Good morning! I’m Happy, it’s the start of my Summer Vacation after work 🏊🏿! Going to be a hot one to-day but once the coolers are packed I’ll be on my way after work. Six weeks to Labor Day Weekend Begins 👨‍🏭. Then reality sets in. But first some hot weather. Mostly cloudy and 74 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 67 degrees. But it will get hot later on. The skies will clear around 10 am.

The plan is to be on the road by six-ish and out to Brookfield well before dark. I’m a bit concerned about severe weather driving out there but if I have to pull off due to blinding rain and wait out the storm so be it. 💦I have a small bag of leftover kiln-dried firewood 🔥if I decide to have a fire but it might be too hot for that. I want to get an early start tomorrow from Brookfield, I packed cereal so after my coffee ☕ I hope to be on the road by 8 am before the heat hits then stop briefly at the Montezuma winery 🍷 and get a few bottles for mom and then head down to Taughannock State Park to swim 🏊 in Cayuga Lake before heading up to the National Forest, hanging up a hammock and drifting asleep to the mooing of the cows. 🐮

Today will be partly sunny and hot 🔥☀, with a high of 93 degrees at 4pm. 10 degrees above normal. But that’s not the whole story. Maximum dew point of 72 at 12pm. Heat index values as high as 101. Don’t let the ice melt in your beer 🍻 cooler. South wind 6 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 83 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1904. I’m not sure if we will break the record set downtown 116 beers ago.

The sun will set at 8:28 pm with dusk around 9:01 pm, which is 46 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 86 degrees. The dew point will be 73 degrees. The heat index around sunset will be 73. ⛱ There will be a west breeze at 13 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 53 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 40 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have isolated showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 2am. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 74 degrees at 4am. 12 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 73 at 7pm. West wind 5 to 13 mph becoming south after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 57 degrees. The record low of 49 occurred back in 1974.

On this day, there was the Great New York City Fire of 1845: 🔥 The last great fire to affect Manhattan began early in the morning and was subdued that afternoon. The fire killed 4 firefighters, 26 civilians, and destroyed 345 buildings. Always be careful with matches, in densely packed urban areas with lots of wooden buildings. In Manhattan, Penna just don’t tick your neighbors off by burning too much plastic. 😂 Hah.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny and hot 🔥☀, with a high of 96 degrees at 2pm. 13 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 74 at 6pm. Heat index values as high as 106. Won’t be that hot in the Finger Lakes and Cayuga Lake might be downright cold ❄. Remember snow, it’s coming, enjoy the hot weather. Light west wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 88 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1991.

Looking ahead to Sunday, scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny and hot 🔥☀, with a high near 95. West wind 5 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 73 at 8am. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees.

I’m going to play it day by day ⛺ but I have ambitious plans for the week if the weather is nice, which I’m hoping it will be by the latest models. ☀ Should be nice swimming 🏊 with the hot weather for the first half of the week, the only really bad day so far on the forecast is Monday with some rain but then sun balls and a lot cooler for the second half of the week. 😎

Good morning! Happy Thursday. Two weeks to August 🌻. Clouds and a few rain showers and 75 degrees in Bethlehem, NY. ☔ I doubt that I needed a rain coat but I figured be safe rather than sorry. There is a north breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 68 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 9 am. Going to be super hot tomorrow. But my vacation starts then and I can always use the air conditioning while driving out there, followed by cold beverages and a fan to stay cool and maybe laying back on the hammock.

I overslept this morning as it’s pretty dark and gray. ☁ It was raining fairly hard early on. I got up at eight AM and had to dig around for my phone. 📱 I did find it. I think I turned my alarm ⏰ off for Independence Day and didn’t notice it last week because the sun was up fairly early as it was sunny.

Today will be scattered showers, mainly before 3pm. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 81 degrees at 2pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 10th. Reminds us that summer won’t last forever. Maximum dew point of 69 at 2pm. North wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 30%. 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 82 degrees. The record high of 100 was set in 1953. It’s going to be warm this weekend but not 1950s warm. People ask how I love without air conditioning, I ask how did people do it during the 1950s when it was truly rare.

The sun will set at 8:29 pm with dusk around 9:02 pm, which is 45 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 77 degrees. The dew point will be 68 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 54 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 38 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have isolated showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 67 degrees at 5am. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 68 at 6pm. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 47 occurred back in 1875.

