Opposite Day 2016 Night

Good evening. Currently partly cloudy and 33 degrees in Delmar. Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low around 28. South wind 8 to 13 mph. The wind makes it feel a bit chillier the mercury says but the stars and moon are bright.

Tonight we have a Waning Gibbous Moon with 97% illuminated. Big bright moon tonight for sure. Tomorrow’s sunrise will be at 7:14 am with first light at 6:44 am, which is one minute and 51 seconds earlier then today. I certainly appreciate the extra daylight in the morning.

I was going to be in bed by 11 PM but it didn’t happen. I got working with PyQGIS and developing the plug-in I’m making to automate the routine stuff relating to map making. I’m finding I can do a lot with PyQGIS now that I’m mastering the API. The more I automate, the less I have to do manually and risk messing up. I hate redoing a whole batch of maps over some tiny little glitch.

I hope you had a good Opposite Day. Sleep well!

Opposite Day 2016 Evening

Good evening on this Opposite Day. Currently mostly cloudy and 36 degrees in Albany. Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low around 27. South wind 7 to 11 mph.

Tonight we have a Waning Gibbous Moon with 98% illuminated.Β The nice big moon is currently rising in the east.

Tuesday will be a slight chance of rain showers and sleet before 11am, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. South wind 14 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

The days are getting longer. In two weeks the sun will be setting at 5:17 pm, which is 18 minutes later then tonight. The sunset in four weeks on Feb. 22 is at 5:35 pm.

Happy Holiday – Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus.

With all my daily celebrations of holidays (today is Opposite Day !), I figured it appropriate to play the theme song from the 1942 Bing Crosby movie, Holiday Inn.

Where every day is celebrated as a holiday!

Nice Weekend on Tap (?)

A nice weekend on tap? Here is what the National Weather Service is predicting for the last weekend of January in the Albany-area.

Friday Night –Β 
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Saturday –
Partly sunny, with a high near 39.

Saturday Night –Β 
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Sunday –Β 
Partly sunny, with a high near 43.

It’s hard to beat a late January forest like that. A good winter thaw for sure, after the cold and much too cloudy conditions of recent. It’s a bit early to know for sure, but thinking of heading up to the Adirondacks for some snowshoeing and camping.