Weather Update – March 14, 2022

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A taste of fake spring … 🌷

I tend to think that the snow will not be long for this world with the warm temperatures expected. I turned off the heat this morning, I figure it will be above freezing all week and mild in the evening with lots of sun ☀ to warm the building. With inflation so high, interest rates so low, got to save money wherever possible. Plus if I’m cold in the early hours of the morning there is always the heated blanket. Maybe by Friday I can open the windows and have fresh air for a change.

Today.
Feels like …
March 28th.

Partly Sunny

 Partly sunny.

South wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west in the morning.

and

 50 degrees , 7:01
sunset.
Tonight.
Feels like …
April 14th.

Mostly Cloudy

 Mostly cloudy.

South wind 7 to 9 mph.

and

 36 degrees , 7:05
sunrise.
Tuesday.
Feels like …
March 28th.

Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance of Rain

 A slight chance of rain after 2pm. Mostly cloudy.

Light and variable wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

and

 50 degrees , 7:03
sunset.
Tuesday Night.
Feels like …
April 9th.

Chance of Rain and Patchy Fog

 A chance of rain before 2am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy.

Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

and

 34 degrees , 7:03
sunrise.
Wednesday.
Feels like …
April 11th.

Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny

 Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny.

West wind 3 to 5 mph.

and

 57 degrees , 7:04
sunset.
Wednesday Night.
Feels like …
April 24th.

Partly Cloudy

 Partly cloudy.

and

 40 degrees , 7:01
sunrise.
Thursday.
Feels like …
April 15th.

Partly Sunny

 Partly sunny.

and

 59 degrees , 7:05
sunset.
Thursday Night.
Feels like …
April 24th.

Mostly Cloudy

 Mostly cloudy.

and

 40 degrees , 7:00
sunrise.
Friday.
Feels like …
May 1st.

Partly Sunny

 Partly sunny.

and

 66 degrees , 47 max dew point, 7:06
sunset.
Friday Night.
Feels like …
May 10th.

Chance of Showers

 A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 50%.

and

 46 degrees , 6:58
sunrise.
Saturday.
Feels like …
April 9th.

Showers is likely

 Showers likely. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 70%.

and

 56 degrees , 7:07
sunset.
Saturday Night.
Feels like …
April 19th.

Chance of Showers

 A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 50%.

and

 38 degrees , 6:56
sunrise.
Sunday.
Feels like …
March 28th.

Chance of Showers

 A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 30%.

and

 50 degrees , 7:08
sunset.

Daily Update – March 14, 2022

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Good morning! The Monday after daylight savings time has come back around again. 🌅

With the clouds it seems darker than yesterday. ☁️ But it’s nice with so much extra daylight in the evening. For a day supposed to reach the fifties by evening, the morning is awful cool. Not spring yet.

🌹🌻🌼Only 6 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

Overcast and 25 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁️ There is a south breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. There are 4 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 9 am. 🌡️

Yesterday I went skiing 🎿 at Five Rivers Environmental Education Center for a while but by midday the snow wasn’t that great. Then I went out to the folks house 👪 for cabbage and corned beef 🍀 and skied a bunch more with the dog 🐶 out back.

It’s nice having that extra sunlight in the evening. 🌇 I went for the evening walk 🚶 with still some daylight to spare and did not have to drive home in the dark. 🌃 Looking forward to when I can go down to the park 🏞 again with a book 📙. Had the library not been closed on Saturday due to the snow storm I probably would have gone there. I’ll probably go more now that they’ve dropped the muzzle mandate 😷 as I don’t mind wearing a mask but not when I’m sitting down and working.

I don’t mind wearing the muzzle in public places 😷 like crowded elevators or buses but not while sitting down and working. I’m so used to at this point just wearing the muzzle and boiling then in soapy water 💦 every Sunday afternoon. It just becomes routine and if it keeps me from getting the COVID or a cold it’s worth it.

Besides the GIS class I’ve been taking 🗺, I’ve been lately doing a map atlas a day I post on Facebook. It’s fun because it gets me looking for interesting sources of map data each day and new techniques for presenting information. 🌎 There is a lot you can do with a combination of R programming language and QGIS with a python thrown in. Using R often makes complicated map joins quick.

Replaced the Microsoft building footprints with a combination of the NYSERDA building footprints and the NYC planning department footprints on my PostGIS database on my laptop. 🏢 The Microsoft building footprints aren’t bad and are far more extensive in rural areas than what was available in OpenStreetMap but had a lot of problems accurately displaying urban buildings. Then again, Microsoft building footprints was generated with machine learning while NYSERDA checked them against source photography. 🔎

Tomorrow I’ll probably wash my truck 🛻 and go store for suppliers. 🍏 Lots of little things I need – shoe rubber cement for fixing my ski 🎿 boots again, and fixing the trash can lid, toilet 🚽 cleaner and drain solvent to improve the bath 🛀 drain. Cheese 🧀 as I got to have my dairy 🐮 and more frozen fruit. 🍓 I have to work late tonight so it won’t happen today but going to be a mild week for a car wash. Then some point next month I’ll have to sand and paint over the rust again on Big Red.