Today is the 200th Day of Year. Only 165 days remain. Then it will be 2020, the start of the third decade of the 21st century. 🌟 The future is ahead, that’s all there is to say. But first vacation starting tomorrow.

I want to see if I can hook up the ignitor on the new camp stove burner 🔥 tonight, along with doing the bulk of packing for vacation. I also need to run to laundromat, dollar store and grocery. I plan to do whatever packing I can tonight and will pack the coolers and propane when I leave home after work tomorrow. Not going to bring a lot of food, just enough for Friday and maybe Saturday and will buy what I need come Sunday.

On this day in 1969, Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives his car off a bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, dies. 😥 And in 1984, there were McDonald’s massacre in San Ysidro, California: In a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police. 🔫After that, California implemented strict new gun control in that state, and there have been no more mass shootings. Thank God for the California legislature keeping safe.

Going to be a nice, hot summer weekend. 🏊 Saturday, isolated showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 74 at 7am. Sunday, scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny and hot, with a high near 92. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 72 at 8am. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until August 🌻 when the sun will be setting at 8:15 pm with dusk at 8:47 pm. On that day in 2018, we had rain and temperatures between 80 and 70 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 82 degrees. We hit a record high of 101 back in 1933.

Good morning folks! Y’all know what day today is. Next Friday is when I leave for Summer vacation after work, assuming the weather is decent and I’m ready to go. 🏊🏿. Eight nights in the woods, where I make my own rules, have fires and relax. I’d say it’s cloudy, humid and 71 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Going to warmer as the day progresses. There is a west breeze at 5 mph 🍃. The dew point is 68 degrees. Perfect weather for the muggers. The skies will clear around 11 am.

Walked down to the express bus 🚍 and the air conditioning sure feels nice. ❄ Not warm enough to turn the fan on in my bedroom but definitely feels a tad bit muggy. 🚦 Hitting all the traffic lights heading downtown today. Traffic also was a bit backed up going through the Empire Plaza, but I’m not in that much of a rush to get to work.

I had lots of black percolator coffee this morning, ☕ cold because it’s been so warm. It was very strong, and it woke me up right away. I also made waffles up. Of course all that coffee cleared me out well, 🚽 which is probably good for gut health or something like that. I heard that they have fresh local sweet corn, 🌽 and despite the advice from the Internet Gut Doctor™ always advertising, I am looking forward to having some this weekend.

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 82 degrees at 3pm. Typical for today. Figures. Maximum dew point of 68 at 9am. Slight drop in the humidity as the day progresses, but still pretty warm come the afternoon.West wind 5 to 15 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1935.

The sun will set at 8:33 pm with dusk around 9:06 pm, which is 32 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 75 degrees. The dew point will be 64 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 19 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 63 degrees at 4am. One degree above normal. Maximum dew point of 65 at 6pm. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. In 2018, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 61 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1939.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 88 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 6pm. West wind around 7 mph. Hot and humid, should be nice out in old Schoharie County. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 88 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1894.

The plan is to get a fairly early start tomorrow, head out on NY 990V through the Northern Catskills, pack a lunch, 🛣 hike around Mine Kill Falls, then go for a swim for the bulk of the day at Mine Kill Park. Camp overnight somewhere at Burnt-Rossman, then do some fishing and hiking on Sunday, which should be nicer of the two days, at least weather wise. Should be downright pleasant by afternoon, maybe a bit chilly with the breeze and the rapidly dropping humidity. I heard sweet corn is now being sold locally, so I may be buy some and have it with burgers 🍔 up at camp.

Looking ahead to Sunday, mostly sunny 😎, with a high near 82. West wind 7 to 15 mph. Maximum dew point of 62 at 6am. Less humid by mid afternoon. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees. Going to be a real nice day, but as I was noting earlier, in the somewhat cooler weather of the Northern Catskills with that breeze, it might be cool swimming.

Tonight I’ll install the replacement burner in the camp stove. 🔥 I expect it will work well. For my vacation I’m going to pick up an inexpensive table cloth probably at the dollar store so I don’t have to look at the scratched and patched up camp table and it looks cleaner. I figure it the cheap table cloth doesn’t last it can be burnt and I can get another.

Vacation will be upon my before I know it, ⛺ so I should continue to get ready. That said I don’t expect that I have to do a lot, but if I want to get that camping permit, today is the day to do it. I should see if I can just find the old permit from seven years ago, and have the PA DCNR update it. 🗒 If not, I might just camp more in New York or Allegheny National Forest but I’d like to spend some time in Pennsyltucky.

