Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Mostly sunny and 25 degrees at the bus stop near in Valero. 😎 One of the coldest April mornings in recent memory, ❄ although not record breaking cold. At least it’s sunny. With the sun, and slight south breeze at 6 mph, it doesn’t feel bad at all 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at around 9 am. 🌡️

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 52 degrees at 4pm. After the cold weather, the mercury will warm up for weather that is typical for today. South wind 6 to 16 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 47 degrees. The record high of 77 was set in 2010. 8.0 inches of snow fell back in 1924.❄

The sun will set at 7:22 pm with dusk around 7:51 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 48 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 11 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 48 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 33 degrees at 5am. Typical for tonight. South wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm after midnight. In 2018, we had partly cloudy in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 16 occurred back in 1954.

Tomorrow will have isolated showers between 2pm and 3pm. Mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 56 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around April 10th. Breezy, with a light west wind increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 44 degrees. The record high of 79 was set in 1981. 11.0 inches of snow fell back in 1891.❄

Yesterday was mostly a recovery day after the 24 hours I worked on Sunday into Monday. I really can’t complain some my colleagues in the budget side of things put in a whole lot more hours.😴 The good news is that I’ll have comp time I can use if I want to take some time off to make a long Easter weekend for a camping and fishing trip.⛺

My recovery from the lack of sleep was difficult yesterday although after a good night’s sleep last night I’m feeling better today. 😎I’m also glad it’s going to be warmer today so I turned off the heat again. Still not warm enough though to open the window for fresh air but I expect in a week or two with the average high reaching 60 by mid month there will be many more opportunities for sleeping with the windows open.🔳

I went down to the library for a while today to do some client business. I don’t have internet at home so I went to the library for the public Wi-Fi which works well. 📡Then I came back home and got a few more hours of sleep. I worked on some code and the blog, rode the exercise bike for a while then went for my evening walk.🚲

I thought about going out fishing or maybe for a hike🚶 after returning home from the library but I basically just collapsed into bed and took another nap. I’m feeling much more rested today💤. Maybe a bit groggy when I first woke with the cold weather but generally I’m feeling much better today.

Looking ahead, there are 15 weeks until Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 8:30 pm with dusk at 9:04 pm. On that day in 2018, we had hot, humid, mostly sunny, patches of fog and temperatures between 96 and 69 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 83 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1900.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 63. Maximum dew point of 45 at 2pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 54 degrees.

Sunday is starting to look really nice. I’ll have to think 💭 what I will do that day. I’m undecided at the moment. I’ll have to think about it some more, maybe a nice long walk in the woods. 🌲

In four weeks on April 30 the sun will be setting at 7:54 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 51 seconds later then today. In 2018 on that day, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 51 and 38 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 64 and 42 degrees. The record high of 86 degrees was set back in 1903.

Looking ahead, Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆 is in 15 weeks, Labor Day 👨‍🏭 is in 5 months, Constitution Day 📜 is in 24 weeks, October 🛥 is in 26 weeks and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 83 weeks.