Terra – January 16, 2022
The cold but clear weather on Saturday before the snow storm produced a stunning image of Upstate NY from the Terra satellite. Notice still a lot of open water on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain
Plateau Mountain
Slide Mountain
Hochul will replace de Blasio for Groundhog Day dutiesPOLITICOSearchSearchClose
With Mayor Bill de Blasio off to stump for Hillary Clinton in Iowa, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to replace him for the annual Groundhog Day ceremony at the Staten Island Zoo, sources told POLITICO New York.
The annual morning event is a New York version of the famous shadow check done by Punxsutawney Phil, the famous Pennsylvania varmint. At 7:30 a.m., the zoo's famous groundhog Staten Island Chuck will emerge to see if he (or she) sees his shadow, superstitiously predicting either an early spring or six more weeks of winter drudgery.
The mayor, by tradition, presides, but what should be a harmless photo-op actually became a to-do for de Blasio. In 2014 — his first year in office — the mayor dropped the groundhog, causing internal injuries that led to her death. In 2015 the ceremony was amended so the mayor would not actually touch the animal.
Today’s Almanac for Tuesday January 18
Today’s Almanac
Night before dawn is 6 hours and 49 minutes,
Dawn starts at 6:49 am and runs for 30 minutes,
Sunrise is at 7:20 am which is 4 hours and 39 minutes before noon,
High noon, the transit of the sun, is at 12:05 pm,
From twelve noon to the sunset at 4:50 pm is 4 hours and 50 minutes,
Dusk lasts for 29 minutes concluding at 5:21 pm,
Leaving 6 hours and 38 minutes until midnight.
Icy Trail
Weather Update – January 18, 2022
Blustery and cold today, well but better then last Saturday I guess. 🌬
I guess it could be worse, I remember the weekend. And I see the forecast for Friday into the weekend. I doubt this will be the weekend I head out of town but I might also have to head into the office this weekend, so I doubt it was a reality. Heading out of town might not happen too much until springtime, I concede.
| Today. Cold ! |
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Mostly sunny. Blustery, with a northwest wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
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26 degrees | 4 max wind chill | 4:50 sunset |
| Tonight. Cold ! |
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Increasing clouds. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph after midnight.
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9 degrees | 2 max wind chill | 7:20 sunrise |
| Wednesday. Feels like … February 28th. |
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A slight chance of snow showers before 11am, then a slight chance of rain showers after 5pm. Mostly cloudy. South wind 8 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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38 degrees | 5 max wind chill | 4:52 sunset |
| Wednesday Night. Feels like … March 10th. |
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A chance of rain and snow showers before midnight, then a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy. South wind around 6 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
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23 degrees | 7:19 sunrise |
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| Thursday. Cold ! |
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Partly sunny. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph.
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24 degrees | 4 max wind chill | 4:53 sunset |
| Thursday Night. Cold ! |
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Partly cloudy, with a low around -2.
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-2 degrees | -12 max wind chill | 7:18 sunrise |
| Friday. Cold ! |
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Mostly sunny.
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14 degrees | -15 max wind chill | 4:54 sunset |
| Friday Night. Cold ! |
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Partly cloudy, with a low around -4.
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-4 degrees | -14 max wind chill | 7:18 sunrise |
| Saturday. Cold ! |
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Mostly sunny.
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20 degrees | -12 max wind chill | 4:55 sunset |
| Saturday Night. Cold ! |
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Mostly cloudy.
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8 degrees | 0 max wind chill | 7:17 sunrise |
| Sunday. Cold ! |
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Mostly cloudy.
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28 degrees | 1 max wind chill | 4:57 sunset |
| Sunday Night. Cold ! |
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Mostly cloudy.
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8 degrees | -2 max wind chill | 7:16 sunrise |
| Monday. Cold ! |
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Partly sunny.
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22 degrees | -2 max wind chill | 4:58 sunset |
