Good afternoon! Partly cloudy and 1 degree in Delmar. ⛅ Breezy, ️20 mph breeze from the west-northwest 🌬 with gusts up to 36 mph 💨💨💨. The current wind chill is -19. There 15 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at Wednesday around noontime. 🌡️

M. L. King Day will be partly sunny and cold 😮, with a high of 2 degrees at 1pm. 28 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around -18 at 3pm; Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 2006. 7.2 inches of snow fell back in 1990.❄

The sun will set at 4:55 pm with dusk around 5:25 pm, which is one minute and 15 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 1 degrees. The wind chill around sunset will be -23. ☃️Blustery, 🌬 with a stiff breeze at 26 mph the west-northwest with gusts up to 40mph. Today will have 9 hours and 36 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 57 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of -3 degrees at 5am. 17 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around -24 at 6pm; Windy, with a northwest wind 18 to 28 mph decreasing to 8 to 18 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 41 mph. In 2018, we had partly cloudy in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1984.

Definitely a bit cold today, I was a bit worried about getting Big Red started 🚗 but I had no problems and shifted into drive right away although the traction control and anti lock brakes didn’t work until it warmed up. At some point I should get it fixed but for now once it warmed up it was fine. The roads were bad this morning but by afternoon have improved. Battery voltage was a bit low but after driving out to my parents house, the solar cell is just topping things off at this point. 🔋I’m starting to think about adding a second accessory battery in the bed of my truck, although I think I’d have to replace the existing accessory battery so both match in age to avoid fighting. Plus it’s a lot of weight. So I don’t know.

I am going to order a box of logic gate MOSFET from Amazon for now so I can complete building my new LED driver. 💡 It won’t take long to finish it now, just a few more wires to solder and the code to adapt. Being able to control it with my phone gives me lots more options than using just the television remotely and I’m less likely to misplace the phone compared to my remote. 📱

I’m still fairly sick but I think I’m starting to feel a little better. 😫 I’ll see how I feel come tomorrow when it comes to work. I might go in for a while depending on how I feel.