Good evening! Partly cloudy and 29 degrees in Delmar. ⛅ There is a south-southeast breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 4 am. 🌡️

It wasn’t too bad for the evening walk but I suspect later in the night it could be icy. By the time I go to work tomorrow I don’t expect any problems though on the roads not that I plan to drive anywhere but will be taking the bus. Going to quite mild tomorrow. 🏃

Tonight will have a slight chance of snow before 2am, then sleet likely between 2am and 4am, then freezing rain likely after 4am. Cloudy 🌥, with a low of 27 degrees at 10pm. 10 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around December 2nd. Southeast wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2017, we had partly clear skies. It got down to -5 degrees. It was cold the end of last December. The record low of -14 occurred back in 1951.

I ended up getting home, having dinner and listening to Marketplace then playing with my phone before going on the evening walk. I get tired of going down to the library all off the time and instead are trying to spend more evenings at home, going for my evening walk a bit tired. But I have to admit I wasted my time at home screwing around with Facebook and reading news articles on the internet, sharing random things of interest.

I really should have spent the time messing around with Bluetooth more so I can get the various things I’ve built in my bedroom talking to one another. I tried hooking something up on this Arduino Uno shield I had but I guess it’s only for soldering rather than a breadboard so I’m going to have to move everything over the next time I work on it. I have a dozen other boring projects like scrubbing and cleaning my tub which has gotten really dirty that should be done too. But I’ve been tired lately. 📻Waiting for Marketplace to come on at 6:30 pm is kind of silly because I subscribe to the podcast and honestly I don’t day trade, although I do like to expand my knowledge of the markets over the long term and what the real experts – not the flash in the pan commentators say about the economy and how I can eventually secure the good life for myself with land and an off grid cabin. 🏡 But I was so fried and that’s my excuse. 💤

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 63% illuminated. The moon will set at 11:44 am. The Last Quarter Moon will be tomorrow with mostly cloudy skies. The Wolf Moon 🌝 is on Sunday, January 20th. The sun will rise at 7:24 am with the first light at 6:52 am, which is 16 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 14 hours and 55 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 29 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will rain. 🌧 High of 50 degrees at 6pm. 19 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around November 9th. That seems like an eternity ago at this point. But definitely sounds wet. Maximum dew point of 45 at 5pm. 🏖️ South wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had sunny skies. The high last year was 8 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 1982. 7 inches of snow fell back in 1967.❄

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, scattered rain showers, possibly mixing with snow after 1pm, then gradually ending. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 30. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees.

I’m still considering going up to the Adirondacks after the pine bush hike 🚶but I’m still a bit concerned about the forecast. I don’t want to camp through four days of clouds then rain on New Years Eve. 💦 That said not much ice is expected up north and the rain tomorrow will melt most of snow down to an icy glaze. I should be able to park near the road and camp not that far back although I doubt I’ll have cell service for the campsite I have in mind. ⛺

I don’t know I’m somewhat inclined to stay home and save the money which is a bit tight after Christmas and work on some electronics projects and coding. And do a day trip to hike somewhere locally. The wind on Saturday sounds cold and the mercury will fall dramatically come Sunday.📉 I’m not sure although I’ll need to decide fairly early tomorrow so I can get propane topped off and food if I do decide to go up north. I wouldn’t mind getting away from it all for a few days, especially if I lack cell service as well close out 2018.📡 It would be fun to spend the last night of the year, waking to a new year in the tent, sleeping in the wilderness but not in the pouring rain. 🎇

In four weeks on January 24 the sun will be setting at 4:58 pm,🌄 which is 29 minutes and 52 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 41 and 18 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 31 and 14 degrees. The record high of 54 degrees was set back in 1999.

Looking ahead, Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️ is in 1 week, Valentines Day ❤️ is in 7 weeks, Spring 🌷 is in 12 weeks, Average High is 50 🌸 is in 13 weeks, Average High is 60 🌼 is in 16 weeks (hello black flies), Arbor Day 🌳 is in 4 months, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 20 weeks, Memorial Day 🇺🇸 is in 5 months, Independence Day 🇺🇸 is in 27 weeks and August 🌻 is in 31 weeks.