February 16, 2017 Night

“Kind of a chilly evening with the wind. Not a terrible night though when I walked down to the library. I am looking forward to nicer weather come the weekend but at least tomorrow we will have more sun, even if it’s expected to remain cold.” 

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 24 degrees in Delmar. There is a west-northwest breeze at 14 mph. The current wind chill is 12. The skies will clear around 10 pm.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 17 degrees at 6am. One degrees below normal. Northwest wind 11 to 14 mph. In 2016, it got down to 28 degrees with periods of snow. The record low of -16 occurred back in 1973.

Waning Gibbous Moon tonight with 60% illuminated. The Last Quarter Moon is on Saturday night with partly cloudy skies expected. The Full β€œWorm” Moon is on Sunday, March 12th. The sun will rise at 6:49 am with the first light at 6:20 am, which is 1 minutes and 26 seconds earlier then yesterday. Tonight will have 13 hours and 17 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 45 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny, with a high of 32 degrees at 2pm. Three degrees below normal. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph. A year ago, we had snow and a high of 37 degrees. The record high of 60 was set in 1981. 11.9 inches of snow fell back in 2003.

Weekend forecast looks quite nice. Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 47. South wind 3 to 6 mph. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 45.Typical average high for the weekend is 35 degrees. If there wasn’t so much snow which I’m sure will be wet and melting I’d definitely consider camping but in the meantime I expect to spend a good amount of the long weekend our cross country skiing. 

In four weeks on March 16 the sun will be setting at 7:03 pm (Daylight Savings Time), which is 1 hour and 34 minutes later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had rain with a thunderstorm and temperatures between 64 and 44 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 44 and 26 degrees. The record high of 82 degrees was set back in 1990.

Looking ahead, Easter is in 2 months, Average High is 70 is in 3 months and Start of June is in 15 weeks.

2016 HP Pavilion 15 – Installing an SSD Drive

One of the things I don't like my laptop is it didn't come with an SSD drive, but instead has a slow 5200 RPM Hard Drive. I'm going to add an 512 GB SSD drive come late April, which will make it boot and run Linux much quicker. I'm waiting for April, so I can install Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty when I get the new drive.

February 16, 2017 – The Week Ahead

After today, we should be in a nice stretch of weather with lots of partly to mostly sunny days with temperatures running about 5-10 degrees above normal. Tomorrow might be a little bit windy but we will have ample sun. Look how much longer the days are getting!Β After so many cold days, this is much needed respite.

Weather Summary
This Afternoon. Slight Chance of Snow Showers and 33 degrees , 5:29 sunset.
Tonight. Mostly Cloudy and 17 degrees , 6:47 sunrise.
Friday. Mostly Sunny and 33 degrees , 5:30 sunset.
Friday Night. Mostly Cloudy and 17 degrees , 6:45 sunrise.
Saturday. Partly Sunny and 41 degrees , 5:31 sunset.
Saturday Night. Mostly Cloudy and 33 degrees , 6:44 sunrise.
Sunday. Partly Sunny and 44 degrees , 5:33 sunset.
Sunday Night. Partly Cloudy and 31 degrees , 6:42 sunrise.
Washington’s Birthday. Mostly Sunny and 40 degrees , 5:34 sunset.
Monday Night. Partly Cloudy and 24 degrees , 6:41 sunrise.
Tuesday. Partly Sunny and 41 degrees , 5:35 sunset.
Tuesday Night. Mostly Cloudy and 30 degrees , 6:39 sunrise.
Wednesday. Partly Sunny and 45 degrees , 5:36 sunset.

Route 406

February 16, 2017 8 AM Update

“For those keeping track of such things, it was two weeks since the Ground Hog saw his shadow. I’m not math expert but my calendar shows 31 days until spring. But a modest warm up this weekend.”Β 

Not a terrible walk down to the Park and Ride,Β although some of the sidewalks in Delmar are still icy from melted and re-frozen snow. I guess that’s to be expected this time of year, although I am sure the sidewalks should be mostly clear come the weekend and warmer temperatures.

28 degrees this morning on our way up to 31 degrees later. Cloudy and we aren’t expected to break freezing today. But much milder and this weekend and after today, the sunnier this weekend with a sunset after 5:30 come Friday.

The sun will set at 5:29 pm with dusk around 5:58 pm, which is 1 minute and 17 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have 10 hours and 40 minutes of daylight, an increase of 2 minutes and 43 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 18 degrees at 6am. Typical for tonight. Northwest wind 13 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2016, it got down to 28 degrees with periods of snow. The record low of -16 occurred back in 1973.

There is 2Β months until Easter when the sun will be setting at 7:39 pm with dusk at 8:08 pm (Daylight Savings Time). The average high temperature is 59 degrees, with a record high of 91 in 2012. Easter is quite late this year, although this year I don’t expect it to be 92 degrees on Easter. That was an exceptionally warm year and this year Easter is very late this year on Β April 16th.

Thinking about going skiing along the Kaaterskill Rail Trail and North South Lake this Sunday or Presidents Day.Β So far the forecast still looks like it will be nice all weekend, although Sunday may have the warmest but maybe not the sunniest weather of all weekend. About 50-60% overcast all weekend, which isn’t great for summer, but for winter that’s pretty much standard fare.

But first I have to dig out my truck.Β The snow seems to be rapidly melting. I also want to rewire the USB power ports so they are switched with the CB radio, and permanently soldered in so that when I’m on rough roads, the dash camera doesn’t cut in and out. Β Right now on rough roads I have a bad connection, which causes the voltage to sag in and out when I hit bumps. I also want to clean out the back of the truck so it’s ready for spring — and so I can haul my garbage and recycables to the transfer station next weekend.