Good morning! Happy April 15th, which is normally tax day. 💰 ! But this year for some reason, the pandemic or maybe because people don’t like to be rushed to do taxes, they put it off. But I got my federal refund back. Next Thursday is Earth Day 🌎 . I am sure all the coal rollers are well aware of that fact. Rain showers and 52 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a east-southeast breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 45 degrees. The skies will clear Monday around 5 am. Going to be a rather rainy next two days, then fairly cloudy come the weekend. Maybe some snow in the mountains, especially the Green Mountains but I don’t expect it to last long at this point.

That COVID vaccine really knocked me out yesterday, 💉 at least for a few hours. Then I took a full-dose of sleeping medication, and I slept like a baby but this morning I am in a bit of a haze between the dark and cloudy skies and my general inability to get going. So I skipped my morning walk, and I doubt I’ll do my evening walk but maybe I’ll do laps around the apartment later.

Today will rain. 🌧 High of 53 degrees at 11am. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 4th. Maximum dew point of 47 at 10am. 🏖️ Southeast wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 48 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 2003. 2.4 inches of snow fell back in 2014.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:56 pm with sun having an altitude of 57.3° from the due south horizon (-13.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.9 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 (284°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:38 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 59 seconds with dusk around 8:06 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west (270°) at an altitude of 33° from the horizon, 251,336 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:42 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 47 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 24 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 45 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain before 4am, then rain and snow. 🌧 Low of 37 degrees at 6am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 14th. North wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 22 occurred back in 1981.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. North wind 6 to 8 mph. Sunday, a chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Typical average high for the weekend is 59 degrees. As thought, not going to be a really sunny weekend but might be good for fishing. 🎣 I still think I want to get out of town, although plans could change. Next weekend almost looks nice, but I am not sure if next weekend will otherwise work for my schedule and I kind of want to get out of town before the black flies take over the woods.

As previously noted, next Thursday is Earth Day 🌎 when the sun will be setting at 7:45 pm with dusk at 8:15 pm. On that day in 2020, we had cold, partly sunny, snow showers and temperatures between 46 and 30 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 61 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 1985.