Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 43 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. Temperatures will drop below freezing on Thursday around 2 am.
Not too cold without a breeze. I sat out back for a while watching laser light show listening to podcasts after my evening walk where I sat down at the park for a while and downloaded podcasts. I was a bit freaked out about ticks but truth be told I miss sitting down at park, on the hill with a book .
Another fairly busy day at work , got another report completed and submitted although there was some downtown mid afternoon while I waited to get database access. I actually ended up working a ten minutes after five off the clock but thatβs fine because I had some downtime and Iβm home so it worked out that I put in an honest seven and a half from home.
Still havenβt gone to the grocery store or laundromat but I have enough food and Iβm deciding on my weekend plans and if tomorrow is nice enough to go over to Rennselear County tomorrow to work down at Schodack Island followed by a walk and shop . Obviously if I plan to spend a few nights in the wilderness Iβll need certain foods for camping I will need certain things in my pantry. To be safe Iβm trying to only do one grocery shop this week and not visit any gas stations or stores while Iβm out. Really trying to be on my best behavior and physically isolate plus I like avoiding spending money.
Tonight will have a slight chance of rain showers after 1am, mixing with snow after 4am. Mostly cloudy , with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 5th. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had light rain. It got down to 41 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1940.
Tonight will have a Last Quarter Moon with 49% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 12:56 am, followed by dawn at 5:46 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:16 am in the east-northeast (76Β°) and last for 2 minutes and 59 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 38 seconds earlier than yesterday. The golden hour ends at 6:53 am with sun in the east (83Β°).Tonight will have 10 hours and 36 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 45 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny , with a high of 49 degrees at 2pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 27th. Northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Might be cold but sunny. Iβll see what the work load is, Iβd like work down by the river but not if Iβm very busy and itβs cold. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 63 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 2003. 2.4 inches of snow fell back in 2014.
Tomorrow Iβll start going through the attic and getting gear ready for adventure one of the year. Itβs certainly much down scaled from previous plans but still will be fun and hopefully Iβll not run into anyone else up there. Snow is gone from most of the state now and I have my rubber boots in case itβs muddy but I donβt expect much mud up there except while fishing. Iβll renew my license maybe tomorrow and keep it on my phone. Not that Iβve ever had my license checked.
In four weeks on May 12 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (296Β°) at 8:08 pm, which is 31 minutes and 23 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 51 and 43 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 68 and 46 degrees. The record high of 91 degrees was set back in 1881.
Looking ahead, Cinco de Mayo is in 3 weeks, Fathers Day is in 2 months, Primary Day is in 10 weeks, and Election Day 2020 is in 29 weeks.
Only 38 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!