I got to work today and it’s only a partial eclipse in Albany, but I have several pairs of eclipse glasses that I’ll be giving out to staff and will make sure to get a good view of it from work — be it the second story windows overlooking Interstate 90 or the the acres of parking lot. Going to be a great day to be outside, that is once it warms up a bit.

Good morning! The eclipse has come back around again. Sunny and 30 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 Calm wind. Things will start to thaw out at around 7 am. 🌡️ Totally inappropriate to have all my windows open in my apartment, but I slept like a baby 👶 with my windows open. I think it was cold enough that the heat actually kicked in. I knew it would be a cold morning, but that’s okay, it’s going to warm up quickly and all that fresh air is good. Not so cold that I have to worry about anything freezing this morning besides my fingers and my ass.

Breakfast was a big pan of eggs and veggies 🍳 and fairly tasty good start to the morning. Drunk much too much coffee this morning, as I was cold ☕️ with the windows open. Still I enjoyed the fresh air this morning.

Today will have increasing clouds 🌞 👉️☁, with a high of 64 degrees at 5pm. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 25th. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 52 degrees. The record high of 88 was set in 1929. 4.5 inches of snow fell back in 1907.❄

Should be a great day to ride to work 🚴‍♂️ enjoying the fresh air as it warms up quickly under bright sunshine. 🌞 Unfortunately it looks like things might cloud up mid to later in the day which might hurt viewing of the eclipse, but I guess there will still be enough sunlight available to enjoy it through the glasses 🕶️. Sucks that I have to work, 🏢 but I gotta make the money. 💸 After all the tax men need to get paid on Monday, and do I have a big tax bill to send them. I’m heading in a bit early as I don’t feel like rushing, plus I want to get set up fairly early in the office as I’ve been out so much lately.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:58 pm with sun having an altitude of 54.8° from the due south horizon (-16° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 4.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:52 pm with the sun in the west (275°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (281°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:30 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 57 seconds with dusk around 7:58 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:33 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 58 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Tomorrow will have 13 hours and 11 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over today.

Yesterday I went out to see the folks, 👨‍👩‍👦 and most of the afternoon I was terribly tired. Not sure why, maybe it just because I had the windows closed most of the day. Then did an evening hike up Bennett Hill and came home, got unpacked and went to bed. 🛏️ Damn smoke alarm randomly went off shortly after I went to bed, 🚬 not sure why as I had the windows open and there was no smoke or even moisture in the air. It’s not done that in a while. 🔕

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 44 degrees at 5am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 3rd. Light and variable wind becoming west around 5 mph. In 2023, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 29 degrees. The record low of 16 occurred back in 1977.

Been doing a ton of reading this past weekend. 🏗️ Lots of learning about buying and building a house, plus some more of the Power Broker and the story of Robert Moses. Trying to finish up the e-books 📚️ in particular as they have to be returned shortly.

The weekend looks like shit again. 💩  Saturday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Maximum dew point of 44 at 7pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 58 degrees. I was sort of hoping to get out of town this weekend, though I’d rather save more and wait another weekend and maybe take Earth Day Weekend to get out of town.

Looking ahead and thinking of my poverty once I pay the various tax departments, next Monday is Tax Day 💰 when the sun will be setting at 7:39 pm with dusk at 8:07 pm. On that day in 2023, we had partly sunny, warm, thunderstorm and temperatures between 84 and 52 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 59 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 2003.