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February 8, 2018 – Next Sixteen Weeks

Spring maybe a little over five and half weeks away, slowly but surely we are climbing out of the bleak of winter.β˜ƒ By March, temperatures in the 40s are common, and indeed sometimes we get weather in the 50s, 60s, and 70s.🌲 Who know how many much snow we get in March, it can very a lot from year to year.🌻

Week Date Dawn Sun-
rise
Sun-
set
Dusk Day Avg High Avg Low Record Hi Record Low
0 Feb 8 6:30 am 7:00 am 5:18 pm 5:48 pm 10:18 33 16 52 (1925) -16 (1950)
1 Feb 15 6:21 am 6:50 am 5:28 pm 5:56 pm 10:37 35 17 55 (2006) -22 (1943)
2 Feb 22 6:11 am 6:40 am 5:36 pm 6:05 pm 10:56 36 19 68 (1997) -8 (1963)
3 Mar 1 6:01 am 6:29 am 5:45 pm 6:13 pm 11:16 39 21 66 (2017) -9 (1948)
4 Mar 8 5:49 am 6:17 am 5:54 pm 6:22 pm 11:36 41 23 68 (2012) -2 (1989)
5 Mar 15 6:37 am 7:05 am 7:02 pm 7:30 pm 11:56 44 25 72 (1989) 1 (1993)
6 Mar 22 6:25 am 6:53 am 7:10 pm 7:38 pm 12:17 47 28 81 (2012) 2 (1875)
7 Mar 29 6:12 am 6:41 am 7:18 pm 7:46 pm 12:37 50 31 85 (1946) 0 (1923)
8 Apr 5 6:00 am 6:29 am 7:26 pm 7:55 pm 12:57 54 33 82 (1928) 14 (2016)
9 Apr 12 5:48 am 6:17 am 7:34 pm 8:03 pm 13:17 57 36 84 (1977) 13 (1874)
10 Apr 19 5:36 am 6:06 am 7:42 pm 8:12 pm 13:36 60 39 92 (1976) 18 (1875)
11 Apr 26 5:25 am 5:55 am 7:50 pm 8:20 pm 13:54 63 41 90 (1990) 24 (1972)
12 May 3 5:14 am 5:45 am 7:58 pm 8:29 pm 14:12 66 43 89 (2001) 29 (1966)
13 May 10 5:05 am 5:37 am 8:06 pm 8:37 pm 14:28 68 45 92 (1970) 28 (1958)
14 May 17 4:57 am 5:30 am 8:13 pm 8:45 pm 14:43 70 47 92 (2017) 30 (1959)
15 May 24 4:50 am 5:24 am 8:20 pm 8:53 pm 14:55 72 50 92 (1964) 29 (1963)
16 May 31 4:46 am 5:20 am 8:26 pm 9:00 pm 15:06 74 52 92 (2013) 34 (1961)

America

Dirt Road To Farm Tower

 

February 26, 2017 Night

Good evening! Mostly clear and 26 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a east breeze at 6 mph.

Saturday this weekend was so beautiful in the morning. I really had wish I had planned to go to Hannacroix Preserve or maybe some place more distant on Saturday. But I got my taxes done. So that was a good thing. It was nice hiking at Five Rivers Environmental Education Center for a few hours on Saturday, but it’s really not my favorite place to go as it’s much too suburban for my taste. Albany Pine Bush hike I led today was pretty successful, as a few of the regulars showed up, despite the cold windy weather. My expectations were low as soon as I stepped outside this morning. But it turned out good. Out walking it wasn’t so bad as the calories you burned made up for the cold. I got my shopping done, so I have food for the week and don’t have to go anywhere except maybe the car wash. 

There pretty good thunderstorms last evening, although it was mostly heavy rain and sleet with a few clips of thunder and some brief wind. During the half hour between when the front went through and when it was over, the temperature had to drop 20 degrees. So much colder this evening.I had to turn the heat back on at home and close, lock, and put storm windows back in. 

Fixed a bunch of bugs on my blog last night. And made some new bugs. Most of those bugs are minor  but they should reduce the number of messed up charts, posts scheduled for the wrong time, and glitches setting up picture locations.  Also added some user adjustable charts and the code implementing a new weather chart. Of course in the process of the fix, I managed to create new bugs including a nasty one that accidentally revealed all my recently saved drafts posts to Facebook. 

