Good evening on this Ground Hog Day. Currently a few clouds and 36 degrees in Albany. Tonight will have a chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. East wind 5 to 13 mph becoming south after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.Tonight we will have a Waning Crescent Moon with 36% illuminated. It will rise at 2:08 am.

Wednesday we will have rain. It will be very mild with a high near 54. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible. Make sure to wear a rain coat and pack an umbrella, as we are going to get poured on.

The days are getting longer. In two weeks the sun will be setting at 5:28 pm, which is 18 minutes later then tonight. The sunset in four weeks on Mar. 1 is at 5:45 pm. Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, March 13 is 1 month, 11 days away. Sunset on that day is at 7:00 pm. I’m really happy with the much longer days.