April 18, 2019 Night

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Good evening! Mostly and 54 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a south-southeast breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 49 degrees. The skies will clear Monday around noontime. Forget about nice weather this Easter weekend but next weekend in the extended outlook appears quite nice.

After the long week at work I got home 🏡 and had a quick dinner of burritos and peas. Hopped on the excerise bike 🚲 caught up on the off grid and agriculture videos I had downloaded and then played around with QGIS for a while making up some maps.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 52 degrees at 10pm. 13 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around May 30th. Maximum dew point of 52 at 6am. South wind around 9 mph. If it wasn’t so damp, I’d probably leave my windows open tonight. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had partly cloudy in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 34 degrees. The record low of 18 occurred back in 1875.

Tonight is April’s Pink Moon 🌕 which is only pink if the skies are clear and you wear rose 🌹 colored glasses. The sun will rise at 6:08 am with the first light at 5:38 am, which is one minute and 35 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 10 hours and 25 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 42 seconds over last night.

I was going to go for my evening walk but decided against it based on the radar. 🚶 Turns out we didn’t get any rain but I guess that’s fine as I was busy working on a GIS project.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 71 degrees at 2pm. 11 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around May 20th. Maximum dew point of 58 at 6pm. South wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy. The high last year was 44 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1976. 8.8 inches of snow fell back in 1983.❄

Still thinking 💭 about taking a hike around town tomorrow and then down to the library to use the WIFI and maybe get some books 📚 out. At some point I’ll need to get groceries, maybe Saturday evening.

All Easter Weekend will be cold and wet. 😞 Saturday, showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 68. South wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 61 at 7am. Sunday, a chance of showers, mainly after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 50 at 7am. Other forecasts are a bit more optimistic for Easter Sunday. Typical average high for the weekend is 61 degrees. Certainly not a great weather forecast for the long weekend.

Looking ahead, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 4 weeks, Flower Moon 🌕 is a month away, Summer ️⛱️ is in 9 weeks, Independence Day 🇺🇸 is in 11 weeks, August 🌻 is in 15 weeks and Last Sunset After 7 PM 🌆 is in 24 weeks.

Pond Along Garnet Lake Road

When Did the Anthropocene Begin? A Great Climate Debate – The Atlantic

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When Did the Anthropocene Begin? A Great Climate Debate – The Atlantic

That idea might soon carry the weight of scientific fact. Later this month, a committee of researchers from around the world will decide whether the Earth sprang into the Anthropocene, a new chapter of its history, in the year 1950. If accepted, this delineation will signal a new reality, that human activities, not natural processes, are now the dominant driver of change on Earth’s surface—that carbon pollution, climate change, deforestation, factory farms, mass die-offs, and enormous road networks have made a greater imprint on the planet than any other force in the past 12,000 years.

Starting next week, the committee’s 37 members will vote on two questions. First, should the Anthropocene be added as a new epoch to the Geological Time Scale, the standard scientific timeline of Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history? Second, should the Anthropocene, if it does exist, commence in the middle of the 20th century?

April 18, 2019 Morning

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Good morning! Today is the Thursday before Good Friday and th Easter Weekend 🐰. Also, the Average High is 60 🌼. Four weeks to Average High is 70 🐮. Spring is coming. Cloudy with some sprinkles of rain and 48 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ☔ There is a south-southeast breeze at 13 mph. 🍃.

Not a banner day, but the rain and relatively mild weather should lead to things greening up in the city. 🌸 The skies will clear Sunday around 11 pm. Didn’t get particularly wet going down to the park and ride but I did see a close call between two cars on the road. 💥I’m glad I don’t have to drive to work.

Today will have a slight chance of showers before 11am, then a slight chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 57 degrees at 5pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around April 13th. Breezy, with a south wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had cloudy. 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.❄

While today won’t win any awards on the weather front, ☁ it is a work day and I don’t expect it to be super wet. Kind of like my entire vacation last year. But so be it. Tomorrow starts a three day weekend for me, although I’m pretty much focused on the following weekend with hopes for nicer weather. Still need to think about getting some inexpensive muck boots 👢 to use for camping as I’m sure it will still be a muddy and wet mess up north.

Speaking of boots 👢, I need to replace my work boots as they’ve gotten really worn out in the soles and cracked. I’ve put a lot of miles on them walking 🚶 around this winter. But that’s good as walking is so healthy. I’ve tried more expensive boots but with all the miles I put on them, they don’t last any longer.

The sun will set at 7:41 pm with dusk around 8:10 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 57 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 32 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 43 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 52 degrees at 12am. 13 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around May 30th. Maximum dew point of 52 at 6am. Fog? 🌁 South wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2018, we had partly cloudy in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 34 degrees. The record low of 18 occurred back in 1875.

I’m looking forward to the long weekend, 🐰 even if it doesn’t look that great. I did finally get a good night’s sleep but I still like the idea of sleeping in and working on some projects over the weekend. Tomorrow before the rain ☔ I’m might walk out to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center 🐸 and possibly on Sunday heading down to the Catskills for a hike. Maybe also some fishing 🎣. But nothing is set in stone at this point.

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Average High is 70 🐮 when the sun will be setting at 8:12 pm with dusk at 8:44 pm. On that day in 2018, we had partly sunny skies with patches of fog on the city and temperatures between 72 and 51 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 70 degrees. We hit a record high of 89 back in 1991.

Tree on Crane