Good morning! Happy Tax Day 💰! Today the State of New York gets rich and I get poorer. Next Wednesday is Earth Day 🌎. I’ll have to burn extra plastic this weekend and produce more black smoke to make up for it. Keeps it out of the landfill by recycling ♻ the carbon dioxide. After all, if not for Mother Earth where on earth would I be able to sling mud 🐽 in my big jacked up truck. Plus it grows the grass 🌾 to feed the cows 🐮which produce the best beverage 🍵 on earth 🌎. The God bless the grass and the earthy smell of spring 💩 in farm country.

Cold and sunny this morning. Mostly sunny and 40 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☀ There is a northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. I mean if it was February it would be a nice day but it’s chilly out with wind. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 2 am tonight. ☃️

I am hoping it warms up enough to work part of the day day outside 💻 but only time will tell. I’m not convinced that it will be warm enough to work down by the river this afternoon and truth be told I think it’s going to cloud up later.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 49 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 27th. West wind 7 to 17 mph. That’s going to feel kind of cold. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning with a few breaks of sun the 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.❄

Today I really need to get to the store 🏬 that is wearing the banada over my face and maybe the laundromat. 👖I should also gas up for the weekend. ⛽ Going to be a pretty decent weekend even if a bit cold so I should plan some time social isolating in the wilderness. 🌲

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:56 pm with sun having an altitude of 57.4° from the due south horizon (-13.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:00 pm with the sun in the west (278°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (285°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:38 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 59 seconds with dusk around 8:07 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:43 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 44 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 25 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 46 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a slight chance of rain showers before 11pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 11pm and midnight, then scattered snow showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 29 degrees at 3am. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 26th. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 37 degrees. The record low of 22 occurred back in 1981.

Cool but fairly sunny this weekend. Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 53. 😎 Sunday, a chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 58. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Typical average high for the weekend is 60 degrees.

All things considered that isn’t too bad for the weekend. ☀ I enjoy lots of sun although I don’t think it will be warm enough to spend much time in the hammock but I can certainly go hiking and get some fresh air. 🚶

As previously noted, next Wednesday is Earth Day 🌎 when the sun will be setting at 7:45 pm with dusk at 8:15 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny, warm weather and temperatures between 74 and 51 degrees. I’ll take an Earth Day like that but I think that unlikely. Typically, the high temperature is 61 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 1985.