Weather Update – December 18, 2021

A mixed bag later. 🌨 Then not so bad next week, but cool? 😎

As they say, slip sliding away. I’m staying home, although I might walk down to the library later. Not sure yet about tomorrow, but I am going to get propane soon, I tell myself. I was bad, didn’t do it last night. Seasonably cool but sunny for the week I have off. The question now is what to do for this coming week? Camp all week in the Finger Lakes? Go up to the Adirondacks a few days mid-week, and do some skiing and hiking? So many options. And Christmas is coming. πŸŽ„

Today.
Feels like …
December 22nd.

Snow is likely then Wintry Mix

Rain, snow, and sleet before 3pm, then sleet between 3pm and 4pm, then freezing rain after 4pm.

North wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Total daytime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of around an inch possible.

and

36 degrees , 4:23
sunset.
Tonight.
Feels like …
November 20th.

Freezing Rain then Snow/Sleet is likely

Freezing rain before midnight, then sleet likely between midnight and 2am, then snow likely after 2am.

Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

and

30 degrees , 7:21
sunrise.
Sunday.
Feels like …
December 31st.

Chance of Snow then Mostly Sunny

A chance of snow before 7am, then isolated snow showers between 7am and noon. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing.

Northwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

and

34 degrees , 4:24
sunset.
Sunday Night.
Cold !

Mostly Clear

Mostly clear.

Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm after midnight.

and

14 degrees , 11 max wind chill, 7:21
sunrise.
Monday.
Feels like …
December 26th.

Mostly Sunny

Mostly sunny.

Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.

and

35 degrees , 14 max wind chill, 4:24
sunset.
Monday Night.
Feels like …
December 14th.

Mostly Cloudy

Mostly cloudy.

 

and

23 degrees , 7:22
sunrise.
Tuesday.
Feels like …
December 15th.

Mostly Sunny

Mostly sunny.

 

and

38 degrees , 4:25
sunset.
Tuesday Night.
Feels like …
January 17th.

Partly Cloudy

Partly cloudy.

 

and

15 degrees , 14 max wind chill, 7:22
sunrise.
Wednesday.
Feels like …
December 15th.

Partly Sunny

Partly sunny.

 

and

38 degrees , 13 max wind chill, 4:25
sunset.
Wednesday Night.
Feels like …
December 29th.

Partly Cloudy

Partly cloudy.

 

and

19 degrees , 13 max wind chill, 7:23
sunrise.
Thursday.
Feels like …
January 5th.

Mostly Sunny

Mostly sunny.

 

and

33 degrees , 13 max wind chill, 4:26
sunset.
Thursday Night.
Feels like …
January 2nd.

Mostly Cloudy

Mostly cloudy.

 

and

18 degrees , 7:23
sunrise.
Friday.
Feels like …
December 26th.

Partly Sunny

Partly sunny.

 

and

35 degrees , 4:26
sunset.

Good Morning – December 18, 2021

Good morning! Happy Bake Cookies Day πŸͺ !

Hopefully they won’t come out as crispy as the ones I had made for work. Black cookies matter! They are still good globs of lard and sugar, despite maybe cooked a bit too long.

Cloudy and 35 degrees in Delmar, NY. Snow, rain, ice and a general mixed back later, but not yet. ❄ There is a north breeze at 6 mph. πŸƒ. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 2 pm. β˜ƒοΈ Slip sliding away.

I am going to head out to Tractor Supply 🚜 to get my propane tank filled and then test my stove and heater to make sure they are working properly again. Then probably tomorrow I’ll head out to the Finger Lakes National Forest β›Ί to camp for the balance of the week – I have it off and it would be nice to get away for a few days. I am going to watch the snow and ice predictions and then decide based on them my exact plans – I’m thinking the Finger Lakes but maybe Central NY or the Adirondacks.

One of the tallest trees in NY, an Adirondack white pine, has fallen | NCPR News

One of the tallest trees in NY, an Adirondack white pine, has fallen | NCPR News

The white pine was known as Tree 103 and stood among 30-40 other large pines, all between 110-160 ft. tall on about 8 acres of land.

Dr. Justin Waskiewicz, a forest ecologist at Paul Smith's College, says a former professor at the college inspected the grove and dated the trees to 1665, making them more than 350 years old.

Waskiewicz says the oldest known age of a white pine is about 400 years, so the grove is nearing the end of its life. In 2013, the tree with the largest diameter in the grove fell. In 2019, Waskiewicz says "two more giants fell."