Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Three weeks to Ugly Truck Day 🚚. Sunny and 79 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 Calm wind. The dew point is 73 degrees. The muggy weather ends Sunday around 3 am. 😓

Going to be another hot and humid day. 🏖 Seems like lately we’ve been stuck in a very hot and humid pattern although it will turn cold and rainy for the Independence Day Weekend. I decided though I’m getting used to the heat now, so I will work from home today. 🏠 This way, I can run at lunchtime to the store and get groceries, and then maybe the hottest part of the day I can work in the library, now that it’s fully re-opened for mask less use. 😷 That said, it was good I was in the office yesterday. Some things are best done in on the office and there is always pressure to get more hours in the office as the pandemic winds down. 🏢

Today will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Sunny and hot 🌞, with a high of 92 degrees at 1pm. Nine degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 73 at 8am. Heat index values as high as 101. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was humid. The high last year was 83 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1944.

I think after mid-morning I might take a shower 🚿 then run to Wally World at lunch time to get some food and supplies. 🍔 That will give me an opportunity to cool down in the truck, and then get what I need. I like doing that mid-day as there is less crowds, and it’s faster in and out. Then I will go to the library for the balance of the day to work and maybe play on the Internet. They have brought back the desks there and the air conditioning should be nice and cool there. It was fine going downtown yesterday, but

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:00 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.6° from the due south horizon (-0.2° vs. 6/21).  The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:55 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (303°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:38 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 28 seconds with dusk around 9:12 pm, which is 4 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:58 pm. At sunset, look ut for thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 84 degrees. The dew point will be 73 degrees. The heat index around sunset will be 78. ⛱ There will be a calm wind. Today will have 15 hours and 16 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 32 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be scattered showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Partly cloudy , with a low of 72 degrees at 4am. 11 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 73 at 6pm. Light southeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 65 degrees. The record low of 47 occurred back in 1938.

On this day in 2006, in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld the U.S. Supreme Court 👩‍⚖️ rules that President George W. Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law. That seems like such a blast form the past at this point. It is after all 15 years ago. That said, I kind of like thinking thoughts about days gone by when we lived in a simpler world.

Been playing with Sheepshaver and my old Mac OS 8 files the past few days, going back to a time in my life that now seems so long ago. 🤖 While Mac OS 8 had it’s issues, there was a lot to like about it compared to more contemporary computers. That said, the nice thing about Linux and XFCE Window Manager is things rarely if ever change, and most of the changes are improvements rather then big changes in interfaces unlike commercial operating systems like Mac OS X and Windows 11. You can say XFCE is old but it’s fast and stable.

I updated to the latest version of QGIS — 3.20 yesterday, 🗺 which is actually isn’t the official release but the release candidate. But it seems to be pretty stable. I just wish they would fix the bugs with the ARCMap Rest Services, namely the inability to automatically update the bounding box of a FeatureService and the ability to set queries. Neither seems like it would be difficult to implement, as the commands are pretty much straightforward to do manually, but it should be built in. I am tempted to download to the source code, and take a crack at it — can’t be that difficult and I’ve been learning Qt API — but I have never written a patch much less submitted it. I am sure it will get fixed eventually by somebody who knows more then I do patches it.

Independence Weekend still looks pretty unstable and cold. 🇺🇸 🎆 Saturday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 62 at 10am. Sunday, Independence Day, a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Monday, a chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Kind of like Memorial Day Weekend. Apparently God doesn’t like holidays this year. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees.

I admit I will probably be staying in town this weekend. 🏘 Kind of sucks but so be it. I really was hoping for nicer weather. I am probably going to do the Nature Bus next weekend, and hammock up at Thacher Park again with a book. Maybe get some stuff out of the library to read, this time I’ll put the book in a plastic bag to make sure it doesn’t get wet. 📕 I probably won’t do Thompson’s Lake this time, just a little hiking and hammock time, and not in the tick filled fields of the OSI parcel.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Ugly Truck Day 🚚 when the sun will be setting at 8:27 pm with dusk at 9:00 pm. On that day in 2020, we had hot, humid, mostly sunny and temperatures between 87 and 69 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 84 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1991.

Good morning! Happy Summer ️⛱️ ! Well, I guess officially yesterday was the first day of summer, but today will certainly be a hot one. Two weeks to Hottest Time of the Year 😅. That said, today is expected to be a hot one with a shit ton of humidity but chilly and rainy tomorrow. Partly sunny and 73 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a south breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 68 degrees. The muggy weather ends tomorrow around 5 am. 😓

Out for the morning walk, 🚶‍♀️ and it’s a hot one already, especially that last lap around when I’m right in the sun walking past the park and ride. 🚏 Still no idea when service is going to come back, but hopefully before I’m commuting five days a week which will happen eventually. I thought about heading into the office today 🏢 but I think I’ll work from home with the fan and lots of cold drinks. This way during down time at work I can finish putting away my camping gear, ⛺ and getting ready for next trip by cleaning the coolers etc.

