Good evening! Partly cloudy and 24 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a north-northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Cold night followed by a cold day tomorrow. Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 2 pm. 🌡️ Might thaw below freezing though tomorrow with the bright sun expected.
Tonight will be partly cloudy ☁, with a low of 13 degrees at 5am. 16 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 5 at 6am; North wind 3 to 6 mph. In 2017, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 30 degrees. The record low of -10 occurred back in 1967.
Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent Moon 🌒 with 3% illuminated. The moon will rise at 8:23 am. The First Quarter Moon is on Friday night with mostly cloudy skies. The Blue Moon 🌝 is on Friday, March 30th. The sun will rise at 7:00 am with the first light at 6:32 am, which is one minute and 45 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 11 hours and 52 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over last night. It’s nice thinking we now have more day than darkness and that Tuesday officially kicks off spring! 🐸
Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞 , with a high of 34 degrees at 4pm. 12 degrees below normal. Cold but sunny. The plan for most of the week. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies. The high last year was 44 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 2012. 9.6 inches of snow fell back in 1971.❄
Sunny but cool for the long range next weekend. 
Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Sunday, a chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Typical average high for the weekend is 48 degrees. 🐶While I wish it would be warmer, it’s still going to continue to melt the snow and it may still be good for camping. I think one more night of snow camping would be fun before it’s all gone. But who knows I might have to work next weekend.
In four weeks on April 15 the sun will be setting at 7:37 pm,🌄 which is 32 minutes and one second later then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had rain, mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 71 and 33 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 58 and 37 degrees. The record high of 86 degrees was set back in 2003.
Today I went skiing 🏂out at Partridge Run along the Switz Kill, and the old Partridge Run Road which was heavily damaged💥 during Hurricane Irene but still is passable by foot. The snow was deep up there but the trails had enough snow to be decently well packed for skiing especially where snowmobiles had packed it down. 💫 I enjoyed the scenic views and there was so many deer out and around searching for browse in the sunny day. I almost wish I had gotten an earlier start but I delayed thinking the weather would frigid. It was only about 20° up there but the hollow where I did the bulk of my skiing was well protected. The whole time up there I never saw another person nor did I pass a snowmobile.
Beautiful country out that way, with the winter and family obligations I haven’t spent much time recently out in the mountains. 🌄 I really love looking up at the Catskill Mountains a view I enjoyed my childhood. I feel like I miss a lot living in the city but at least I am saving money and investing for a better future in a community that is closer to my values.💭 It’s tough living a life of work arounds in Upstate NY. I do like the open country that I grew up in but I realize that the world that once was has gone. Someday I’ll move back out to the mountains. But I got to research my options and do it right after proper investment. Camping and spending nights in the wilderness in the meantime will help me escape the drudgery of city living.
Looking ahead, April Fools Day and Easter 🐰 is in 2 weeks, Average High is 60 🌼 is a month away, Mothers Day 👩 is in 8 weeks, Fathers Day 👨 is in 13 weeks, Daylight Savings Time Ends 🛥️ is in 33 weeks, Veterans Day (Sunday) 🇺🇸 is in 34 weeks and First Sunday of Advent ✝️ is in 37 weeks.
🇺🇸🦅Only 67 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸
