As the clock heads into the six o’clock hour, it’s 41 degrees with a 17 mph wind. A bit cold and the the air feels damp. Kind of a continuation of this cloudy and dark afternoon. The latest forecast is calling for a 50% chance of showers the rest of the evening and into the night. Mild evening, at least once the wind dies down. Sunset at 7:11 pm and a full moon tonight. The low is 37 degrees which is about 9 degrees above normal. The record low is negative 4 back in 1875, a decade after the end of the Civil War. Three decades would pass before people would do much motoring.

Tomorrow has a 30% chance of rain showers and a high around 53. We might see some blue skies mid day. They are predicting mostly cloudy conditions for Thursday afternoon, with 70-75% of the sky covered. With the lower temperatures expected on Thursday night, rain becomes more likely.

Taking the local home tonight, and we are making progress. Didn’t quite make it out in time for the express bus. The local was running 10 minutes late but we seem to making good progress while I blog about today’s depressing weather. The good news is the weekend forecast still looks nice. Mostly sunny and 56 on Saturday. Mostly sunny and 61 for Easter. 12 degrees above normal on Easter but not the 78 degrees we had in the El Nino year of 1998.

Today marks 30 days until Earth Day. It’s a Friday night this year, perfect for spending in the wilderness in a mud covered pickup truck. The average high for Earth Day is 61 degrees, although back in 1989 when they were cranking out Global Warming press releases on mimeographs, it got up to 86 degrees. Summer and black fly season must just be around the corner.