Good evening! Partly cloudy and 67 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌃 There is a west-southwest breeze at 14 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 66 degrees. The skies will clear around 9 pm.

Sitting out back looking up at the stars ✨, listening to the Chimes of Freedom as the moon 🎑 rises. It’s a pretty nice evening after what was a rather crazy weather day ⛈️ which kind of roared all around the area barely touched me in Delmar. I went out for my evening walk 🚶 earlier then normal and there was a ton of people out about. 👯‍♂️👫👭 I normally don’t see a lot of people when I walk at nine o’clock.

I do like the very aggressive blue light filter on my new phone 📱 and many of the features that come with having a much more modern phone. It does use quite bit more data but I have a decent data package 📦 so it’s not a big deal. The more modern versions of Android has a lot of small improvements but nice ones.

For tonight it will be partly cloudy 🌃 , with a low of 64 degrees at 4am. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 9pm. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 54 degrees. The record low of 43 occurred back in 1972.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 97% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 1:02 am, followed by dawn at 5:20 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:52 am in the east-northeast (66°) and last for 3 minutes and 11 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 3 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:31 am with sun in the east-northeast (72°). Tonight will have 9 hours and 40 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 17 seconds over last night.

I asked about taking next week off 🏖️and that seems increasingly likely. I’m not sure if I’ll get all week off but I can remote work for anything that comes up. 📱 My new phone is pretty amazing and I can do a lot of my work stuff on, especially capable for only sixty bucks. That said I’ll pack the work laptop and if I need to work at the library Wi-Fi 📶it will work fine.

I’m not sure how nice the weather is going to be next week, 🌦️but the Finger Lakes will be a nice change of pace. If it’s wet and stormy some days I’ll just hang out in camp. 🏕️ I have a bunch of library books to read 📖 and I really want some nice quiet days away from it all and the Finger Lakes will be a good change from the Adirondacks. Maybe I can’t block off all work activities on vacation 🔇 – I am a supervisor now – but I’m hoping for a few days unlike earlier in the summer when I spent most of my days working from camp. 💻

Oil change is done, so much easier to just pony up the bucks 🛢 but the local shop was a lot more expensive than going to the dealer but when you consider the cost of gas it might make sense going forward at least while I’m working remotely. 🔧 Next oil change who knows. Of course if I decide to go carless next year maybe they’re won’t be visits to the repair shop or all the other expenses of motoring. 🏁

It was unusual riding the bus 🚍 after so much time motoring and working from home. It’s just unusual with back door boarding and no bus fares. 🎟 You don’t really get to see the driver. It seems so impersonal. I was the only person on the bus but I wasn’t riding at a peak time. At some point things will return back to normal but I don’t see it happening anytime soon. 🚌 I’ve been told remote work will continue through the end of the year.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 83 degrees at 3pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around July 26th. Maximum dew point of 66 at 8am. Southwest wind around 8 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 83 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1955.

Sounds like tomorrow is going to be quite muggy again. 😰 I do want to get to the library and work down there for a while tomorrow. 📧 While I don’t expect many very data intensive work tasks there I do want to get some new photos and content on the blog tomorrow. Later on in the evening I’m going to John Wolcott house 🏡 and maybe pick up some supplies at the store 🏬.

I am excited about my new phone and the new picture uploader I wrote. 🖼 I’ll finally be able to upload high resolution photos as I travel right from my phone wherever I have reception and tell my story better. 📸 Instagram is fine but the pictures are kind of low resolution and crappy.

In four weeks on September 1 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (282°) at 7:29 pm,🌄 which is 42 minutes and 24 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 75 and 51 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 77 and 57 degrees. The record high of 96 degrees was set back in 1953. Can you believe four weeks until September?

Looking ahead, 4 weeks until September and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 13 weeks.

Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 77 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁️ Calm wind. The dew point is 59 degrees. The skies will clear Wednesday around 1 am. Nice break from the humidity but it’s clouded up and tomorrow is going to be wet, especially in the evening. The air has the musty smell of grain and barnyard tonight. 🐮

Busy day at work. 🖥 I’ve been less efficient lately with the heat and getting distracted with other things that I clocked out and worked late so I could get caught up on things. I still haven’t asked about next week, I doubt 🤷‍♂️ I’ll get all week off but if I don’t ask it’s not a possibility. Just too timid. 🐁Truth be told I can remote work some of the days in the Finger Lakes but I want some time to myself besides the weekend.

So I got my new phone up and running. 📱 It’s a big upgrade from my old phone but it’s a bit larger when it’s in the protective case than I would like – even with my big hands. 🖐️ I mean I like the higher resolution screen for writing blog posts but it’s a bit big for one hand use especially when you are typing on it. ⌨️ I do however like all the additional emojis it has. 😁 Adds a lot of options for blog posts. 📝

Tonight will have showers likely, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 68 degrees at 5am. Seven degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 67 at 4am. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, 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 62 degrees. The record low of 46 occurred back in 1966.

