Good morning! Happy Festivus 🍖! It’s the holiday for the rest of us. Overcast and 28 degrees in Delmar. ☁ There is a northwest breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. Typical weather in Trump’s America. But still it’s Festivus, I would expect better from our president and his weather authority.

I don’t have any plans for celebrating Festivus although I want to get to the store shortly before the crowds show up. 💸 I might also go for a hike later, as it might get nicer. Thinking just like Five Rivers or maybe just a walk around the neighborhood.🏃 I could also go to the library as that’s the last time I will be able to get on the internet there until Wednesday with the holiday. 💻

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 37 degrees at 1pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around December 13th. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light in the afternoon. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light drizzle by afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 1990. 8.8 inches of snow fell back in 1947.❄

The sun will set at 4:26 pm with dusk around 4:58 pm, which is 34 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly sunny skies 🌃 and temperatures around 34 degrees. Above freezing. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 9 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, a increase of 9 seconds over yesterday. The day length is accelerating. No need to build a wall to block the sun it’s been cloudy enough. ☁

Tonight will snow likely, mainly after 4am. Cloudy 🌨, with a low of 29 degrees at 3am. 11 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around November 26th. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2017, we had . It got down to 26 degrees. The record low of -15 occurred back in 1989. I was alive back then, back when I was a kindergartener.

So it’s frustrating about the windshield wiper but I think I will continue searching for the receipt. I haven’t taken the paper trash to the park and ride dumpster so it’s either there or somewhere in my truck assuming I didn’t drop it when I was struggling to get the blade on in the dark. 🎏 Well it wasn’t that expensive and I need a proper one.

Yesterday I spent quite a bit of time reading, 📚 getting through a bunch of books and working on some code, and doing some soldering. Been playing with AT mode on the HC-05 Bluetooth board, trying to get it to work as a master pairing with another Bluetooth device with the idea to eventually have the various lighting devices in my apartment talking to one and another so they seemlessly turn on in the morning for getting up time, eventually all controlled by my phone. I also am working on building the new control board for the overhead lights, soldering together the connections among other projects. 🔬It just wasn’t a real nice day yesterday.

One month 📅 from now will be National Cheese Lovers Day 🧀 when the sun will be setting at 4:57 pm with dusk at 5:28 pm. The average high for Cheese Lovers Day is 31 degrees with the salt in the cheese probably not quite cold enough to freeze it. Well not at least mid day. Even in that cold I’m sure the cow teats are still warm. They’re not that well insulated, they waste a lot of energy as heat.