It was a pretty good weekend until I things started to go terribly wrong on Sunday evening. First off, I decided to get my truck washed – putting it off until the rain could wash the salt off the pavement – and by then the car wash by closed for repair. Damn kids with their muddy trucks. I might go back tomorrow after work. I pushed forward several minor blog fixes but that all went terribly wrong when a single line of code went wrong. All kinds of draft content posted, clogging up people’s Facebook feed, getting at least one person angry at me because I said something in a draft that wasn’t exactly the most artful of words. People get over their egos.  And it’s deleted now. Drafts are meant to be private, used to work out ideas. I got to be more careful what I put in drafts, should they ever go public again. On top of that, I’m concerned I’m getting an ear infection in my left ear, which feels kind of like there is fluid in it. And I broke my headphones. I bought a new set – another $7 set of ear buds at Walmart. But if I get a full blown ear infection, I don’t think I’ll be wearing them anytime soon. I’m hoping it will be fine by morning, if not ill give it some time then it’s off to the doctor. I hate using antibiotics but I don’t want to lose my hearing like so many older people I know. 

Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low of 25 degrees at 11pm. Five degrees above normal. East wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable. In 2016, it got down to 17 degrees with periods of snow. The record low of -13 occurred back in 1940.

Waxing Crescent Moon tonight with 5% illuminated. The First Quarter Moon is next Sunday with partly cloudy skies expected. The Full β€œWorm” Moon is in 2 weeks. The sun will rise at 6:33 am with the first light at 6:05 am, which is 1 minutes and 36 seconds earlier then yesterday. Tonight will have 12 hours and 49 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny, with a high of 52 degrees at 3pm. 16 degrees above normal. Breezy, with a south wind 9 to 14 mph becoming west 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. I wish we had weather like that today. A year ago, we had snow and a high of 39 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 1997. 3.6 inches of snow fell back in 2013.

Looking forward to wiring up those gang plate switches and the dimmer next weekend. I think I will put the shelf/gun rack strip and the cap roof lighting on the same dimmer switch but with separate on off switches. It looks like I can also wire the built in USB port and volt meter to an on off switch so it won’t be glowing all night or wasting power unnecessarily. Nice blade connectors that are easy to crimp, use and move around as needed. I also want to get the low voltage disconnect hooked up. Since I pulled the solar controller, it seems like the accessory battery isn’t going flat so quickly. Maybe I won’t have to rush out to replace it, although I may still do it before peak camping season. I hate sitting in the dark at camp. 

In four weeks on March 26 the sun will be setting at 7:15 pm (Daylight Savings Time), which is 1 hour and 33 minutes later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 52 and 34 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 49 and 29 degrees. The record high of 74 degrees was set back in 1986.

Looking ahead, Daylight Savings Time is in 2 weeks, Palm Sunday is in 6 weeks, Easter is in 7 weeks, Mother’s Day is in 11 weeks, Memorial Day Weekend is in 3 months and Father’s Day is in 16 weeks.

February 7, 2017 – The Next Sixteen Weeks

We are still in the cold of winter, but it won’t last.Β You have probably been noticing how much later the sunsets have gotten later. But the mercury hasn’t been moving much. But once we get into the second half of February, mercury will be starting to climb as spring approaches.

After many weeks of mercury only increasing a degree a week, we will be see jump two degrees a week in late February, three degrees in early March then four degrees come the first week of spring. Average temperatures always rise most steeply around the first day of spring. The same is true with increases in daylight and time of sunset. Daylight Savings Time begins March 12th.

