July 13, 2020 Night

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Good evening! Cloudy and 69 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. The dew point is 62 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around noontime.

Another night 🌃 staying up too late as a night owl. 🦉 In part its my fault but it’s also been so hot and sticky in my apartment that it’s hard sleeping. I sat out back for a while but I miss having my truck in my normal parking 🅿 spot. I got to talk to my neighbor about the parking. I much prefer my other spot as I can plug in my phone into my truck and it gives me some privacy and solitude sitting out back.

All day I stayed home 🏡 which should make the COVID-19 internet uncle police 🚨 happy, although what they mostly get their jollies off on these days is mask wearing. 😷 I don’t mind that much the rare times I go shopping to tie a bandana around my face. 🤠 I’m back to buying only one gallon of milk at a time because I probably shouldn’t be drinking so much of my favorite bovine beverage 🐮 and I don’t worry as much about shopping now that the pandemic is starting to slow a lot locally. As much as I want to move out west, for now it seems a lot more in control around here than out west.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before midnight, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 62 degrees at 5am. Typical for tonight. Maximum dew point of 62 at 11pm. Light northwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Some showers could cool things off a bit. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 69 degrees. The record low of 49 occurred back in 1940.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter 🌗 Moon with 39% illuminated. The Buck 🦌 Moon is on Tuesday, July 28. The darkest hour is at 1:02 am, followed by dawn at 4:57 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:30 am in the east-northeast (59°) and last for 3 minutes and 22 seconds. Sunrise is 49 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:12 am with sun in the east-northeast (66°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 58 minutes of darkness, an increase of one minute and 23 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 4pm and 5pm. Mostly sunny 🌦, with a high of 81 degrees at 2pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around July 1st. Maximum dew point of 64 at 10am. Northwest wind around 5 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 cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1995.

In four weeks on August 10 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (292°) at 8:03 pm,🌄 which is 28 minutes and 36 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 76 and 57 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 81 and 61 degrees. The record high of 96 degrees was set back in 1949.

Looking ahead,

Ice Cave Mountain

Humans are over populated. 👤

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Humans are over populated. 👤

It’s only a matter of time before the population starts to crash, as happens with all overpopulated species. Usually from a virus but also a fungus or bacteria in will eventually figure out how to successfully attack and over populated species.

We like to believe we are made in the image of God and therefore exempt from ecological rules but its a fools errand. Monocultures ultimately always fail.

July 13, 2020 Morning

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Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Mostly cloudy and 71 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. The dew point is 65 degrees. The skies will clear around 9 pm.

It looks like the muggers will be with us all week 😰 with humidity and the dew point well in the sixties and real muggy come Friday. For now my plan is stick close to home but I could change my mind. I’ve been thinking about going to the Potholers for some time now but it’s a pain with Piseco Powley Road still not open on the southern end.

Before it gets too hot this morning, I am going to go for a morning walk 🚶 and then take a quick shower and get down to work. I am continuing to crunch numbers 🔢 for the report I’m running but in the afternoon I have to do some more internet research so I’ll go down to the library 📚 where the internet is fast.

Today will have isolated showers between 11am and noon, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 84 degrees at 2pm. One degree above normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 8am. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 88 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1894.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:02 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.1° from the due south horizon (-1.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:51 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (294°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (301°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:33 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 22 seconds with dusk around 9:06 pm, which is 34 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:50 pm. At sunset, look out for possible thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 75 degrees. The dew point will be 64 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 2 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 23 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have isolated showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 62 degrees at 4am. Typical for tonight. Maximum dew point of 64 at 6pm. Northwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 69 degrees. The record low of 49 occurred back in 1940.

On this day in 1977, the Great 1977 New York City Blackout begins, plunging New York into 24 hours of darkness, chaos, and crime. It really was a dark time in the city. 🌆

Going to be a nice, hot summer weekend. 🏊 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Maximum dew point of 68 at 8am. Sunday, scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 70 at 9am. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees.

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