Good evening! Clear and 20 degrees in Delmar. There is a west-northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at Wednesday around 8 am. 🌡️ Cool night but reasonable for February. I probably would have gone for a walk tonight but my headphones were dead and I was working on debugging the code for the lights in my bedroom. Finally got most of the bugs worked out.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 14 degrees at 3am. Two degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical night around January 27th. Maximum wind chill around 10 at 10pm; Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph. In 2018, we had light snow in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 30 degrees. The record low of -21 occurred back in 1948.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 30 degrees at 2pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around January 22nd. West wind 3 to 7 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 53 was set in 1955. 4.0 inches of snow fell back in 1892.❄

Tomorrow night will have a chance of light snow, mainly between 8pm and 3am. Mostly cloudy 🌨, with a low of 16 degrees at 6am. One degree below normal, which is similiar to a typical night around February 8th. Maximum wind chill around 23 at 9pm; Light northwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2018, we had light snow in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 29 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1962.

After work on Friday I went to Dove and Deer and was very unimpressed by the swanky bar. 🍺 Over priced in my book, none of the relatively affordable bar food, and it just felt weird wearing my Carharrt in there. Not my kind of place, I doubt I’ll go back. I had two Coors Light beer and I was hammered. I don’t drink much anymore so a beer or two can get me very drunk. I was sad they didn’t have Utica Club like City Beer Hall. I have a special thing for UC after working out in Utica one summer. Coors Light is horse piss but cheap.

I’ve come to the conclusion that I won the war on the ants. It’s been over a week since I saw the last one. For a while they were bad, I was whiping a ton off the counter everytime I went into the kitchen but now they disappeared as fast as they came. 🐜 Glad that’s been resolved.

Finally worked most of the bugs out of the code for the light controller I’m building. I kept running into issues processing the Bluetooth strings that are communicated across my bedroom and then getting all the timing right for the virtual sunset and sunrise. :idea:All that’s done now, it’s onto the additional features and writing the Bluetooth Android phone app which I don’t expect to be too difficult as I previously wrote one.

I decided with the wind and the cold to stay home today. 🏃I did walk down to the library and then for a walk around the Swift Preserve. I bought some milk. At home I worked on some maps and a whole bunch of other random projects. I’m kind of glad I stayed home, it allows me to save money and I don’t have to worry about driving places. It’s just easier to be home. 🏡 I’m looking forward to having the lights come on ever so gently come Monday morning.

In four weeks on March 9 the sun will be setting at 5:55 pm,🌄 which is 35 minutes and 11 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had snow showers, partly cloudy and temperatures between 37 and 27 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 41 and 23 degrees. The record high of 81 degrees was set back in 2016. I went out truck cap camping at Betty Brook the next day and it was pretty nice – ice free and quite warm. The next morning started daylight savings time. I remember having to keep an eye on my phone with concerns over the state budget.

I’ve been having a lot of trouble sleeping lately as I often do in late winter. 😵 I took a sleeping pill and am planning to sleep in late again tomorrow. I’m hoping with the lights set to dim at 10:10 pm each night I’ll get in the habit of getting to sleep a bit earlier going forward. 💤 Some of those dreams come morning are pretty wild and I hate waking up at five in the morning and not being able to get back to sleep. But I’m sure once the windows are open and I’m able to spend some nights in the wilderness sleeping will improve, it always does.

Looking ahead, there are 11 weeks until Arbor Day 🌳 when the sun will be setting at 7:51 pm with dusk at 8:21 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2018, we had a rather cold day with rain showers and partly cloudy skies with temperatures between 50 and 36 degrees. Doesn’t sound that bad but it should be warming up by then. Typically, the high temperature is 63 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1962.

Looking ahead, Arbor Day 🌳 is in 11 weeks, 8 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 12 weeks, June 🍹 is in 16 weeks, Average High is 80 🏖 is in 19 weeks, Hottest Time of the Year 😅 is in 22 weeks and Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ is in 28 weeks.