Week Date Dawn Sun-
rise
Sun-
set
Dusk Day Avg High Avg Low Record Hi Record Low
0 February 7 6:31 am 7:00 am 5:17 pm 5:46 pm 10:16 33 16 48 (2005) -18 (1995)
1 February 14 6:22 am 6:51 am 5:26 pm 5:55 pm 10:35 34 17 63 (1946) -13 (2016)
2 February 21 6:12 am 6:41 am 5:35 pm 6:04 pm 10:54 36 19 65 (1981) -10 (2015)
3 February 28 6:02 am 6:30 am 5:44 pm 6:12 pm 11:14 38 20 63 (1903) -10 (1950)
4 March 7 5:50 am 6:18 am 5:52 pm 6:20 pm 11:34 41 22 62 (1974) -6 (1950)
5 March 14 6:38 am 7:06 am 7:01 pm 7:29 pm 11:54 43 25 75 (1946) -6 (1948)
6 March 21 6:26 am 6:54 am 7:09 pm 7:37 pm 12:14 46 27 78 (1921) -1 (1956)
7 March 28 6:13 am 6:42 am 7:17 pm 7:45 pm 12:35 50 30 85 (1945) 3 (1923)
8 April 4 6:01 am 6:30 am 7:25 pm 7:53 pm 12:55 53 33 79 (1950) 14 (1954)
9 April 11 5:49 am 6:18 am 7:33 pm 8:02 pm 13:15 56 36 82 (2011) 20 (1874)
10 April 18 5:37 am 6:06 am 7:41 pm 8:10 pm 13:34 60 38 90 (1976) 21 (1948)
11 April 25 5:26 am 5:56 am 7:49 pm 8:19 pm 13:53 63 41 89 (2009) 23 (1965)
12 May 2 5:15 am 5:46 am 7:57 pm 8:28 pm 14:10 65 43 88 (2001) 29 (1974)
13 May 9 5:06 am 5:37 am 8:04 pm 8:36 pm 14:27 67 45 93 (1979) 27 (1956)
14 May 16 4:57 am 5:30 am 8:12 pm 8:44 pm 14:41 70 47 89 (1991) 33 (1980)
15 May 23 4:51 am 5:24 am 8:19 pm 8:52 pm 14:54 72 49 93 (1964) 36 (1967)
16 May 30 4:46 am 5:20 am 8:25 pm 8:59 pm 15:05 73 52 92 (1987) 33 (1967)

Springtime

Ground Hog Day 2016 Morning

Good Morning! Happy Ground Hog Day. Early spring it looks like. Currently 40 degrees and sunny this morning in Albany. This afternoon we are looking for a high around 45 degrees. Light breeze. Going to be a nice one for early February. Sunset at 5:09 PM with darkness around 5:30. Should be a nice sunset. Tonight the Waning Crescent Moon with 36% visible will rise around 2:03 AM. Early risers and those up before tomorrow’s sunrise are most likely to see it. The new moon is next Monday.

I left my cellphone home this morning, so I guess I won’t be able to use it at work today. I realized I didn’t have my cellphone with me, so my choice was either to run home and catch a later bus or leave the phone home. I decided on the later. At least it will be well charged when I get home.

Certainly the bright sunshine nice this morning. It’s been so cloudy, dark, and gray lately. Sunshine just gives us some hope, especially as we enjoy it’s warmth. All things considered, this has been a rather depressing winter season. But maybe the early spring will mean warmer temperatures with adequate rain to prevent the fire risk. We will see. I heard that January was pretty darn dry by historical standards. I’m sure we have to get at least one good snow storm this year.

It seems like January came and went fairly quickly, which is nice because I’m already pretty tired of winter. It’s not so much the cold and the snow as the extended darkness. The nights are just so incredibly long this time of year. That said, I wouldn’t mind a nice weekend up at Moose River Plains once summer comes back around.

I think so much of the obsession over the Iowa Caucasus is a bit silly. NPR had three hours of analysis on the Iowa Caucus results last night, which I have to admit I did tune into hear a bit. Like many Americans, I was fascinated by the race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Ms. Clinton won the Iowa Caucus but not by a lot. I was surprised how well Mr. Sanders preformed. Iowa is a fun state with good gun laws and not a lot of restrictions on open burning in the country. If it burns, you can burn it within reason. They as a state are a bit devoid of public lands, but they do have some good dirt for growing crops, which is why they produce a big chunk of the nation’s corn and soy, and they also feed a lot of hogs and cattle. Food is good.

That said, I think Punxsatawney Phil can tell us more about our country’s future then the Iowa Caucus.

Chapin Brothers – Ground Hog Song
Come out little ground hog.
Put your head above the ground.
Can’t you see there ain’t no shadow, on that cold, cold ground?
But if you dance your song, and you know that winter’s gone.
Come out little ground hog, spring a spring on me!

There are 2 months, 23 days until Arbor Day. Looking forward to the warmer temperatures and some green popping up. Maybe the Ground Hog is on to something.

This day in 1934, the Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated. The bank finances and insures foreign purchases of United States goods for customers unable or unwilling to accept credit risk. It was suspended for several months this year, when Congress refused to renew it’s charter, suggesting the bank was corporate welfare, and allowed risky American corporations to succeed when the market alone would not sustain them.

