Good evening! Heavy rain and 73 degrees at the Jones Pond. ☔ Glad I’m tired 😴 and decided to bail for the truck early. It’s wet! There is a west-southwest breeze at 9 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 24 mph 💨💨💨. The dew point is 45 degrees. The skies will clear around 5 pm.

Just a rain storm 💦 but quite wet for now. I’m not sure if good because of all the weather warnings ⚠ of how dry it is. That said, this week has had a lot of showers and Saturday could be quite wet.

Today I stopped by Bog River Falls then spent some time at the Tupper Lake Library. 💻 Been a pretty quiet time at work but I’ve been working on coming up with polling regions for one of my clients. Spent a little time at Tupper Lake Park and then bought a few very expensive groceries at the independent in Tupper Lake.

I forgot to get gas and ended up driving 🚘 through Saranac Lake on the way up to camp. It probably was about the same amount of time as going through pokey Fish Creek Ponds. Pretty drive between Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake, I didn’t realize how much of a drop its down to Saranac Lake. The village of Saranac Lake reminds me of a bit of Galenton, PA with the mountains and the ponds but much bigger and less hillbilly.

Occasionally I’ve been hearing a clinking noise when I turn my steering wheel 🚙 which is bothering me to no end after spending all that money on the front end of the truck. 💵 If something else is wearing out I would have hoped the shop would have pointed it out and asked me if I wanted it fixed. Maybe it’s nothing, there is nothing I can do about it for now, but it’s still annoying. It’s not effecting drivablity and it’s still happening only rarely. At times I get overly sensitive about auto noises.

Jones Pond is nice but they’ve reduced it to two drive in campsites ⛺ – the site I really like and the one in the boat launch parking area 🅿. You can guess which one I am at tonight. It’s fine though, only two nights here ✌ and it’s still on the lake and it’s close to the road so no rough roads to drive and quick to leave come Saturday when I head home. 🏡 Plus I have decent cell service for work. 📱

Tonight will have a 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 53 degrees at 5am. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 5th. Maximum dew point of 52 at 10pm. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2019, 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 61 degrees. The record low of 39 occurred back in 1979.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 23% illuminated. At 5 PM, the moon was in the south (178°) at an altitude of 61° from the horizon, some 229,463 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by December 16^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Buck 🦌 Moon is on Sunday, July 5. The darkest hour is at 1:01 am, followed by dawn at 4:40 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:16 am in the northeast (56°) and last for 3 minutes and 37 seconds. Sunrise is 22 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:01 am with sun in the east-northeast (63°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 30 minutes of darkness, an increase of 21 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 78 degrees at 5pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 16th. Maximum dew point of 56 at 8am. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph. A year ago, we had rain in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. It was humid. The high last year was 87 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1952.

In four weeks on July 23 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (299°) at 8:32 pm,🌄 which is 13 minutes and 39 seconds earlier then today. In 2019 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 79 and 65 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 83 and 62 degrees. The record high of 96 degrees was set back in 1955.

Looking ahead,

Good evening! Overcast and 75 degrees at Horseshoe Lake. ⛅ There is a south-southwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 64 degrees.

This is primary night in the era of social distancing. ❎ While certainly not my only election night bonfire, well more like a small campfire, 🔥 it was interesting watching the results come in eventhough things will change when the absentees come in – 1.7 million state wide due to the pandemic. But less than you might think as absentee ballots are similar in patterns then in person voting. I’ve been doing this long enough to know all the websites to check.

Tonight will have showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2am and 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Mostly cloudy ☔, with a low of 64 degrees at 5am. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 8pm. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 56 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1932.

Tomorrow will have a 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 9am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing 🌦, with a high of 73 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 30th. Maximum dew point of 62 at 6am. Southwest wind 9 to 14 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1943.

I am going to stay up at Horseshoe Lake for one more night after tonight 🌃 and then take down camp early Thursday morning and work down at Long Lake on Thursday, so a short hike after work and head home, getting home 🏡 around 9 pm. I could go to another campsite but I think Saturday is going to be quite rainy ☔.

Looking ahead, there are 19 weeks until Election Day 2020 🗳️ when the sun will be setting at 4:44 pm with dusk at 5:14 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 53 and 30 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 53 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1990.

Good evening! Hot and humid night and 77 degrees at the Horseshoe Lake. Light breeze The dew point is 64 degrees.

Kind of muggy when the breeze dies down 🍃 but truth be told when the wind picks up its quite pleasant. It wasn’t as long of a day as expected but fairly busy. Laptop worked well, kept it charged 🔋 but I had to move the truck a few times to keep it in the sun for solar power. That said this campsite was quite nice and cool and shady. Plus close to the lake for water or cooling down. Had a few rumbles of thunder ⚡ to the east but nothing nearby.

Tonight will have isolatdd showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Patchy dense fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 63 degrees at 5am. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 9pm. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1940.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 3% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the west-northwest (292°) at an altitude of 12° from the horizon, some 236,566 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by December 19^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The moon will set in the borthwest (304°) at 10:16 pm. The Buck 🦌 Moon is on Saturday, July 4. The darkest hour is at 1:01 am, followed by dawn at 4:39 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:15 am in the northeast (55°) and last for 3 minutes and 36 seconds. Sunrise is 15 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:00 am with sun in the east-northeast (63°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 29 minutes of darkness, an increase of 8 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Some of the storms could produce small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain. Mostly sunny 🌧, with a high of 86 degrees at 3pm. Six degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 8am. South wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 84 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1888.

Tomorrow is Primary Day ❎ and it should be a nice day but busy. Wednesday I might work from Long Lake – they have a lot of internet access hotspots around the village. 📶

In four weeks on July 20 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (300°) at 8:34 pm,🌄 which is 10 minutes and 33 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had hot, humid, partly sunny, thunderstorm and temperatures between 95 and 72 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 83 and 62 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1991.