May 4, 2018 Evening
Happy Weekend! A brief rain shower came through and it’s now about 80 degrees in Albany, NY. β There is a south-southwest breeze at 15 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 63 degrees. The skies will clear around 10 pm.
The sun will set at 8:00 pm with dusk around 8:30 pm, which is one minute and 7 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clouds and thunderstorms β and 76 degrees. The dew point will be 61 degrees. There will be a southwest breeze at 14 mph.
Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 1am. Mostly cloudy β, with a low of 51 degrees at 4am. Seven degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 62 at 6pm. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 21 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
I’m a bit worried about the wind advisory up north, 🌪but I’m hoping it won’t be too bad, as the campsite I’m staying at is pretty open and not far from the state highway. And I have my hand saw.
New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2017, we had light rain. It got down to 44 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1974.
Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 76% illuminated with the moon rising at 12:20 am. The moon will rise at 1:00 am. The Last Quarter Moon is on Sunday night with partly cloudy skies. The Flower Moon 🌝 is on Monday, May 28th. The sun will rise at 5:44 am with the first light at 5:13 am, which is one minute and 17 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 9 hours and 43 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 23 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞 , with a high of 74 degrees at 3pm. Eight degrees above normal. West wind around 11 mph. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies. The high last year was 54 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1944. There was a dusting of snow in 1900.β
Looking ahead to Sunday, a chance of showers, mainly after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. South wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 49 at 11am. Typical average high for the weekend is 66 degrees.
I got to run to the Walmart in Gloversville to get the new lamp globe I ordered🏮. They didn’t have it at Glenmont or Amsterdam so I decided Gloversville wasn’t there far out of the way.
Should be a nice weekend up north good and quietβΊ. It’s been so long since I have been back in the mountains.
Taking the Exit 24 tolls this time and paying the extra quarter💰 in hopes of a better commute over the Exit 25 tolls. I’ll watch the ride and decide later on if this way is worth it.
In four weeks on June 1 the sun will be setting at 8:27 pm,🌄 which is 27 minutes and 30 seconds later then today. In 2017 on that day, we had mist, mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 74 and 52 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 74 and 52 degrees. The record high of 94 degrees was set back in 1918.
Looking ahead, Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕 is in 3 weeks, Average High is 80 🏖 is in 7 weeks, Independence Day 🇺🇸 is in 2 months, Daylight Savings Time Ends 🛥 is in 6 months and Buy Nothing Day 🛍 is in 29 weeks.
🇺🇸🦅Only 20 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