Happy Weekend! Cloudy and 40 degrees in Albany. There is a south breeze at 13 mph. The skies will clear Wednesday around 10 am. Don’t expect much sun until the midpoint of next week but it might get quite nice at that point. 

The sun will set at 7:12 pm with dusk around 7:40 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. At sunset, look for cloudy conditions and 42 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 10 mph. Kind of icky but hopefully it will keep the snow melting. 

Tonight will have a chance of rain before 9pm, then a chance of rain or drizzle between 9pm and 3am, then a chance of rain after 3am. Cloudy, with a low of 41 degrees at 6pm. 10 degrees above normal. South wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2016, it got down to 35 degrees with periods of rain. The record low of 0 occurred back in 1875.

Waning Crescent Moon tonight with 19% illuminated. The moon will rise around 3:37 am. The New Moon is on Tuesday night with chance of rain expected. The Full “Pink” Moon is on Tuesday, April 11th. The sun will rise at 6:49 am with the first light at 6:21 am, which is one minute and 45 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tonight will have 11 hours and 34 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over last night.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. Saturday, a chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 47. Light and variable wind becoming north around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Sunday, a chance of freezing rain before 8am, then a chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 44. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Typical average high for the weekend is 48 degrees. Next weekend the average high will be 50.

In four weeks on April 21 the sun will be setting at 7:44 pm, which is 31 minutes and 58 seconds later then today. By then hopefully lower elevations will start greening up. I hopefully should be on vacation in the North Country at that point. In 2016 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 76 and 32 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 61 and 39 degrees. The record high of 89 degrees was set back in 1923.

It was a fairly quiet Friday at work. Next week will probably be much busier. But then the state budget will be done. I’m still hoping to get up to the Adirondacks during Easter Weekend, and then the week after, head up to the North Country. I do want to wire my truck up in the meantime but I’m hopeful at some point we will get a warm enough weekend to do that. 

Looking ahead, Good Friday is in 3 weeks, Arbor Day is in 5 weeks, Cinco de Mayo is in 6 weeks and Memorial Day Weekend is in 9 weeks. I’m sure black fly season is just around the corner.