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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

January 28, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Final full day I’m 36 years old. Tomorrow at 5:28 am or something like that according to my birth certificate, which is handwritten but not fake, I’ll be 37. Two weeks to Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day πŸ₯›. I don’t know, rancid milk can be pretty pungent πŸ‘ƒ, says the dirty hick that I am. πŸ‘¨β€πŸŒΎ Cloudy in Trump’s America and 35 degrees in Delmar, NY, as I take the old hybrid bus from 2010 downtown. ☁ There is a northwest breeze at 8 mph. πŸƒ. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 6 pm. β˜ƒοΈ

Yes, I learned my lesson from yesterday and took the earlier bus 🚍 downtown. Its a bit annoying because this bus gets me to work much earlier than necessary but at least I won’t clock in late πŸ•’ and then have to stay late to get my seven and a half in. It’s tough with the 20 minute headway on the bus 🚏, I preferred it when they had the 15 minute headway but they’re wasn’t enough ridership to justify that level of service during the morning rush hour.

I was a bit worried I was getting a cold again 😷 after hearing John Wolcott was feeling sick again but I’m okay this morning. I sure hope I don’t get sick any time soon. I try to be a lot better washing my hands, but it can be difficult to do good handwashing practices.

Today will have isolated snow showers before 11am. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 38 degrees at 2pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 26th. Northwest wind 8 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 22 degrees. The record high of 56 was set in 1916. 9.6 inches of snow fell back in 1897.❄

This morning I realized that I forgot to get pan spray 🍳 the last time I was at the store but I have my dentist appointment on Thursday so I’ll get it then. Kind of essential for making waffles. I think I will drive to the dentist just based on the timing of things. I also wanted to get another set of Bluetooth headphones 🎧 and more drain solvent so I had plenty in stock the last time I went to Wally World but they didn’t have it in stock..

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:09 pm with sun having an altitude of 29.1Β° from the due south horizon (-41.7Β° vs. 6/21). Adding sun angle quickly at this point, so when we get a bright sunny day it’s bound not to be quite as cold out as only a few weeks ago. You saw the February average high chart πŸ“Š I posted yesterday – it’s a steady climb through March.

The golden hour πŸ… starts at 4:21 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (238Β°). πŸ“Έ The sunset is in the west-southwest (246Β°) starting at 5:00 pm and lasts for 3 minutes and 11 seconds with dusk around 5:33 pm, which is one minute and 18 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ‡ At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent πŸŒ’ Moon in the southwest (222Β°) at an altitude of 31Β° from the horizon, 252,182 miles away. πŸš€ The best time to look at the stars is after 6:07 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 35 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 14 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 49 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 12 seconds over yesterday. Definitely getting longer.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy πŸŒ₯, with a low of 22 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 4th. Maximum wind chill around 12 at 6am; Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 5 degrees. The record low of -10 occurred back in 1925.

While Wednesday and Thursday are expected to be quite nice, clouds and some rain or snow showers for the weekend. β˜” Saturday, a chance of snow showers before 1pm, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees. At least another mild weekend is on tap, good for the heating bills. The woods might be super sloppy again this weekend after the rain but maybe I can road hike at Partridge Run or maybe in the Albany Pine Bush where the sand rarely gets muddy.

🌹🌻🌼Only 51 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

In other words, tomorrow marks 50 days until calendar spring. πŸ“… As that song by Godspell Soundtrack says, Day by Day.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day πŸ₯› when the sun will be setting at 5:21 pm with dusk at 5:50 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 33 and 18 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 34 degrees. We hit a record high of 59 back in 1981.

Catskills

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.