Good evening! Cloudy with some snow flurries around ❄ and 26 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a north-northwest breeze at 10 mph. The skies will clear around 11 pm.

With that breeze, it was a bit chilly waiting out for the bus. Running a few minutes late because of the traffic on South Swan but 787 was a breeze with only light traffic. I swear they must have adjusted the traffic light timing as many nights lately it runs quite well. 

Tonight will be scattered snow showers, mainly before 9pm. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low of 13 degrees at 6am.🌕 Three degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 2 at 6am; Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2017, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 11 degrees. The record low of -26 occurred back in 1948.

Tonight will have a Blue Moon with 100% illuminated. The sun will rise at 7:10 am with the first light at 6:40 am, which is one minute and one second earlier than yesterday. Tonight will have 14 hours and 2 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 21 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of snow after 4pm❄. Increasing clouds, with a high of 30 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees below normal.⛅  Northwest wind 5 to 11 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies, clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 26 degrees. The record high of 58 was set in 1913. 6.9 inches of snow fell back in 2000.

Tonight I’m looking at patching the code to ensure all the lights are off on my VMS / clock when bedtime comes. Its a relatively small fix. I’ve also been learning about the EEPROM and will start storing the color temperature and brightness in the permanent memory, so that the strip remains at the dam brightness and color upon power reset or a momentary failure of the power supply. This way if the lights flicker I won’t be plugged into darkness or totally bright light unexpectedly. 

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 26.⛅ Sunday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 34. ❄💧Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees. Not exceptionally nice for the first weekend of February. 

With the lack of snow and relatively cool temperatures I think I will stay in town this weekend. It’s gets tough with there being a lot of snow up north and still a fair bit of ice in Schoharie for truck cap camping and tent camping isn’t practical when there isn’t snow to drag back in the heater, tent and gear. Two months from now, winter definitely will be on a downswing. I miss traveling, I miss camping and having a fire. ⛺

In four weeks on February 27 the sun will be setting at 5:43 pm, which is 36 minutes and 10 seconds later then tonight. 🌅In 2017 on that day, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 55 and 26 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 38 and 20 degrees. The record high of 61 degrees was set back in 1997.

Looking ahead, Lame Duck Day is in 1 week, First Day of Spring is in 7 weeks,🐣 Good Friday is in 1 months,🐰 Election Day 2018 is in 40 weeks and Election Day 2020 ✔is in 144 weeks.

Only 114 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!