February 21, 2018 Morning
Good morning! Tonight is theΒ February Save the Pine Bush Dinner – the 40th Anniversary. πFoggy and 58 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a south breeze at 10 mph. The dew point is 52 degrees.Β Today marks five weeks to Average High is 50.π
The sun will set at 5:35 pm with dusk around 6:04 pm, which is one minute and 17 seconds later than yesterday.πΒ At sunset, look for mostly cloudy conditions and 61 degrees. The dew point will be 49 degrees. Breezy, 16 mph breeze from the west-northwest.
Today will have a slight chance of rain after 2pm. Patchy dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high of 70 degrees at 1pm.π 36 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 54 at 10am. South wind 10 to 16 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Going to be a nice day, especially for February. πβπChance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies. The high last year was 44 degrees. The record high of 65 was set in 1981. 11 inches of snow fell back in 1929.
Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent Moon with 38% illuminated with the moon setting at 11:44 pm. πThe First Quarter Moon will be tomorrow. The Full Moon is next Wednesday. The sun will rise at 6:42 am with the first light at 6:13 am, which is one minute and 31 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tonight will have 13 hours and 4 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over last night.
Tonight will have a slight chance of rain before 4am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. βπ¦Mostly cloudy, with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. 13 degrees above normal. Northwest wind 7 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2017, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 38 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1963.
Warm but wet this weekend.Β π¦Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Sunday, rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 44. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Typical average high for the weekend is 37 degrees.
I don’t have a lot to say today, except that warm temperatures are tackling the snow, so hopefully I’ll be able to get out camping come March. βΊAlthough I’ve heard that we are getting some snow tomorrow.
I struggle not to get involved in the bigotry and hatred I see on Facebook every day. π‘I hate the over simplistic viewpoints not based on science or evidence that are too common in politics today.π I know I should just scroll past those posts as arguing won’t change anybody’s minds. Obnoxious liberals are going to just be that. π
In four weeks on March 21 the sun will be setting at 7:09 pm (Daylight Savings Time),Β πwhich is one hour, 33 minutes and 39 seconds later then today. In 2017 on that day, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 51 and 32 degrees. βTypically, you have temperatures between 46 and 27 degrees. The record high of 78 degrees was set back in 1921.
Looking ahead, Average High is 50 is in 5 weeks,πΌ Average High is 60 is in 8 weeks, π»Earth Day is in 2 months, π±Average High is 70 is in 12 weeks, π·Independence Day is in 19 weeksπΊ, Halloween is in 36 weeks, Day After Election Day is in 37 weeks, Boxing Day is in 44 weeks and Inauguration day 2021 is in 152 weeks.
ππOnly 93 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!ππ