Good evening! Rain showers and 56 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ Breezy, ️22 mph breeze from the west 🌬 with gusts up to 44 mph 💨💨💨. The dew point is 44 degrees.

I don’t mind not having power 🔌 but not having data service for my phone all afternoon although now it’s working again. Not sure if the network was totally overloaded but it was frustrating 😤 getting emails in but not able to respond. 📧 I sat out back for a while but it started to rain so I came inside.

I ended up running in office 🏢 downtown to get to emails because it was bad to be totally off the grid at work all afternoon. Not good for remote working. ⛽ I was very low on gas so I ended up getting gas at the expensive gas station in Albany because Glenmont was still dark on my way home. I was planning on going to the store 🛒 and get some groceries but everything is still dark in Glenmont. Not a lot of trees down but there was no stop lights 🚥 on Delmar bypass.

Tonight will have isolated showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 43 degrees at 6am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 6th. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had light drizzle in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 45 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1964.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 69% illuminated. The moon will rise at 9:45 pm. The darkest hour is at 12:44 am, followed by dawn at 6:32 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:00 am in the east (97°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:38 am with sun in the east-southeast (104°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 35 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 58 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 20th. Northwest wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 65 degrees. The record high of 80 was set in 2017.

I thought by now we we would have power 🔌 but at least I have data service. 📶 I can plug things into my truck with the solar come morning. 🌅 But I’m sure by morning I’ll have power. That said I’m using my usual battery 🔋 lantern 🏮 for light in my bedroom and it’s plenty bright. I didn’t do my evening walk 🚶🏻 although it probably wouldn’t have been good with the weather at any rate.

With the latest forecast I decided to stay in town this weekend as it only looks like the hurricane 🌀 will be pushing in earlier than expected and Sunday into Monday will be quite wet.

In four weeks on November 4 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (249°) at 4:44 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 41 minutes and 51 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 51 and 29 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 53 and 34 degrees. The record high of 76 degrees was set back in 1994.

Looking ahead, Average High is 55 🍂 is in 3 weeks, Day After Election Day 🛀 is in 4 weeks, Veterans Day 🇺🇸 is in 5 weeks, Earliest Sunset of the Year ⌛️ is in 9 weeks, Tea Party Day 🐍 is in 10 weeks, Festivus 🍖 is in 11 weeks, Bacon Day 🥓 is in 12 weeks, Make Your Dream Come True Day 🏡 is in 14 weeks, Inauguration Day ✅ is in 15 weeks, Clean Your Computer Day 🧹 is in 18 weeks and Presidents Day 👴 is in 19 weeks.