Today will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny and hot 🌞, with a high of 90 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 71 at 10am. Welcome to the swamp. South wind 9 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. 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. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 92 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1938.

I thought seriously about going to work in the office today, with the heat 😅 but I think with that breeze I should be okay working from home. Tomorrow my phone resets for the mobile broadband, so I plenty of bandwidth. If there is a Zoom I might look like a sweaty pig, but so be it. 🐷

It’s tough getting back in the routine, 👨‍💼 but at least I’m home. It was a nice long weekend, a holiday weekend to boot, but I think I’ll try to do several more long weekends to the Adirondacks and elsewhere, especially if it involves days at the potholers. 🏊‍♀️ It was so nice cooling off at the potholers yesterday. If I had known hot today is going to be, I might have planned an extra day up north — maybe driven up early Friday morning, so I could have my three nights in one campsite extend until Saturday.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:58 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.8° from the due south horizon. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:55 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (297°). 📸 The sunset is in the northwest (304°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:37 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 28 seconds with dusk around 9:11 pm, which is 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the south-southeast (160°) at an altitude of 27° from the horizon, 226,296 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:58 pm. At sunset, look out for thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 82 degrees. The dew point will be 69 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 19 minutes of daytime, no change from yesterday.

If I have some time during the day, 🔋 I want to trace back the bum connection on the exciter wire and fix it. 🔧 Nothing is obvious, I think its a bad connection on the exciter wire, as testing it last night showed the relay was good. I am thinking one of the butt connectors on the wire is bad, maybe it’s rotted away. That seems to a problem at times, especially if I used copper coated aluminum wire, which I really shouldn’t have done.

Tonight will have showers and thunderstorms likely before 3am, then a chance of showers. Some of the storms could produce small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 62 degrees at 6am. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 69 at 6pm. South wind 7 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was humid. It got down to 70 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1940.

This weekend looks hot and unstable. 🌩 Saturday, a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 66 at 11am. Sunday, showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, very humid with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Maximum dew point of 69 at 10am. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.

As I just got back from the Adirondacks, 🌄 I am thinking this weekend I will stay in town. The weather looks dicey and hot. I might do the Nature Bus up to Thacher Park this weekend with a book I am reading, and just dash under a pavilion should it start to rain. 📚I might walk up to Thompson’s Lake and go for a swim, then read down by the escarpment. The free bus is easy and convenient — if I get on/off at Five Rivers that is an opportunity for some early morning/late afternoon nature study too. 🐸

The following week, which is Independence Weekend 🎆 I am debating about my plans. One thought that comes to mind is to work up in Speculator on Friday and then head from Speculator to Piseco-Powley Road for the long weekend. I like it there, although I worry campsites will fill up quickly for the holiday weekend. 🏕 Another option I’m considering is tent camping at a state forest in Schoharie County and spending a good portion of the weekend at Mine Kill Pool. I haven’t done a lot of tent camping in a long while. I figure the handful of campsites at Burnt-Rossman would likely fill up early during that holiday weekend. Plus I haven’t used the tent in a long time. As I will likely use the big propane tank, I don’t want to haul it back too far in the woods, but maybe that ridge I camped at back in 2018.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Hottest Time of the Year 😅 when the sun will be setting at 8:36 pm with dusk at 9:10 pm. On that day in 2020, we had hot, mostly sunny and temperatures between 91 and 62 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 84 degrees. We hit a record high of 99 back in 1919.

Good morning! Happy Thursday. Next Thursday is the latest sunset 🌇 of the year and the Strawberry Moon 🍓 🌕 . Lots of things to keep the lights up late that day. Sunny and 57 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 There is a west-southwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 44 degrees. Kind of a chilly start for a late June morning although the heat right now is lurking out on the west coast.

My bags are packed 💼 and I’m ready to head to the Adirondacks after work. I decided not to drive work because it’s just easier to leave from home and leaving a bit after 6 pm means I shouldn’t hit much traffic. The coolers will last longer with everything in the fridge or freezer today. 🥚 I forgot to get eggs yesterday so I’ll have to stop at Stewart’s on the way up north. Not sure if the forecast is as nice as previously announced but I am glad to be gone this long weekend where I can enjoy the quiet. 🤫 No cell service where I’m going, should be nice and quiet.

