December 21, 2016 Evening

Good evening! Tonight is the Save the Pine Bush Dinner at Six O’clock at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Albany. We currently have partly cloudy skies and its 33 degrees. Calm wind.The skies will clear tomorrow around 8 pm.

Tonight will have a chance of snow, mainly after 2am. Cloudy, with a low of 25 degrees at 6am. Six degrees above normal. Light and variable wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2015, it got down to 46 degrees with periods of fog and rain. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1955.

Waning Crescent Moon tonight with 43% illuminated. The moon will rise around 11:46 pm. 

Tomorrow will have a chance of snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 39 degrees at 2pm. Five degrees above normal. South wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had fog, rain and a high of 53 degrees. The record high of 60 was set in 1990. 12.3 inches of snow fell back in 1969.

In four weeks on January 18 the sun will be setting at 4:52 pm, which is 26 minutes later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had snow and temperatures between 28 and 15 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 30 and 14 degrees. The record high of 59 degrees was set back in 1973.

Christmas Weekend Forecast

Looking ahead to the Christmas Weekend, it looks like we will have generally warmer weather, about 5-10 degrees above normal for late December. The best day of the long weekend will be Christmas Day, with snow and rain showers a possibility on Christmas Eve and the Monday after Christmas. Cooler then last Christmas, but that year was record breaking in many ways.

Christmas EveΒ will have a chance of snow showers before 10am, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 40 degrees at 2pm. Seven degrees above normal. Chance of precipitation is 40%. A year ago, we had fog, rain and record breaking high of 72 degrees.Β 13 inches of snow fell back in 1966.

SaturdayΒ night will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 30 degrees at 5am. 12 degrees above normal. In 2015, it got down to 35 degrees with periods of rain. The record low of -22 occurred back in 1969.

Christmas Day will be mostly sunny, with a high of 39 degrees at 1pm. Six degrees above normal. A year ago, we had rain and a high of 59 degrees. The record high of 66 was set in 1889. 19.2 inches of snow fell back in 2002.

Sunday night will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 25 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees above normal. In 2015, it got down to 34 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. The record low of -17 occurred back in 1914.

Monday will have a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 39 degrees at 2pm. Six degrees above normal. Chance of precipitation is 30%. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies and a high of 49 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1895. 13.9 inches of snow fell back in 1969.

Monday night will have a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 32 degrees at 5am. 15 degrees above normal. Chance of precipitation is 40%. In 2015, it got down to 35 degrees with periods of rain. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1914.