Good morning! Happy Thursday. Four weeks to Summer ️⛱️. Partly sunny and 58 degrees at the bus stop down by Delaware Plaza. There is a south-southeast breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 49 degrees. Talk about a pleasant morning for a change.

I dropped off my dry cleaning and hopefully they’ll get my jackets looking spiffy.👔One of the jackets is one of my old ones that I just wear on the bus or to legislative receptions where I’m likely to spill food on 😮 as I’m overserved good food and drink. 🐷 Yeah, I’m a good ol boy pig. I can complain a lot about Albany but I do like the free food and drink. 🍻 Only 13 session days left – 48 have come and gone.

Today will have a chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Increasing clouds 🌞, with a high of 75 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 3rd. Maximum dew point of 57 at 4pm. South wind 8 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 81 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1964.

I am pretty much packed for my Memorial Day Weekend trip to somewhere undetermined. ⛺ Maybe traffic conditions will ultimately decide where I go. I mean it’s been a year since I’ve been to Vermont and it’s the only time this year I’m thinking about going there. That said exploring more of the Simease Pond wilderness interests me too. I’ll have to study the weather more.

I’m working on finalizing my meal plan 🍴 for camp 👍and will head out shopping after work at Hannaford before heading over to the Save the Pine Bush meeting this evening. 👪 It would be a nice night to hike in the Pine Bush but I don’t think I will have time as I finalize my packing for the long weekend and get to bed by ten. 🕙

The sun will set at 8:18 pm with dusk around 8:52 pm, which is 57 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 68 degrees. The dew point will be 58 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 15 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 53 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 44 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 56 degrees at 5am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 12th. Maximum dew point of 58 at 7pm. South wind 13 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 52 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1963.

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Summer ️⛱️ when the sun will be setting at 8:36 pm with dusk at 9:11 pm. Beach, baby beach I believe is the song. So many swimming holes to explore so little time. On that day in 2018, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 76 and 56 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 79 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1953.