Age of Bridges in Albany County, 2021
50 percent of Albany County's currently in-use bridges were built before 1971.
Glendale Lake
Temperature, Through Tuesday May 14
Sunday Lake
How a Plastics Plant Has Plagued a Pennsylvania County – Inside Climate News
The ethane cracker plant was set to produce millions of tons of plastic at its site along the Ohio River and promised to bring money and jobs to Beaver County, a charming area where Hallmark has filmed exterior shots to represent the idyllic towns often seen in its Christmas classics.?
But plastic isn’t the only thing this facility produces: Over the past few years, noxious chemicals, incessant noise and flashing lights in the middle of the night have plagued residents.?
Advocacy groups and locals have filed lawsuits against Shell over these disruptions, and some decided to flee the county altogether. Researchers fear the long-term climate, health and environmental impacts of the petrochemical facility, which emits methane and millions of tons of carbon dioxide each year.?
Amtrak
Seventy eight and sunny ☀
Good morning! Sunny and 59 degrees in Delmar. 🌞 Calm wind. Nice day for riding in.
Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 78. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 1st. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 59 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1930. 0.2 inches of snow fell back in 1967.❄
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 64.4° from the due south horizon (-6.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:23 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (288°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (294°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:03 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 11 seconds with dusk around 8:34 pm, which is one minute and 7 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:13 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 24 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 20 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 5am. Increasing clouds 🌧, with a low of 52 degrees. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 27th. Light northwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2023, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 41 degrees. The record low of 26 occurred back in 1968.
Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Sunday, showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Maximum dew point of at 7am. Typical average high for the weekend is 70 degrees.
Looking ahead, there are 6 weeks until Primary Day 🗳️ when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:11 pm. On that day in 2023, we had mostly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 67 and 52 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 80 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 2018.