January 26, 2018 – Next Sixteen Weeks

Slowly but surely we are climbing out of the deep and dark of winter. At this point average temperatures will be increasing about a degree each week, then will start accelerating as we get to mid-February as spring approaches. When March gets underway, days in the 40s will not be uncommon and by April many days may hit the fifties. It’s called spring, and it eventually thaws out.

In the evening, you will notice we are past the five PM sunset, with daylight growing to 10 hours a day by next week. Seven weeks out from now will be daylight savings time with it not getting pitch black until well into the seven o’clock hour.

Week Date Dawn Sun-
rise
Sun-
set
Dusk Day Avg High Avg Low Record Hi Record Low
0 Jan 26 6:44 am 7:14 am 5:01 pm 5:32 pm 9:47 31 14 59 (1950) -17 (1920)
1 Feb 2 6:37 am 7:07 am 5:11 pm 5:40 pm 10:03 32 15 53 (1981) -18 (1961)
2 Feb 9 6:29 am 6:58 am 5:20 pm 5:49 pm 10:21 33 16 57 (1925) -20 (1934)
3 Feb 16 6:20 am 6:49 am 5:29 pm 5:58 pm 10:39 35 17 61 (2006) -20 (1943)
4 Feb 23 6:10 am 6:38 am 5:38 pm 6:06 pm 10:59 37 19 69 (2017) -16 (1972)
5 Mar 2 5:59 am 6:27 am 5:46 pm 6:15 pm 11:19 39 21 65 (1991) -4 (1940)
6 Mar 9 5:47 am 6:15 am 5:55 pm 6:23 pm 11:39 41 23 81 (2016) -14 (1943)
7 Mar 16 6:35 am 7:03 am 7:03 pm 7:31 pm 11:59 44 26 82 (1990) 4 (1980)
8 Mar 23 6:23 am 6:51 am 7:11 pm 7:39 pm 12:20 47 28 80 (1938) -4 (1875)
9 Mar 30 6:11 am 6:39 am 7:19 pm 7:48 pm 12:40 51 31 86 (1986) 7 (1970)
10 Apr 6 5:58 am 6:27 am 7:27 pm 7:56 pm 13:00 54 34 82 (1921) 14 (1943)
11 Apr 13 5:46 am 6:15 am 7:35 pm 8:04 pm 13:19 57 37 87 (1977) 19 (1874)
12 Apr 20 5:34 am 6:04 am 7:43 pm 8:13 pm 13:39 61 39 93 (1941) 19 (1875)
13 Apr 27 5:23 am 5:54 am 7:51 pm 8:22 pm 13:57 63 41 91 (1962) 26 (1963)
14 May 4 5:13 am 5:44 am 7:59 pm 8:30 pm 14:14 66 44 91 (1944) 28 (1985)
15 May 11 5:04 am 5:36 am 8:07 pm 8:39 pm 14:30 68 46 90 (1911) 29 (2010)
16 May 18 4:56 am 5:29 am 8:14 pm 8:47 pm 14:45 70 48 94 (2017) 29 (1981)

 White Pine Stand

January 28, 2017 4 PM Update

Good afternoon! Mostly cloudy and 39 degrees in Delmar. There is a west breeze at 10 mph. The skies will clear around 6 pm. It’s been a pretty gray, but I spent sometime playing with some code for the blog, got a haircut and some time cleaning and painting. Made some new maps and content for the blog, and finished fixing some minor bugs I discovered with the roll out of the ChartJS plugin I wrote for the blog. I would go out hiking, but it’s kind of cool and gray, and with the crusty nasty snow, it’s not good for hiking or even skiing. Tomorrow, I do plan get out hiking somewhere tough. Been saving a lot of miles on my truck, not going that much this winter.

The sun will set at 5:04 pm with dusk around 5:34 pm, which is 1 minutes and 18 seconds later than yesterday. Days are getting longer for sure, especially in the evening — although some sun would be nice for sunset. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy conditions and 36 degrees. There will be a west-southwest breeze at 7 mph.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 26 degrees at 6am. 10 degrees above normal. South wind 6 to 8 mph. In 2016, it got down to 25 degrees with periods of snow. The record low of -10 occurred back in 1925.

Waxing Crescent Moon tonight with 9% illuminated. The moon will set around 8:01 pm. The First Quarter Moon is next Saturday with partly cloudy skies expected. The Full β€œSnow” Moon is in 2 weeks. The sun will rise at 7:11 am with the first light at 6:41 am, which is 57 seconds earlier then yesterday. Tonight will have 14 hours and 6 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 17 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of snow showers between 11am and 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high of 37 degrees at 2pm. Six degrees above normal. South wind 7 to 9 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had snow and a high of 38 degrees. The record high of 54 was set in 2002. 8.3 inches of snow fell back in 1990.

