December 13, 2016 8 AM Update

Good morning! Happy Tuesday.Β Mostly cloudy and 33 degrees in Delmar. There is a west breeze at 6 mph. Looking at the Heldebergs from the Park and Ride, with the clouds and snow, looks very wintery. A bit of sun is peaking out now, more is expected to push through later, before clouding up with snow showers in the evening.

Figured I better walk down to the Park and Ride today,Β Β as with the cold that is coming tomorrow, I suspect today will be last day of the week I’ll be walking down there. Maybe not. I’ve done the walk in 12 below, but the wind is the big question. I must prefer to walk down to the express, just for the exercise and the smoother ride on the express bus, but I won’t do it if the weather is too miserable or I have to wear my suit to work. Wore the blaze-orange Thermaline hoodie that I love, not because it’s pretty, it’s not, but it’s so warm. Really too warm for today, but I didn’t want to wear my fancy over coat, and still haven’t gotten my winter coat yet.

Today will have a slight chance of snow showers after 3pm. Partly cloudy, with a high of 38 degrees at 1pm. One degrees above normal. But enjoy it while it lasts. Frigid weather comes this evening. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had rain and a high of 52 degrees. The record high of 58 was set in 1984. 14 inches of snow fell back in 1915.Β By any standard, that’s a lot of snow.

The sun will set at 4:22 pm with dusk around 4:54 pm, which is 13 seconds later than yesterday. Now a minute later, at least in the sense of the minute hand for the sunset. No longer 4:21 pm sunset.Β Today will have 9 hours and 4 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 32 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of snow showers, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 26 degrees at 6am. Two degrees above normal. South wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. In 2015, it got down to 44 degrees with periods of rain. The record low of -5 occurred back in 1898.

Looking ahead to February, there are 9 weeks until Valentines Day when the sun will be setting at 5:27 pm with dusk at 5:55 pm. On that day in 2016, we had sunny skies and temperatures between 8 and -13 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 34 degrees. We hit a record high of 63 back in 1946. Tuesday holidays are pretty rare, although Valentines Day really isn’t a holiday in the sense you don’t get it off from work.

Very happy about the second laptop charger that I got for my laptop. I ordered it on Friday and it was at my door yesterday afternoon, mailed from California. Pretty nice. Like the ad said on Ebay, it’s clearly a genuine HP charger just like the on it came with. Supposedly refurbished but it was packaged like it was brand new. Fit and works perfectly. Now I don’t have to bring the charger back and forth to work.

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