September 1, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Happy September! 🎃 It’s officially metrological autumn. Three weeks to Autumn Equinox🍂. Mostly cloudy and 56 degrees at the Perkins Clearing. ☁ There is a southeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 46 degrees.

Laying back in the hammock, looking at the clouds. I’m still chewing over going for a hike at Watch Hill. 🚶 It’s a nice hike but it’s a bit of a trip. north from here. I kind of just want to hang out at camp and read today and maybe have a fire 🔥 before the rain comes tonight. I don’t want to go out hiking and get caught in a shower 🚿 although that doesn’t seem likely until late here in the Adirondacks. It’s not a super long hike, so I could decide after lunch.

Today will be partly cloudy ⛅, with a high of 68 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 25th. Maximum dew point of 49 at 6pm. South wind 5 to 8 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 79 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1953.

The sun will set at 7:32 pm with dusk around 8:02 pm, which is one minute and 45 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 65 degrees. The dew point will be 49 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 10 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers likely, then occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm after midnight. 🌧 Low of 55 degrees at 5am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 6th. Maximum dew point of 55 at 12am. 🏖️ South wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. In 2018, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It was humid. It got down to 66 degrees. The record low of 38 occurred back in 2017.

On this day in 1985, a joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the Titanic. 🚢 Don’t cry for me Argentina, the truth is that I never left you. 🎶 Okay, wrong sound track. That said, I have very little interest in being on a cruise. I just like being out in the wilderness and making my own rules. 🌲

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Autumn 🍂 when the sun will be setting at 6:54 pm with dusk at 7:23 pm. On that day in 2018, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 71 and 51 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 70 degrees. We hit a record high of 95 back in 1895.