Finally decided to take action on the rust on my refrigerator in my apartment. I bought some primer and paint, and it seems like it is going to match close enough that my landlord will never know the refrigerator was painted. It’s coming out well and I only gotten primer on, it’s already looking very nice, almost restored to original conditions. Trying to do a very professional job, so even if it’s not perfect, it looks good without further inspection. The paint does stink though. The mildew problem I used to have in the kitchen — which is mostly gone after much concentrated bleach and lots of scrubbing — kind of did some damage to the finish. Figure it’s better painted then rusted.

Been working hard lately — a half hour a few times a week — to clean my apartment. I think I’m going to stay there for a few more years, and it’s better not to have it look so dirty and run down. The new vacuum cleaner and with some help from brush-in carpet cleaner, really is getting the stains out of the carpets and just reducing the dust load a lot. Little things, like dusting shelves make sure a big difference. No more cob webs either.. I occasionally have company over and it’s nice to have things looking nice.

Been wanting to move the USB port that powers my dash board camera and cellphone to a different place in my truck, hooked up to the same switch as the CB radio, but that has yet to happen. I did find the wire endings the other day, so I know where to splice in. I want to make sure I have better power source for the dash board camera, as sometimes I find I’ve been losing my dash camera recordings on backroads — and that’s where they are mos

In four weeks on February 25 the sun will be setting at 5:40 pm, which is 36 minutes later then today. In 2016 on that day, we had fog, rain, snow and temperatures between 58 and 33 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 37 and 20 degrees. The record high of 67 degrees was set back in 1976.

Looking ahead, Average High is 40 is in 5 weeks, Average High is 50 is in 2 months, April Fools Day is in 9 weeks and Arbor Day is in 3 months.

January 25, 2017 Evening

Good evening! The monster pothole at South Swan and Washington Avenue continues to grow and certainly is going to hang-up Β the undercarriage of one of those sporty low body cars that state legislators, prominent lobbyists and governor’s top staff drive. To say nothing of low profile tires. Watch out for swerving buses and traffic at the intersection, especially as that pothole grows to two feet or so deep. It’s entertaining to watch at the bus stop.Β I’m sure it will give Fred Dicker something to complain about on his show.Β 

Tonight was the first sunset of the year after 5 pm.Β Mostly cloudy and 37 degrees in City of Albany. A few breaks in the sky before sunset but not much blue sky. There is a west-southwest breeze at 9 mph. The skies will clear tomorrow around 8 am.

Traffic is poking along in Downtown Albany tonight, due to concert at the Knickerbocker Arena and a picket of City Hall by the Blue Collar Unit with their struggles for a fair contract.

Tonight will have a slight chance of rain showers and sleet between 9pm and 10pm, then scattered rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 33 degrees at 9pm. 19 degrees above normal. Light and variable wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected. In 2016, it got down to 32 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. The record low of -17 occurred back in 1920.

Waning Crescent Moon tonight with 11% illuminated. The moon will rise around 4:32 am. The New Moon is on Saturday night with mostly cloudy expected. The Full β€œSnow” Moon is on Saturday, February 11th. The sun will rise at 7:14 am with the first light at 6:44 am, which is 51 seconds earlier then yesterday. Tonight will have 14 hours and 13 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 12 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be scattered showers, mainly after 11am. Increasing clouds, with a high of 45 degrees at 2pm. 14 degrees above normal. South wind 7 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies and a high of 45 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1950. 8.5 inches of snow fell back in 1949.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. Saturday, a slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 34.Typical average high for the weekend is 31 degrees.

In four weeks on February 22 the sun will be setting at 5:36 pm, which is 36 minutes later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had snow and temperatures between 40 and 21 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 36 and 19 degrees. The record high of 68 degrees was set back in 1997.

Working on a new chart feature for the blog, to be rolled out over the next few weeks. It’s going to be a new way to present interesting data. The code uses Chart JS to display the charts.

Looking ahead, March 1st is in 5 weeks, Ides of March is in 7 weeks, Average High is 60 is in 12 weeks, Flag Day is in 20 weeks and Summer is in 21 weeks. It will be here before you know it.