November 21, 2016 2 PM Update

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At sunset, look for cloudy conditions with a chance of snow showers from lake effect bands moving east and 33 degrees. You will want to bundle up, as it will feel much cooler with a windchill around 20.  That 33 degrees will be combined with a stiff breeze at 26 mph, with west-northwest with gusts up to 47 mph. The sun will set at 4:27 pm with dusk around 4:58 pm, which is 41 seconds earlier than yesterday.

November 21, 2016 9 AM Update

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Good morning! Talk about a chilly November day. They don’t make many like this anymore. Mostly cloudy and we’ve warmed up a degree to 32 degrees in Delmar. Still pretty frigid for November especially with the wind whipping around. Breezy, 18 mph breeze from the west-northwest with gusts up to 32 mph. The current wind chill is 20. The skies will clear tomorrow around 4 pm.

Today’s forecast has little to cheer for especially in the mountains where they have gotten a lot of snow. In the city we’ve only got a dusting which has  will have a chance of snow showers, mainly before 3pm. Cloudy, with a high of 35 degrees at 12pm. 10 degrees below normal. Windy, with a west wind 18 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. 

The sun will set at 4:27 pm with dusk around 4:58 pm, which is 41 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 9 hours and 31 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 1 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 30 degrees at 3am. Two degrees below normal. Breezy, with a west wind 14 to 20 mph. One year ago, mostly cloudy with a low around 34. The record low of 9 occurred back in 1969.

Listening to Thomas Rhett’s Beer with Jesus, which seems appropriate as the bus grinds downtown. It’s actually comforting to feel the motion of the bus as I return to commuting downtown. While I liked the change of working in North Syracuse, it’s nice to return to normalcy of days gone past. I like the quiet time I have to myself without the dangers of car commuting. The bus though  is kind of warm. Assuming it’s not too frigid, I’ll probably walk down to the express bus come Tuesday. 

Thursday is Thanksgiving and I’m hopeful that they will give us Black Friday off as a holiday. If not, that’s fine too. The weather is not expected to be real nice on Friday and the buses are unlikely to crowded or delayed come Friday. It would likely be quiet day. I’ll cross that bridge when it comes. 

Have a great day. I’m almost to work…. 

November 21, 2016 Morning

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Good morning! Monday’s come back around again on this frigid morning. Cloudy and 31 degrees in Delmar. There is a west-northwest breeze at 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Cold morning. The current wind chill is 20. Brr. Some of the untreated surfaces like sidewalks and driveways may be slick. The skies will clear tomorrow around 4 pm but continued cold.

Today will continue to have a chance of snow showers, mainly before 3pm. Very cold. Cloudy, with a high of 35 degrees at 12pm. 10 degrees below normal. Windy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 23 to 28 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 48 mph. Windchills in the 20s.  Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. 

Last year, partly cloudy with a high around 48. The record high of 70 was set in 1931. There was 0.8 inches of snow back in 1937. We won’t break that record in Albany today most likely but who knows, we’ve already gotten a half inch. The mountains and hills around have gotten much more snow. 

November 20, 2016 8 PM Update

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After a pretty mild week last week, the start of the week will be pretty cold. Not recorded breaking cold but fairly cold for late November.

Exceptional temperatures:
Monday will be cold. 35 degrees. 46 normal. 70 record (1879). Breezy. Chance of Snow then Chance of Rain/Snow.
Tuesday will be cool. 37 degrees. 45 normal. 70 record (1969). Mostly Cloudy and Breezy.
Tuesday night will be cool. 24 degrees. 30 normal. 5 record (1972). Partly Cloudy.
Wednesday will be cool. 38 degrees. 45 normal. 72 record (1972). Mostly Sunny.

Then we have some snow and rain to look forward to throughout the week. The freezing rain on Wednesday evening into Thanksgiving is most concerning, especially with many people on the roads commuting those days.

