Day: January 19, 2021

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Back to work after the long Martin Luther King Day Weekend. At least it’s not a big deal working from home — work is just around the corner from my bedroom. Two weeks to Ground Hog Day . Cloudy and 28 degrees on my morning walk past the Bethlehem Central High School. There is a southwest breeze at 5 mph. . I decided it was decent enough that I would just wear my vest out walking. There are 1/2 inch or so of icy snow on the ground. ️Things will start to thaw out at around 11 am. A few breaks of sun but not a lot.

Sunday wasn’t too bad, had dinner out at the folks house. Mom made baked ziti, it was pretty good. I didn’t end up going out hiking yesterday because my toe is a bit sore and the weather was rather crappy, but I did end up going out for both my evening walk last night and I’m walking today. Today I think I am going to bundle up and go down to the library to work, as I’m hoping to finish getting my cleaned up install of Windows 10 working and also watch the Governor’s budget address. I was hoping for more sun at least later in the week, but at least today will be relatively mild. I guess tomorrow might be a bit more sunny for a while but it looks like it will be getting cold later in the day. Going to need to get milk later today so I have it for the coffee tomorrow.

Today will have a slight chance of snow showers between noon and 3pm. Most cloudy , with a high of 37 degrees at 2pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 23rd. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 38 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1929. 8.5 inches of snow fell back in 1886.

Tonight will have a First Quarter Moon with 38% illuminated. The moon will set in the west (277°) at 11:47 pm. The moon will rise at 11:00 am. The Wolf Moon is on Friday, January 29. My birthday. The darkest hour is at 12:07 am, followed by dawn at 6:50 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:21 am in the east-southeast (117°) and last for 3 minutes and 16 seconds. Sunrise is 37 seconds earlier than yesterday. The golden hour ends at 8:04 am with sun in the southeast (125°). Tonight will have 14 hours and 26 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 53 seconds over last night.

Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers between 11pm and 3am. Mostly cloudy , with a low of 23 degrees at 6am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 8th. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2020, we had light snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 9 degrees. The record low of -22 occurred back in 1970.

In four weeks on February 16 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (254°) at 5:28 pm, which is 36 minutes and 22 seconds later then today. In 2020 on that day, we had cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 38 and 25 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 35 and 17 degrees. The record high of 61 degrees was set back in 2006.

Looking ahead, Ground Hog Day is Next Tuesday, Read Across America Day is in 6 weeks, Last Day of Winter is in 2 months, Pink Moon is in 14 weeks, Arbor Day is in 14 weeks, 8 PM Sunset is in 15 weeks, 8:30 PM Dusk is in 15 weeks, June is in 19 weeks, 9 PM Dusk is in 19 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset is in 20 weeks, Primary Day is in 21 weeks, Average High is 80 is in 22 weeks, Hottest Time of the Year is in 25 weeks, Ugly Truck Day is in 26 weeks, Campfire Day is in 28 weeks, Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ️️ is in 31 weeks, Average High 70 is in 35 weeks, Columbus Day is in 38 weeks, Election Day is in 42 weeks, Beaver Moon is in 10 months, Cold Moon is in 11 months, First Day of Winter is in 48 weeks and 4:30 PM Sunset is in 49 weeks.