 was set in 1910. 1.9 inches of snow fell back in 1960.❄

This afternoon I am going to drive down to the library and work there. With my truck I won’t have to worry about the laptop battery, and while I could sit down on the park bench , the seat in my truck is super comfortable to work, as long as I go to bathroom before heading out. I don’t like to burn the expensive gas, but it’s likely only a buck or two at most, because the library is only a little over a half mile away. As I went grocery shopping on Monday at lunch time, no need to go shopping today.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:02 pm with sun having an altitude of 49.3° from the due south horizon (-21.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:37 pm with the sun in the west (267°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (274°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:14 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:41 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the east-southeast (108°) at an altitude of 42° from the horizon, 235,418 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:15 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 69 degrees. The dew point will be 52 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 7 mph. Tomorrow will have 12 hours and 27 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over today.

Tonight will rain likely, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 56 degrees at 4am. 27 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 12th. Maximum dew point of 54 at 11pm. South wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2020, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 27 degrees. The record low of 2 occurred back in 1960.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph. Sunday, showers likely, mainly after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Typical average high for the weekend is 49 degrees. I am not totally sure about my weekend plans, I might go somewhere for a drive and hike on Saturday. Partridge Run roads are always good for a hike this time of year, as they tend to be a lot less muddy then the trails. I could do a look around the back country. I want to get up to the Adirondacks, and I’m still thinking about that for the week of Easter. Also thinking I should schedule an oil change for my truck next week, as I don’t feel like doing that myself and struggling to get the filter off.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until the previously scheduled Tax Day 💰 when the sun will be setting at 7:37 pm with dusk at 8:06 pm. On that day in 2020, we had partly cloudy skies, snow showers and temperatures between 48 and 33 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 58 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 2003. By then I’ll be done with my last COVID-vaccine, which means I’ll be only a few weeks away from full immunity. But I bet that shot will suck a lot more then the first one, even if it was pretty much quick in and out when I went to the Armory last week.