Pitch Pine

A lonely pitch pine in a field of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve that as little as a decade ago had been stripped down to bare sand.

Taken on Saturday October 19, 2019 at Albany Pine Bush.

Today’s Almanac for Thursday October 21

Today’s Almanac

Night before dawn is 6 hours and 47 minutes,
Dawn starts at 6:47 am and runs for 28 minutes,
Sunrise is at 7:16 am which is 4 hours and 43 minutes before noon,
High noon, the transit of the sun, is at 12:39 pm,
From twelve noon to the sunset at 6:03 pm is 6 hours and 3 minutes,
Dusk lasts for 31 minutes concluding at 6:32 pm,
Leaving 5 hours and 27 minutes until midnight.

Weather Update – October 21, 2021

The latest weekend forecast doesn’t look nearly as bad β˜€

But I still think I’ll stay in town this weekend.

Today.
Feels like …
September 24th.

Partly Sunny

Partly sunny.

Light south wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

and

71 degrees , 55 max dew point, 6:03
sunset.
Tonight.
Feels like …
September 12th.

Chance of Showers

A chance of showers, mainly between 9pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy.

South wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

and

54 degrees , 7:17
sunrise.
Friday.
Feels like …
October 12th.

Partly Sunny

Partly sunny.

Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

and

63 degrees , 54 max dew point, 6:02
sunset.
Friday Night.
Feels like …
October 15th.

Mostly Cloudy

Mostly cloudy.

Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

and

41 degrees , 7:18
sunrise.
Saturday.
Feels like …
October 29th.

Slight Chance of Showers

A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.

Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

and

56 degrees , 6:00
sunset.
Saturday Night.
Feels like …
October 24th.

Partly Cloudy

Partly cloudy.

and

38 degrees , 7:19
sunrise.
Sunday.
Feels like …
October 27th.

Mostly Sunny

Mostly sunny.

and

57 degrees , 5:59
sunset.
Sunday Night.
Feels like …
October 21st.

Mostly Cloudy then Chance of Showers

A chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 30%.

and

39 degrees , 7:21
sunrise.
Monday.
Feels like …
November 1st.

Chance of Showers

A chance of showers. Partly sunny.

Chance of precipitation is 30%.

and

55 degrees , 5:57
sunset.
Monday Night.
Feels like …
October 21st.

Chance of Showers

A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 40%.

and

39 degrees , 7:22
sunrise.
Tuesday.
Feels like …
November 3rd.

Chance of Showers

A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 30%.

and

54 degrees , 5:56
sunset.
Tuesday Night.
Feels like …
October 18th.

Mostly Cloudy

Mostly cloudy.

and

40 degrees , 7:23
sunrise.
Wednesday.
Feels like …
October 27th.

Partly Sunny

Partly sunny.

and

57 degrees , 5:54
sunset.

Good Morning – October 21, 2021

Good morning! Happy Thursday. Should be a nice one. ☺

I thought about taking today and Friday off but with the front coming through, I decided it would be an awful cold and gray weekend. Plus going to work just is the default option, doesn’t require me to plan or spend money that I don’t have.

Partly cloudy and 54 degrees at the Elm Ave Park and Ride. β›… Calm wind. The dew point is 51 degrees.

I was surprised how many are on the Express Bus 🚍 downtown – six. This is particularly surprising as the later bus I take is less popular and many of the regular customers stopped riding during the pandemic and after Voorheesville service ended. Maybe this will help make the service more sustainable.

Found an old Broken USB cable to use as a belt cable πŸ”Œ to keep my wallet tied to my pants πŸ‘–. Seems silly but if it keeps me from loosing my wallet, all the better. I worried a lot about that yesterday.

Been working on building a PANDAS 🐼 dataset with party enrollment to make graphs and other data analysis. The hardest thing was downloading and parsing the PDFs but even that isn’t rocket πŸš€ science. Python does all the hard work.