Riding the mountain bike out Orchard Avenue yesterday morning I could definitely smell one of the sure signs winter is fading away – the musk of skunk as their breeding season gets underway during the shortest month of the year – February – one of love especially for one of most pungent furbearers out there. Then comes March and April and manuring as the preparation for crop planting season gets underway.

Good morning! Mostly cloudy and 31 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️The skies will clear tomorrow around 7 pm.

Going to be a good day for riding the bike 🚲 to work today, the rail trail is mostly free of snow and ice. Not so cold, indeed we will start February out more like March then April. Plus it saves time and I get exercise to boot. Should be a nice commute on in. Too dark to ride home but still it saves a buck thirty on the bus fare. ☺ These days with inflation every buck helps. The nice thing about riding in is not only the exercise in the morning, but also the opportunity to go for a ride during the mid-day during lunch down by the river.

Today will have a slight chance of showers after 4pm. Patchy freezing fog before 9am. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 42 degrees at 1pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 6th. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 29 degrees. The record high of 65 was set in 1989. 15.0 inches of snow fell back in 1898.❄

Last night I was filmed for the Reszin Adams documentary. 📹 Being one of the younger members of Save the Pine Bush, getting involved in 2004 after Reszin was starting to step back, I don’t have as many good stories to tell as many Save the Pine Bush members, but I tried to tell the most that I have of memories of her working behind the scenes, putting together the lasagna dinners.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 30.2° from the due south horizon (-40.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 10.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:27 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (240°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (247°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:08 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 9 seconds with dusk around 5:38 pm, which is one minute and 19 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:12 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 40 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 5 mph. Tomorrow will have 10 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 22 seconds over today.

Tonight will have a slight chance of rain showers before 3am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 3am and 4am, then a slight chance of snow showers after 4am. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 33 degrees at 5am. 18 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 5th. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2023, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 19 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1961.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 36. North wind 8 to 10 mph. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 39. Typical average high for the weekend is 33 degrees. I am thinking about heading out to the wilderness for a quick overnight camping.

One month 📅 from now will be March 🌨 when the sun will be setting at 5:46 pm with dusk at 6:13 pm. The average high temperature is 34 degrees, with a record high of 61 in 1895.