Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 45 degrees in Delmar, NY. Breezy, 16 mph breeze from the west. The skies will clear tomorrow around 2 am. A fairly mild evening, although honestly I think it still feels a bit damp and that breeze can make it a bit chilly. But it’s a break on the heating system, especially because it’s going to be colder tomorrow with the wind. 

Worked a bit late tonight on my various communications plans for work, because somebody has been procrastinating and it’s due before Thanksgiving weekend. I think it will get done, and I won’t stay late Friday night but maybe one more day next week. I have more research to do. The later local bus is quite fast, and I don’t miss the rush hour traffic on the express bus, even if I’m not driving. 

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 33 degrees at 5am. Two degrees above normal. Breezy, with a northwest wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2016, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 34 degrees. The record low of 7 occurred back in 1972.

Tonight will have a Waning Crescent Moon with 2% illuminated. The moon will rise tomorrow at 5:42 am. The New Moon will be tomorrow with partly cloudy skies. The Cold Moon is on Sunday, December 3rd. The sun will rise at 6:49 am with the first light at 6:19 am, which is one minute and 14 seconds later than yesterday. Tonight will have 14 hours and 19 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 5 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny, with a high of 40 degrees at 1pm. Four degrees below normal. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. That wind will make it feel bitterly cold even with the sun. A year ago, we had cloudy skies with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 56 degrees. The record high of 73 was set in 1928. 2.8 inches of snow fell back in 1992.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. Saturday, rain likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Light southeast wind becoming south 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Sunday, showers, mainly before 7am. High near 47. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Typical average high for the weekend is 47 degrees. It sounds like the weather men don’t really know what to expect for rain for Sunday. But at least we will be snow free for now.  I am definitely fine with staying in town this weekend. 

In four weeks on December 14 the sun will be setting at 4:22 pm, which is 8 minutes and 35 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had snow, mist, mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 33 and 19 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 36 and 22 degrees. The record high of 63 degrees was set back in 1901.

Looking ahead, Thanksgiving is in 1 week. Christmas in six and a half weeks I believe but I’m not that good at math. I promise myself that I will add some 2018 holidays to my countdown clock sooner than later.

I’ve started to listen to Christmas music, because it’s fun to break up the seasons. I keep the Christmas music on my phone year around but normally skip past that music in the summer months. I’m not a big fan of the holiday season, I don’t really decorate or do anything special except go out to folks house for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. It’s fun though to decorate a Christmas tree in the backcountry with lights after the first snow, but then again I use Christmas lights year around when camping.

Well, I am almost home. Have a good evening.