December 17, 2016 Night

Good evening! Light freezing rain and 32 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a south-southeast breeze at 8 mph. 

Tonight will have light freezing rain before 11pm, then a chance of rain between 11pm and 2am, then showers after 2am. It’s warm enough on the pavement that the treated roads haven’t froze much.   Temperature rising to around 40 by 5am. South wind 8 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. In 2015, it got down to 36 degrees with periods of snow. The record low of -9 occurred back in 1919.

Waning Gibbous Moon tonight with 70% illuminated. The Last Quarter Moon is on Tuesday night with mostly cloudy skies expected, so even if you stay up late, you probably won’t be able to see it.

Went down to the library and got some DVDs. Didn’t get as much coding done as I had planned but learned about a new mapping feature in QGIS – the raster calculator. Cleaned up the cables around the computer, which had gotten tangled up and kept unplugging the DTV box, so half the time I tape recorded shows nothing would tape. Also figured out that I needed to turn on and attach the dongle for my wireless keyboard to make it work, now I can control movies once again from my bed. 

Tomorrow will have rain showers before 4pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Temperature rising to near 44 by 8am, then falling to around 32 during the remainder of the day. Breezy, with a south wind 11 to 16 mph becoming west 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. A year ago, we had snow and a high of 52 degrees. The record high of 60 was set in 1921. 17 inches of snow fell back in 1887. The sun will rise at 7:20 am with the first light at 6:48 am, which is 38 seconds later then yesterday.

Looking ahead, Christmas Eve is Next Saturday, New Years Eve is in 2 weeks, Average High is 40 is in 11 weeks, St. Patrick’s Day is in 3 months, April Fools Day is in 15 weeks and Patriots Day is in 4 months.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *