Do I stay or do I go is the question on my mind, noting the likely ton of black flies if I head out of town. But the flip side is the long weekend forecast is rapidly improving and it would be fun to get out of town. But where to go? Speculator? Green Mountains?

Good morning! Happy Thursday. Partly cloudy and 44 degrees in Delmar for the morning walk. ⛅ There is a west-northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear around 11 am.

Oatmeal with blackberries and maybe blueberries for breakfast 🥣 this morning. Cold coffee ☕ maybe black though I probably should get some dairy into my diet this morning with the coffee. 🐮

Today will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny 🌥 👉 ☀ , with a high of 65 degrees at 4pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 28th. North wind 6 to 11 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 77 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1981.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 68.3° from the due south horizon (-2.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:39 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (293°). 📸

The sunset is in the west-northwest (300°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:21 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 20 seconds with dusk around 8:53 pm, which is 56 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the west-southwest (250°) at an altitude of 49° from the horizon, 252,261 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:37 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 59 degrees. There will be a north-northeast breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 59 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 40 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 41 degrees at 5am. 10 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 26th. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 57 degrees. The record low of 38 occurred back in 1972.

A perfect Memorial Day Weekend 🇺🇸 ahead. Saturday, sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon. Maximum dew point of 49 at 8pm. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 83. Maximum dew point of 53 at 8pm. Memorial Day, 85 degrees and sunny. Typical average high for the weekend is 74 degrees.

Looking ahead, next Thursday is 9 PM Dusk 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 8:27 pm with dusk at 9:00 pm. On that day in 2022, we had rain and temperatures between 69 and 60 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 76 degrees. We hit a record high of 94 back in 1918.