Good afternoon! Partly sunny and 69 degrees in Spectulator. There is a south-southwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 55 degrees.

This afternoon will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 76 degrees at 3pm. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 7th. Maximum dew point of 55 at 12pm. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 76 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 2017.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:50 pm with sun having an altitude of 45.3° from the due south horizon (-24.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:13 pm with the sun in the west (263°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (269°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:51 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 57 seconds with dusk around 7:17 pm, which is one minute and 50 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the south-southeast (162°) at an altitude of 21° from the horizon, 237,543 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:52 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 72 degrees. The dew point will be 54 degrees. There will be a southwest breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 12 hours of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 58 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 50 degrees at 6am. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 21st. Calm wind. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 53 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1947.

Tomorrow will have isolated showers after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny 🌦, with a high of 77 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 4th. Maximum dew point of 55 at 11am. Light south wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 69 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 2017.

Looking ahead to Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. South wind 7 to 14 mph. Maximum dew point of 59 at 11am. Typical average high for the weekend is 68 degrees.

As previously noted, next Friday is Average High is 65 🍂 when the sun will be setting at 6:36 pm with dusk at 7:04 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 75 and 49 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 85 back in 1927.