Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Back to work on this most cloudy day. Five weeks to Arbor Day 🌳. Clouds and 31 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a southeast breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at around 9 am. 🌡️ Snow later but I don’t expect any real accumulation in the valley.

Not a real nice day to start the work week. Iy will rain and snow before 4pm, then rain between 4pm and 5pm, then rain and snow after 5pm. 🌧 High of 40 degrees at 4pm. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 6th. Southeast wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of around an inch possible. But I doubt it will stick to the roads. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with sunny skies in the afternoon. The high last year was 37 degrees. The record high of 80 was set in 1938. 2.7 inches of snow fell back in 2005.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:03 pm with sun having an altitude of 48.7° from the due south horizon (-22.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:35 pm with the sun in the west (266°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (273°) starting at 7:09 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:39 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:13 pm. At sunset, look for snow 🌨 and temperatures around 36 degrees. There will be a east breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 19 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain and snow before 1am, then a chance of snow between 1am and 2am, then a chance of rain after 2am. 🌧 Low of 33 degrees at 5am. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 3rd. Northeast wind around 7 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible. In 2019, we had clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 26 degrees. The record low of 0 occurred back in 1875.

Honestly, the best two days of week look to be Tuesday and Thursday. ☀ Both days I’ll probably work from my truck at Bethlehem Library and Five Rivers Environmental Education Center come the afternoon. I enjoy the sun and the solar panel will work well especially now that I’ve fixed the more energy efficient car charger for my laptop. 💻

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Sunday, a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 50 degrees.

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until Arbor Day 🌳 when the sun will be setting at 7:51 pm with dusk at 8:21 pm. On that day in 2019, we had rain showers, partly cloudy and temperatures between 50 and 40 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 63 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1962.