Good morning! Happy 7 PM Sunset 🌆! With the clouds it might be dark early. But I don’t know. Might clear out before sunset. I didn’t leave my porch light on. But the good news is the days are definitely getting longer now, and once it warms up a bit more, I’ll be able to go to the park after work. Next Friday is Spring 🌷. It will be nice with spring around the corner, along with nicer weather.Rain showers and 46 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. 💦 There is a south-southeast breeze at 15 mph. 🍃. Much more wind in the city. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Sunday around noontime. ☃️

Today will have showers, mainly before noon. 🌦 High of 61 degrees at 3pm. 19 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 23rd. Maximum dew point of 48 at 12pm. 🏖️ Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 23 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. I left my window open for the fresh air but I’ll probably have to close them when I get home. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 44 degrees. The record high of 70 was set in 2012. 22 inches of snow fell back in 1993.❄ I remember that snow storm, building snow caves in the after math. It was kind of fun. But at least outside of the Adirondacks, the snow is done it seems. Wait for me to be wrong with a late March or early April blizzard. Weather patterns can and do change.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:06 pm with sun having an altitude of 44.7° from the due south horizon (-26.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. No shade today unless of course your Punxsutawney Phil. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:23 pm with the sun in the west (261°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (267°) starting at 6:57 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:27 pm, which is one minute and 11 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:01 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 52 degrees. Breezy, 23 mph breeze ⛅ from the west with gusts up to 38mph. Today will have 11 hours and 50 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 3rd. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 39 degrees. The record low of -6 occurred back in 1948.

Today in 1991, the Justice Department announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. ⛽ Some argue that wasn’t a big enough fine but at least it was another 20 odd years until the Deep Water Horizon.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 49 degrees at 4pm. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 26th. Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 59 degrees. The record high of 75 was set in 1946. 17 inches of snow fell back in 2017.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, sunny, with a high near 44. ☀ North wind 8 to 13 mph. Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees.

Still undecided about my weekend plans. 🤔 I do like the idea of going out to Madison County ⛺ but I know things will be real muddy and there will be still some snow and ice around. But it might be fun. The next few weekends with the Pine Bush Hike and my niece’s birthday party means I’ll be busy, and now I don’t have the Pine Bush lit drop on Saturday, I have more time to decide. Not sure what I would do there besides camp, maybe explore some of the state forests out that way. I’ll have to think about it more.

As previously noted, next Friday is Spring 🌷 when the sun will be setting at 7:08 pm with dusk at 7:36 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 55 and 27 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 46 degrees. We hit a record high of 78 back in 2012.