February 25, 2016 Night

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Good evening! Currently 36 degrees and overcast with a 18 mph west wind, with gusts up to 29 mph. The wind chill value is currently 26. Pretty damp out there this evening.

Tonight will have scattered rain, sleet and snow showers before midnight, then a slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight will have 12 hours and 54 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night. Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:34 am with the first light at 6:06 am, which is 1 minutes and 35 seconds earlier then today.

Tonight we have a Waning Gibbous Moon with 80% illuminated. The Last Quarter Moon is on Tuesday and the New Moon is on March 9th.

Friday will have isolated snow showers before 8am. Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 28. Blustery, with a northwest wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

With today’s heavy rain, a bus was stuck in the mud of the soft shoulder along Delaware Ave across Village Drive. They had the big wrecker our there towing it out around 9 pm tonight.

Did my evening walk and went down to the library. I got dad a gift certificate for his birthday. There was a cop sitting out on Elm at the Bypass but he was already reported on Waze before I could do it. Got in about 5 miles of walking in today, which isn’t bad for a weekday.

I have to admit I have already gotten into the habit of watching the PBS Newshour and other TV programs. I generally don’t just watch TV but instead I ended up either cooking or working on my phone or laptop at the same time.

Got my wireless keyboard set up, so when I download videos to my laptop I can control the play of them without getting out of bed. This is kind of nice. The wireless keyboard was only like $28 including free shipping, and makes watching YouTube videos from bed a delight.

Today was a rough day at work Ripping my contact lens made things worse, and I messed up a few things but I survived for yet another day. Friday will hopefully not that bad.

I’m still looking forward to camping on the Adirondacks this weekend but tomorrow I will have to make a final decision than pack if that’s what I decide to do. It would be fun to camp every month of the year this year but with my work schedule, only God knows if that’s realistically possible.

I hope you had a good day. Sleep well!

February 25, 2016 Evening

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Good evening! Currently 41 degrees and light rain with a 10 mph west wind, with gusts up to 21 mph. The wind chill value is currently 35.

This afternoon will have showers likely. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 41. West wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight will have 12 hours and 54 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night.

Tonight we will have a Waining Gibbous Moon with 80% illuminated. It will rise at 8:15 pm. The Last Quarter Moon is on Tuesday and the New Moon is on March 9th.

Tonight will have a chance of rain and snow showers before 1am, then a slight chance of snow showers between 1am and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind 9 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Looking ahead to the weekend, Saturday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Saturday Night will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Sunday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Sunday Night will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

It was a long day. I ripped one of my contact lens so I’m half blind this evening. Apparently I don’t have any right contacts at work. But I’ll be home in a bit. Then there was just a lot of miscellaneous things happening at work.

I got the wireless keyboard I ordered and looking forward to playing with it tonight. I can use my monitor to watch videos and control them without getting up. It should be fun.

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

February 25, 2016 Morning

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Good morning! Happy Thursday. Currently 54 degrees and partly cloudy with a 6 mph south wind. A somewhat damp morning after a very wet night with heavy rain and some lightening, especially around 11 AM. The regular heavy rains help make up for the lack of snow this winter and keep things from getting too dried out.

Today will have scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Southwest wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Tonight the sun will set at 5:40 pm with darkness around 6:08 pm, which is 1 minutes and 15 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have 11 hours and 3 minutes of daylight, an increase of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of rain showers, possibly mixing with snow after 11pm, then gradually ending. Cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind 9 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

There are 2 months until Arbor Day when the sun will be setting at 7:49 pm (Daylight Savings Time). Spring will be around the corner before you know it. Probably will have a blizzard on that day.

As previously noted, Today is Thursday. Then Friday and the weekend. Still thinking of heading up to the Adirondacks to camp after my sister’s baby shower. Then go hiking on Sunday. The weather looks pretty nice for the weekend, a bit with somewhat less sun than the earliest models. It should be warm enough that I can run both the big buddy heater and the lantern with sufficient propane pressure. I doubt I’ll have a chance to camp again after this weekend before April but who knows, everything can change.

I’m leading the Save the Pine Bush Hike on the first day of spring in March at 1:30 PM on a Sunday. We are going up Blueberry Hill. Details will be posted on savethepinebush.org in the next few days.