February 5, 2016 Night

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Good evening. Currently mostly clear and 27 degrees in Delmar. Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low around 19. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight. A nice starry evening, I saw a shooting star on my evening walk. The shooting star was super bright as it burned up across the space into a series of sparks.

Tonight we will have a Waining Crescent Moon with 15% illuminated. It will rise at 4:56 am. You still have plenty of time to view the stars before the slender moon rises. Tomorrow’s sunrise will be at 7:03 am with first light at 6:33 am, which is 2 minutes and 11 seconds earlier then today.

I hope you had a good work week. It’s now the weekend. Sleep well!

February 5, 2016 Evening

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Good evening. Currently there are a few clouds and breezy as the sun sets with 37 degrees in Albany. Another nice sunset as the days get longer Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low around 20. Northwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Late tonight we will have a Waining Crescent Moon with 15% illuminated. It will rise at 4:55 am.

A pretty nice sunset for sure tonight. The bus driver is really flying tonight, weaving in and out of traffic, so hopefully I’ll be home sooner than later. I’m tired, it’s been a long week. I’m glad the weekend is here and it’s going to be a nice one.

Saturday will be partly sunny, with a high near 41. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning. For Sunday look for mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Should be a nice weekend for the first weekend of February.

Going to do an oil change tomorrow morning and then may go to Schodack Island State Park and do some hiking into the afternoon. Do it first thing then I won’t forget about it and will mean I have fresh oil in the engine. Probably need to do some grocery shopping but other than that I don’t have any big plans for the weekend. It’s winter I concede.

I thought a bit about heading up to the Adirondacks but money is kind of tight and the skies are expected to be pretty gray up north. Pay day is Tuesday evening but I have to pay my credit card tonight. Big bill this month unfortunately. I should add doing my taxes to the list.

February 5, 2016 Afternoon

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Good afternoon. Currently 39 degrees in Albany. Those blue skies certainly are nice!

Sunset will be at 5:13 pm with twilight at 5:43 pm which is one minute and 19 seconds later then yesterday. Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low around 20. Not too bad. A breeze will make feel somewhat chilly as you go out this evening. Northwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

February 5, 2016 Morning

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Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! It is currently overcast and 34 degrees in Delmar. Today will have a slight chance of snow before 11am. We once again will miss the northeaster pounding Boston. Darn snow hogs. We might get snow early next week. More depressing weather this morning but it won’t last. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 9 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunset will be at 5:14 pm with twilight at 5:43 pm which is one minute and 19 seconds later then yesterday. Tonight we will have a Waining Crescent Moon with 15% illuminated. It will rise at 4:56 am. Not much of the moon left. Probably it’s the fault of Obama. The New Moon is on Monday.

There are 4 months, 13 days until Go Fishing Day. They usually have a free fishing weekend that weekend in June. Summer nights aren’t that long away.

This day in 1994, Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission for the years did what they could to protect him from prosecution. They also supported the assassin in many ways. It was pretty gross what happened in Mississippi in the 1960s on behalf of their government.