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Andy Arthur

The color television assures us that April showers bring May flowers. 🌷🌻🌼 I'll believe it when I see it, though there are definite hints of the green up -- grass is looking greener in the city, some bushes are starting to bloom and there are signs of the days to come. Days have gotten longer, windows open and it's generally just nicer then not that long ago.

A busy May Day Ahead 🌸

Can you believe it’s May day already? Seems like yesterday was the harshness of winter time, the frigid days of Valentines Day.

Good morning! Partly cloudy β›… with fog 🌫 around and temperatures around 53 degrees at the Elm Ave Town Park. 🌞 Calm wind.

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 73 degrees at 7am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 20th. Nice mild start to the month. Northwest wind around 6 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, which became cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 59 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 2001. There was a dusting of snow in 1978.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 62.6Β° from the due south horizon (-8.2Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the firstggt day of summer. The golden hour πŸ… starts at 7:17 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (285Β°). πŸ“Έ The sunset is in the west-northwest (292Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:56 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 7 seconds with dusk around 8:26 pm, which is one minute and 7 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ‡ The best time to look at the stars is after 9:05 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies πŸŒ„ and temperatures around degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 10 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 28 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌀, with a low of 52 degrees at 7am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 27th. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph after midnight. In 2023, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 44 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1974.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, a chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of at 7am. Sunday, showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Typical average high for the weekend is 68 degrees.

One month πŸ“… from now will be 9 PM Dusk πŸŒ† when the sun will be setting at 8:28 pm ttgt

Rain coat required?