Tonight will have a Full 🌝 Moon with 99% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the east-southeast (119°) at an altitude of 3° from the horizon, some 243,891 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 February 4^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Strugeon 🐡 Moon is on Tuesday, August 18. The darkest hour is at 1:02 am, followed by dawn at 5:19 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:51 am in the east-northeast (65°) and last for 3 minutes and 11 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 3 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:30 am with sun in the east-northeast (72°). Tonight will have 9 hours and 38 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 16 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have tropical storm conditions possible. 🌀 Showers before 3pm, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. ⛈️ High of 74 degrees at 2pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 11th. Maximum dew point of 69 at 12pm. 🏖️ Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible. 💦 A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. It was humid. The high last year was 84 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1955.

Tomorrow I have to get up bright and early to drop my truck off for a oil change. 🔧Can’t imagine it will take long as usually even when I do it’s fairly quick with me struggling to get off the filter. 🛢 I think I’m sticking with smaller projects now, oil changes are fine to do yourself but it’s a pain living in the suburb. I should get to bed 🛏 soon as I need to get up early for that tomorrow. 😴

In four weeks on August 31 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (282°) at 7:31 pm,🌄 which is 41 minutes and 56 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 76 and 54 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 78 and 57 degrees. The record high of 93 degrees was set back in 1953.

I do feel guilty about buying a new phone 📱 but the old one really wasn’t charging properly and was about to bite the dust. 🤳 I guess things don’t last forever and these inexpensive things phone are pretty disposable. 🗑 That said it was a better phone than many of the Tracphones I’ve owned over the years. $65 really isn’t that much when I spend often that much to gas up my truck ⛽ especially before the Coronavirus crisis.

Looking ahead, Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 3 months.

Good morning! Happy Sunday. Rain showers and mostly cloudy with a few breaks of sun and 65 degrees, in a hammock at Cole Hill State Forest in Berne, NY. ☔ There is a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 64 degrees. The skies will clear around 3 pm.

So last night I went to Grace’s summer party at her mountain farm. 🐑 Beautiful land and old hippie type of farm house 🏡 surrounded by wildflower gardens up a steep mountain. She’s still working in Albany, going to be a heck of a commute for her come winter.

Afterwards I decided to spend the night up at Cole Hill State Forest. ⛺ Just a simple set up with a hammock strung between some trees and flashlight 🔦. I didn’t bother with a fire, I just laid back listening some podcasts under the moonlit skies. I didn’t even pack anything for breakfast, I’ll eat when I get home.

It wasn’t a bad evening 💦although there was a a few rain showers during the middle of the night and I ended up splashing DEET on due to the mosquitoes. 🐜

Today will have a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy 🌩, with a high of 82 degrees at 4pm. Typical for today. Maximum dew point of 71 at 2pm. South wind 6 to 14 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 mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1975.

I have the kayak and fishing pole on me 🎣 and I’m thinking of heading over to White Birch Pond to do some fishing later. I guess it depends on how hungry I am or if how much rain we get early 💧, I don’t really have any additional food on me. As morning has broke the day has gotten nicer but there is still a lot of storms popping up on the radar. ⚽

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:04 pm with sun having an altitude of 64.9° from the due south horizon (-5.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:37 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (289°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (295°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:17 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 12 seconds with dusk around 8:47 pm, which is one minute and 11 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the southeast (127°) at an altitude of 6° from the horizon, 241,004 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:28 pm. At sunset, look for rain showers 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 77 degrees. The dew point will be 71 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 25 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 14 seconds over yesterday.

I tell you, every time I am out in the country 🐮 I am super jealous about those who make a living and a place to live in the mountains. 🗻 Some day I tell myself, I just need to work hard and save more money.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Partly cloudy 🌩, with a low of 66 degrees at 5am. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 71 at 7pm. South wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It became sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 66 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1976.

Good morning! Happy August! Final full month of summer. Sunny and 70 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 There is a north-northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 61 degrees.

My phone is working this morning 📱 but it’s really on its last legs. It has been so infuriating this whole week how the battery 🔋 just gets discharged and won’t recharge. But my new phone is arriving on Monday so hopefully this won’t be a big issue going forward.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 86 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 63 at 11am. North wind around 6 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 101 was set in 1933.

It looks like it will be a pretty nice day. 🎣 I’m going to do some fishing and hiking this afternoon I think then go over to that socially distant summer gathering in Berne. Should be a pretty good day. Tomorrow will be wet but I plan to finish unpacking my camping gear and do some reading 📖.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:02 pm with sun having an altitude of 65.2° from the due south horizon (-5.6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. Already the sun is a fair bit lower midday. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:36 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (289°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (296°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:16 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 13 seconds with dusk around 8:47 pm, which is one minute and 10 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the 🌝 Moon in the southeast (139°) at an altitude of 12° from the horizon, 238,047 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:28 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 79 degrees. The dew point will be 63 degrees. There will be a south-southwest breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 27 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 11 seconds over yesterday.

I do like wearing my knock off crocks. 👣 Much cooler than the boots in the summer but they don’t offer a lot of protection for my toes and my feet do get quite dirty wearing them.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 68 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 1am. South wind 3 to 7 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 60 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1976.

I still haven’t decided if I’ll take a week from Monday off from work for vacation. 🏊 I’m going to look at the forecast and ask on Monday, and even if I have to work part of the week I’ll work remotely from the Finger Lakes. ⛺ I’ve decided I think I want to do the Finger Lakes again and maybe part of the week in the Allegheny National Forest. 🌲🌲🌲