Bus reroute this morning 🚌 due to a house fire 🔥 on Delaware Avenue. Been a while since a building burnt there but house fires 🔥 in the city seem to follow a trend – neighborhoods destabilize and then one building after another burns. It just seems like Albany is sliding down hill. The whole city after decades of improvement after pollution controls were implemented is just sliding backwards. It may be the pandemic but also foreign investment driving up the rents and driving out the tenants and businesses. All that money 💵 from China purchases is being reinvested in our community by China slumlords looking for a place to park their cash.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 75 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 31st. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 87 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1994.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:57 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.8° from the due south horizon (-0.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:53 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (297°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (304°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:36 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 28 seconds with dusk around 9:10 pm, which is 21 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the southwest (225°) at an altitude of 44° from the horizon, 231,723 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:57 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 68 degrees. The dew point will be 46 degrees. There will be a west breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 18 minutes of daytime, an increase of 16 seconds over yesterday.

I can wait until the work day is over to head up north. I am thinking I also need maple syrup besides eggs for my pancakes. 🥞 I might end up going to Price Chopper in Gloversville. I wish I had just skip the run to the store yesterday. That was dumb on my part. Well, I guess it is what is. I just got flustered over the stupid can return and then I couldn’t find what I needed in the store. I feel stupid but it ain’t the end of world. The days are long now, I don’t care if I get up to camp really late although I’d kind of like to get that House Pond Campsite if possible.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 49 degrees at 5am. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 19th. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2020, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It became somewhat humid as the night progressed. It got down to 62 degrees. The record low of 39 occurred back in 1958.

On this day in 1972, Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, 👮🏼‍♂️ 👤 in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition. This would become the basis for the Watergate scandal.

The Juneteenth Weekend looks nice. 🏖 Friday, mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 5 to 9 mph. Saturday, scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 65 at 10am. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 81. Maximum dew point of 61 at 8pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 80 degrees.

As previously noted, next Thursday is Latest Sunset of the year 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:12 pm. On that day in 2020, we had humid weather and partly sunny skies, rain showers in the afternoon and temperatures between 85 and 65 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 82 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1943.

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. 👨‍💻 Back to work again, although today is a remote work day from home. I thought about going in the office, with the cold and rain today,  Three weeks to Hottest Time of the Year 😅. Pouring rain with a few claps of thunder, around 61 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌩 There is a east-southeast breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. A pretty good thunderstorm this morning. The dew point is 60 degrees.

I wanted to go out for my walk this morning, 🚶‍♀️ but when I first got up it was pouring rain. And then it started to rain even harder. 🌧 It seems like most of today will be a pretty wet day. At least it waited until the work week to get nasty out, although yesterday afternoon was surprisingly hot. 😅 I was going to go with Dad to the Gas Up 🚜 but then Dad decided he wasn’t feeling good with the heat, so I ended up skipping that and going out to my parents house for Sunday dinner then a walk up on Wolf Hill 🐺 on Sunday evening until about dusk. It was kind of a nice evening, I had chicken at my parents house 🍗 and then hiked. Not a lot of wildlife up there, just a few birds in the trees. 🐦

Today will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Some of the storms could produce small hail and gusty winds. 🌦 High of 70 degrees at 2pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 12th. Maximum dew point of 62 at 11am. 🏖️ South wind 7 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 71 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1892.

I really need to get to the store today, 🏪 as I am pretty much out of food. 🛒 I have made due most of the past work week but you can only stretch the things you have in the pantry so far until the missing items become a problem. 🥫 Plus I don’t like breaking out the canned stuff I have for camping, because that tends to be more expensive and means a lot more trash. I might go to Wally World, as I like their selection of bulk foods and I also really need to get some more undershirts 👕 as the ones I have a pretty darn worn out.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:57 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.7° from the due south horizon (-0.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:52 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (304°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:35 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 27 seconds with dusk around 9:09 pm, which is 26 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the west (270°) at an altitude of 31° from the horizon, 240,105 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:55 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 67 degrees. The dew point will be 62 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 17 minutes of daytime, an increase of 27 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10pm and 1am, then a chance of showers after 1am. Some of the storms could produce small hail and gusty winds. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 58 degrees at 4am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 16th. Maximum dew point of 62 at 6pm. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 49 degrees. The record low of 42 occurred back in 1985.

The Juneteenth Weekend Looks Pretty nice. 😎 Friday, mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Saturday, a chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 62 at 11am. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Maximum dew point of 58 at 7am. Typical average high for the weekend is 80 degrees.

I am planning on heading up to Piseco-Powley Road on Thursday evening 🏕 after work. I might sneak out of the office a bit early, as I am working downtown but I am undecided about that. It would be easier if I was in the office another day of the week and working from home that day. but so be it.

As previously noted, next Monday is Summer ️⛱️ when the sun will be setting at 8:36 pm with dusk at 9:11 pm. On that day in 2020, we had hot, mostly sunny and temperatures between 92 and 69 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 81 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1938.