On this day in 1967, the Newark Riots begin with over six days of rioting, looting, and destruction leaving 26 dead. 😡 Fortunately we aren’t worrying about that anymore, everybody’s just talking about immigration. I guess I should be more concerned, but that doesn’t really apply that much to me.

As previously noted, next Friday is Summer Vacation 🏊🏿 when the sun will be setting at 8:28 pm with dusk at 9:01 pm. On that day in 2018, we had sunny skies, patches of fog and temperatures between 83 and 55 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 83 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1904.

Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Going to be hot later or so I’m told by Mr. NOAA and his brave men and women based on their fancy computer models. 🔥 Three weeks to my Teeth Cleaning Day 😄Clean teeth are important. Now, I just need to schedule a physical 😷 and get my tetanus booster. 💉 Partly sunny and 69 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ☀ Calm wind. The dew point is 57 degrees. Nice morning, enjoyed my walk down to the bus.🚏

Today will be mostly sunny and hot ☀, with a high of 91 degrees at 5pm. But maybe not too ungodly humid? Muggers won’t be that active today. They’re lurking in their dark corners for tomorrow. Nine degrees above normal. It’s called summer time, the hottest time of the year starts Friday, the first sunset before 8:30 is on Tuesday. Maximum dew point of 60 at 11am. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. It became sticky as the day progressed. The high last year was 92 degrees. The record high of 100 was set in 1936.

The sun will set at 8:34 pm with dusk around 9:08 pm, which is 28 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 84 degrees. The dew point will be 62 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 15 hours and 6 minutes of daytime, an decrease of one minute and 12 seconds over yesterday.

This evening, I have another Save the Pine Bush event 🦋 to go to, namely the Guilderland Town Planning meeting over that Rapp Road development. Should be an interesting meeting, and hopefully the building will be well air conditioned. I might go for a hike after the meeting, although more likely then not, I’ll end up going to another meeting with the Pine Bush folks probably at a dinner. ☕

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 69 degrees at 5am. Eight degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 65 at 11pm. Light south wind. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 63 degrees. The record low of 48 occurred back in 1986.

I saw another one of my fellow high schoolers bought a house. 🏡 In Upstate New York of all places. Seems like I’m getting to the age where everyone’s buying property, while I’m just buying stocks and bonds. Based on the numbers I’ve seen, renting my run down apartment, walking around town and taking the bus 🚍 to work and investing I still come out ahead.  If I owned land, I’d probably get in trouble for burning shit I shouldn’t be be. 🔥

I don’t live in Pennsylvania, where people burn everything from couches 🛋️ and old buildings on-down.🏚 Eventually when I am a little more financially secure, don’t have family anymore nearby, and I will move to a more rural state that has a lot more freedom. ✊ Maybe Wyoming? 🤠 That’s a segue, although I don’t know what I would do out there, but I’ve heard good things about moving out west in places like Idaho or Missouri.

On this day in 1890, Wyoming is admitted to the United States as the 44th US State. 🌋Many liberals regard that as a mistake, although it has some beautiful country out in Yellowstone and lots of oil and coal. 🏭 And no nearby neighbors, which is fun if you want to have big bonfires all of the time, drink beer, ride four wheelers, have hogs, cattle, and other animals 🥩like on Our Wyoming Life.🤠  And in 1962, Telstar, the world’s first communication satellite is launched.⭐ And they wrote a song about it, 🚀 until it was destroyed by the nuclear tests that not only nuked our satellite but put cesium-138 into our milk and ice cream.🐮

Going to be a nice, hot summer weekend. 🏊 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Maximum dew point of 64 at 7pm. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Maximum dew point of 63 at 6am. Little less muggy then the second half of the week. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees. I think my plans for the weekend remain constant. It’s going to be hot 🔥 but no so bad out in the country in Schoharie County. I wonder if they will have sweet corn 🌽 out there. Swimming, fishing, maybe hiking. I’m sure it will be cool down by the Betty Brook. Then next weekend is the real vacation.🏖 I hope that my state parks pass is activated — it should be — but I haven’t tested it yet.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Teeth Cleaning Day 😃 when the sun will be setting at 8:16 pm with dusk at 8:48 pm. On that day in 2018, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 86 and 67 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 82 degrees. We hit a record high of 98 back in 1917.