February 24, 2016 Night

Good evening! Currently 38 degrees and heavy rain and a few thunderclaps with a 6 mph east-northeast wind. The wind chill value is currently 33. It pouring out but at least it’s not that cold.

Tonight look for rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 3am, then rain likely between 3am and 5am, then showers likely after 5am. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Temperature rising to around 54 by 1am. Unusually warm for February. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight will have 12 hours and 57 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over last night. Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:36 am with the first light at 6:08 am, which is 1 minutes and 34 seconds earlier then today.

Tonight we have a Waining Gibbous Moon with 87% illuminated. The Last Quarter Moon is on Tuesday and the New Moon is on March 9th.

Thursday will have a chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 50. South wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Not a washout by any means.

I hope you had a good day. Sleep well!

February 24, 2016 Evening

Good evening! Currently 37 degrees and drizzle with a 3 mph north-northeast wind. All day the weather has been fairly icky.

Tonight look for rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 3am, then rain likely between 3am and 5am, then showers likely after 5am. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Temperature rising to around 54 by 1am. South wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Tonight will have 12 hours and 57 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night. It is less than a month before we have more daylight than darkness. Nicer weather is on the way.

Tonight we will have a Waning Gibbous Moon with 87% illuminated. It will rise at 7:22 pm. You won’t see it through the clouds. The Last Quarter Moon is on Tuesday and the New Moon is on March 9th.

As expected, today was a pretty busy one. But I made it through it and things are going fairly well. Still chewing over going to the Adirondacks this weekend but want to take a wait and see approach. I need to first straighten out the back of the pickup and get the gear out of the attic. Might go out hiking on Sunday.

I hope your Wednesday is going well. Have a great evening!

February 24, 2016 Morning

Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Currently 33 degrees with light rain and fog with a 3 mph north-northwest wind. The wind chill value is currently 30. Not a super nice day but it’s not impacting people’s commutes much in the Albany area. The weekend still looks quite nice.

Today there will be periods of light rain before 10am, then periods of rain after 10am. Patchy fog after 3pm. High near 41. Not bad for mid to late February. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Tonight the sun will set at 5:38 pm with darkness around 6:07 pm, which is 1 minutes and 15 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have exactly 11 hours of daylight, an increase of 2 minutes and 48 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight look for rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Temperature rising to around 48 by 1am. South wind 6 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

There are 1 month, 6 days until April Fools Day when the sun will be setting at 7:22 pm (Daylight Savings Time). Less than three weeks until we set the clocks forward.

Busy day on tap for work today. I wanted to get an early start but with the weather and studying an email, that didn’t quite happen.

Looking at heading up to the Adirondacks this weekend for camping, hiking and maybe some shooting after my sister’s baby shower. I haven’t spent a weekend in the wilderness in over a month now. I don’t think there is much snow up north and it’s going to be a nice warm weekend for February to boot. Lots of sun expected too.