Rocky Leaves
A close up of the ground.
Taken on Wednesday March 19, 2008 at Common Earth.Peter, Paul and Mary – Rich Man Poor Man
I hadn't heard this song written by Peter Yarrow until last weekend. It really is a pretty innovative song, released on the Late Again album which came out in August 1968, the same week that Peter, Paul and Mary were arrested during the Chicago demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention.
March 7, 2023 Morning
Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Partly cloudy and 29 degrees in Delmar, NY. โ There is a northwest breeze at 10 mph. ๐. There are 5 inches of snow on the ground. โ ๏ธThings will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 10 am. ๐ก๏ธ
Out walking right at 6:15 AM this morning โ and it’s a partly cloudy, somewhat gray morning for sure. Clearing somewhat, but certainly cool with the breeze. But I’m out and getting my steps in this morning. ๐ฃ Only 3 more days and I will have dun 50 days of 10,000 steps or more, with many of those days being closer to 20,000 then 10,000. The 10k goal is roughly 5 miles, while the 20k goal is 10 miles.
Today will be mostly cloudy โ , with a high of 32 degrees at 9am. 10 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around January 25th. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with sunny skies in the afternoon. The high last year was 33 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1974. 10.3 inches of snow fell back in 1967.โ
Going to be a cold day today. ๐ฌ๏ธ I guess we are still in the lion ๐ฆ stage of March though I will note that on March 9, 2016 it was 82 degrees fit at least a few minutes. There is hope, every minute we tick closer to April. ๐ท
Solar noon ๐ is at 12:07 pm with sun having an altitude of 42° from the due south horizon (-28.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour ๐ starts at 5:15 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (257°). ๐ธ
The sunset is in the west (264°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:52 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 6:19 pm, which is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. ๐ At dusk you’ll see the Waining Gibbous ๐ Moon in the east (84°) at an altitude of 3° from the horizon, 247,740 miles away. ๐ The best time to look at the stars is after 6:53 pm.
At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies โ and temperatures around 30 degrees. The wind chill around sunset will be 18. โ๏ธ Breezy, 18 mph breeze โ from the northwest with gusts up to 29mph. Today will have 11 hours and 36 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy ๐, with a low of 23 degrees at 6am. One degree below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 6th. Maximum wind chill around 15 at 6pm; Northwest wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Another fairly cold night. In 2022, we had clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 10 degrees. The record low of -02 occurred back in 1989.
Back in 1965, Bloody Sunday: a group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. ๐ค ๐ฎ Have we made much progress? It’s mostly a lie. We’ve not made the progress on Civil Rights that the politicians claim.
The weekend has widely varying forecast. ๐คท It could rain, snow or just be cloudy. Saturday, a chance of rain and snow showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 40. Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees.
Looking ahead, there are 2 weeks until First Day of Spring ๐ฎ when the sun will be setting at 7:09 pm with dusk at 7:36 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2022, we had sunny and temperatures between 63 and 25 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 47 degrees. We hit a record high of 78 back in 1921.