Rain and snow expected:
Sunday – Snow from 7 pm to midnight. 0.09 inches.
Monday – Snow from midnight to 1 am. Chance of snow from 1 am to 12 pm. Chance of rain and snow from noon to 3 pm. Slight chance of snow from 3 pm to 7 pm. 0.11 inches.
Wednesday – Chance of freezing rain and ice pellets from 7 pm to midnight.
Thursday – Chance of snow and freezing rain and ice pellets from midnight to 7 am. Chance of snow from 7 am to 4 pm. Chance of rain from 4 pm to 7 pm. Chance of rain and snow from 7 pm to midnight.
Friday – Chance of rain and snow from midnight to 5 am. Chance of snow from 5 am to 9 am. Chance of rain from 9 am to 7 pm. Chance of rain and snow from 7 pm to midnight.
Saturday – Chance of rain and snow from midnight to 4 am. Chance of snow from 4 am to 7 am. Chance of rain and snow from 7 am to 12 pm. Chance of rain from noon to 5 pm. Slight chance of rain from 5 pm to 8 pm. Slight chance of snow from 8 pm to midnight.
Sunday – Slight chance of snow from midnight to 5 am.

Much of the week will not only be cold with precipitation, but also fairly cloudy, with breaks of sun on Tuesday afternoon and some clearing on Wednesday morning.

Cloudy periods:
Sunday – Cloudy from 7 pm to midnight.
Monday – Cloudy from midnight to 5 pm. Mostly cloudy from 5 pm to midnight.
Tuesday – Mostly cloudy from midnight to 1 pm.
Wednesday – Mostly cloudy from 7 pm to midnight.
Thursday – Mostly cloudy from midnight to 2 am. Cloudy from 2 am to midnight.
Friday – Mostly cloudy from midnight to midnight.
Saturday – Mostly cloudy from midnight to 10 pm.

November 20, 2016 Afternoon

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Good afternoon! Cloudy and 36 degrees in Delmar. There is a west-northwest breeze at 13 mph. After an extended warm period the next few days will be cloudy, with some snow and much colder weather. The skies will clear Tuesday around 3 pm but continued cold is expected.

This afternoon will continue to have on and off rain and snow, mainly after 2pm. Not real nice weather. Cloudy, with a high of 36 degrees at 1pm. Temperatures will continue to drop throughout the evening. 10 degrees below normal. West wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Last year, partly sunny with a high around 56. Very different then today. The record high of 72 was set in 1991. There was 3.4 inches of snow back in 1961.

The sun will set at 4:28 pm with dusk around 4:58 pm, which is 42 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 9 hours and 33 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 1 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will snow likely, mainly before 8pm. Cloudy, with a low of 30 degrees at 4am. Typical for tonight. West wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. One year ago, partly cloudy with a low around 28. The record low of 7 occurred back in 1879.

The past 24 hours I’ve been unpacking and recovering from my trip. Somehow the trip just seemed so exhausting. The nights were long and I was constantly running from place to place, setting up and tearing down campsites, especially in the dark. While I stayed at the Finger Lakes National Forest and the East Otto State Forest for two nights, the rest of the time I was setting up and taking down camp. To make matters more complicated I set up a tent nearly every day.

I continue to struggle updating my blog without my laptop, but I see that the Lenovo Laptop Flex 4 I’ve been looking at is on sale for $500. It’s the best price I’ve seen in a while, and while maybe there are better deals for black Friday, I think I may just go with it now. Based on what I’ve read, it should mostly work with Linux out of the box. But I want to research a bit further — the 256 GB SSD drive will be fast, but it will mean I have to store some of my files on the portable hard drive. But I guess that’s fine. I really would like to be back in business on being able to fully update my blog.

There are 5 weeks until Christmas when the sun will be setting at 4:28 pm with dusk at 5:00 pm. The average high temperature is 33 degrees, with a record high of 66 in 1889. At that point the days will be starting to get longer and we are almost to the coldest time of the year — which happens in early January.