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Andy Arthur

Fifty years later I'm pondering the final words of the Zen of Motorcycle Maintenance. 🏍 In terms of this larger pattern the lines at the end of this book still stand. We have won it. Things are better now. You can sort of tell these things. πŸͺ· Maybe I'm just sunburnt and it was just a dream as I reached the end of the audiobook I was listening to watching the Red Winged Black birds teary eyed. 🐦 πŸ‘€

Seventy eight and sunny β˜€

Good morning! Sunny and 59 degrees in Delmar. 🌞 Calm wind. Nice day for riding in.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 78. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 1st. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 59 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1930. 0.2 inches of snow fell back in 1967.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 64.4Β° from the due south horizon (-6.5Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour πŸ… starts at 7:23 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (288Β°). πŸ“Έ The sunset is in the west-northwest (294Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:03 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 11 seconds with dusk around 8:34 pm, which is one minute and 7 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ‡ The best time to look at the stars is after 9:13 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies πŸŒ„ and temperatures around degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 24 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 20 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 5am. Increasing clouds 🌧, with a low of 52 degrees. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 27th. Light northwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2023, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 41 degrees. The record low of 26 occurred back in 1968.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Sunday, showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Maximum dew point of at 7am. Typical average high for the weekend is 70 degrees.

Looking ahead, there are 6 weeks until Primary Day πŸ—³οΈ when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:11 pm. On that day in 2023, we had mostly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 67 and 52 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 80 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 2018.

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Nelson Swamp

Nelson Swamp

Large wetlands outside of Cazenovia in Central New York.