Good evening! Mostly clear and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌃 Calm wind. Being such a relatively nice night, I’m sitting out back in the moonlight, listening to the spring peepers 🐸 which seem quieter tonight compared to some nights. Air kind of smells faintly like barnyard, it’s spring so the farm down the road must be spreading manure or at least working the dirt in the fields.
Today was another busy but good day at work. 💼 Definitely less crazy than yesterday. I’m glad I have Good Friday off as lately I’ve been tired as my sleep has been pretty poor. 😴 I was hoping getting to bed early would help but I still find myself waking up a lot at night. I just find myself increasingly discontent and worried about both my future and that of the world. 🌎 I’m trying to do more and more everyday though to improve my own life even if I can’t fix the many problems of the world I see around me.
The Save the Pine Bush Dinner was pretty good, listening to Lou Ismay give what may be his last presentation to Save the Pine Bush was interesting. 🎤 He’s gotten older for sure but he did much for the environment and the Albany community over his many years running the SUNY PYE Club. Lasagna was fairly good although this month I didn’t get to take any home. No delicious smelling lunch at work although I usually do end up cooking something good most days.
Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Increasing clouds 🌃, with a low of 44 degrees at 5am. Six degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around May 4th. A fairly mild night. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2018, we had mostly clear in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1948.
Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔 with 99% illuminated. The moon will set at 6:05 am. The Pink Moon 🌕 will be tomorrow. I hope you have your rose colored glasses to wear. 👓 The sun will rise at 6:09 am with the first light at 5:40 am, which is one minute and 36 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 10 hours and 28 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 43 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, mainly before 8am. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 58 degrees at 2pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around April 15th. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. That wind will make it feel much colder. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 47 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 1976. 2.7 inches of snow fell back in 1887.❄
Not a particularly nice weekend on tap for Easter. 😞 Saturday, rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers likely after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. High near 67. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 59 at 6am. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 48 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 61 degrees.
I haven’t packed my camping gear yet ⛺ so I have no real plans for the weekend except maybe Easter dinner at the folks house. 🐰 In two weeks though I really hope to be out camping again. The weather has moderated a lot, the snow is almost entirely gone from the East Branch area, and now it’s just a matter of waiting for some sunny days.
In four weeks on May 15 the sun will be setting at 8:11 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 8 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 77 and 56 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 69 and 47 degrees. The record high of 93 degrees was set back in 1900.
Looking ahead, May 🕊 is in 2 weeks, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is a month away, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 7 weeks, Primary Day 🗳️ is in 10 weeks, Altamont Fair Opens 🎡 is in 17 weeks, State Fair Opens 🎡 is in 18 weeks, September 11th 🇸 is in 21 weeks, Constitution Day 📜 is in 5 months, More Night then Day 🌌 is in 23 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 92 weeks.
Lou Ismay, George Keleshian, George Courtney and Steve Coyle will speak about Revolution for the Environment — Past and Future
The April dinner will open with a celebration of Lou Ismay for his work with PYE - Protect Your Environment Club at SUNY Albany. This is the 50th anniversary of the PYE Club and Lou Ismay’s Environmental Forum. Many of the founders of Save the Pine Bush met through PYE and projects they did while attending the Environmental Forum. George Keleshian, PYE president in 1973 and owner of One Energy/Zeroenergy Bldg. Inc., will speak about the history and projects of PYE, including litigation. Looking to the future, our speakers, George E. Courtney lll, a Senior Environmental Consultant, and Steve Coyle, owner of Town Green, an international urban planning consultant group and co-founder of the National Charrette Institute, will speak about the future for the environment including importance of resilient communities, clean water, flood control, urban planning and energy.
At the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 85 Chestnut Street, Albany, NY (people with cars can park in the lot near the door). All-you-can-eat lasagna dinner, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options, salad, garlic bread and delicious desserts. Only $12 for adults, $6 for students, and $2 for children. People who make reservations are served first. For reservations, please leave a message for Rezsin Adams at 462-0891 or email pinebush@mac.com.
