Good evening! Clouds ☁️ and 29 degrees for the evening walk 🚶. There is a west breeze at 10 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 22 mph 💨💨💨. Zero chance of seeing that metroid that they are talking about unless it hits the earth with a big bang. There are 4 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 11 am. 🌡️

Probably didn’t need to go for a walk 🚶 tonight but extra steps are good and I like walking. Helps pass the time and it’s healthy.

The big forty is what’s on my mind tonight. 🎂 I mean I know it’s just a number and most people eventually hit it but it’s not something you ever give much thought about when you are young. The day will come and go like all do, and what matters is what you make of it as one step towards the future 🔮 but it’s such a big number. Been doing a lot of reading about the meaning of turning forty and I guess the best thing about being in your forties is you don’t give a rats ass what others think about you not that I ever really did.

Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 26 degrees at 4am. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 15th. Maximum wind chill around 26 at 5am; West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2022, we had light snow. It got down to 23 degrees. The record low of -23 occurred back in 1994.

I went to the library for the first time in several weeks 📚 mostly to use the internet, I didn’t get any books out. The library since the pandemic seems so much more crowded than the past. With my unlimited phone plan I mostly just use my phone 📱 but for coding purposes and data intensive things it’s best to go to the library. Plus cell service lately has been unreliable locally since the storm yesterday.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 32% illuminated. At 8 PM, the moon was in the west-southwest (244°) at an altitude of 30° from the horizon, some 234,343 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 Can’t see it through the clouds. At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by July 23^rd. Buckle up for safety! 💺

The moon will set in the west (276°) at 10:56 pm. The Snow ❄ Moon is on Sunday, February 5. The darkest hour is at 12:09 am, followed by dawn at 6:46 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:16 am in the east-southeast (115°) and last for 3 minutes and 12 seconds. Sunrise is 51 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:59 am with sun in the east-southeast (123°). Tonight will have 14 hours and 10 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 9 seconds over last night.

I filled up the water 💦 container and loaded up the propane tank to be filled after I go to the dentist and then I plan to head up to the woods to ski 🎿 and camp ⛺ on my final day of being in my thirties. I just sleep better and are happier in the woods. 🌲🌲 But first the evening walk 🚶. Also may need more coffee ☕ before I run out.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of snow showers after noon, mixing with rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy 🌞, with a high of 37 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 18th. Light southwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became snow by afternoon. The high last year was 28 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1974. 9.3 inches of snow fell back in 1963.❄

In four weeks on February 23 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (258°) at 5:38 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 21 seconds later then tonight. In 2021 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 38 and 28 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 38 and 20 degrees. The record high of 69 degrees was set back in 2017.

Looking ahead, Ground Hog Day 🐻 is Next Thursday, Average High is 35 ☀️ is in three weeks, Read Across America Day 📚 is in 5 weeks, Arbor Day 🌳 is in 13 weeks, 8:30 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 14 weeks, 8 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 14 weeks, 9 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 18 weeks, June 🍹 is in 18 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 19 weeks, Ugly Truck Day 🚚 is in 25 weeks, Campfire Day 🔥 is in 27 weeks, National Dog Day 🐩 is in 7 months, Columbus Day 🛥️ is in 37 weeks, Average High is 60 🍂 is in 38 weeks, Thanksgiving 🦃 is in 43 weeks, First Day of Winter ☃️ is in 47 weeks, Boxing Day 🥊 is in 11 months and 4:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 48 weeks.