Good morning! Happy Earth Day 🌎 ! The earth, at least in Albany, the center of the earth, is shivering on this Earth Day for sure. After all, haven’t you seen gold star ⭐ printed on the map of New York imprinted on the bridges along NY 85 in Albany? Albany clearly is the center of the world. Snow flurries, blustery and cold at the freezing point in Delmar, NY. ❄ There is a west-northwest breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. Cold enough that there almost might be some frost in the cold, but only somewhat hard ground. The skies will clear around 4 pm.

It was a cold morning for the walk. 🚶‍♀️ Not only are temperatures only a little above the freezing mark 🌬 the wind is really whipping around. But the sun is nice and bright, which is a good thing. ☀️ Kind of cold inside, because I’m stubborn as duck 🦆 and I refuse to turn the heat back on for the year. 😴 A little drowsy this morning, as I took two sleeping pills last night 💊 which meant I slept soundly but I still feel drowsy in the morning. But it’s fine I’m working from home.

Today will have a chance of snow showers before 10am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 10am and noon, then a chance of rain showers after noon. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 44 degrees at 4pm. 17 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 16th. Breezy, with a west wind 11 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 46 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1985. 1 inches of snow fell back in 1928.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:54 pm with sun having an altitude of 59.7° from the due south horizon (-11.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:07 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (281°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (288°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:46 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 2 seconds with dusk around 8:15 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the southeast (142°) at an altitude of 56° from the horizon, 234,116 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:52 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 39 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 15 mph with gusts up to 25mph. Today will have 13 hours and 43 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 40 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 😴, with a low of 33 degrees at 3am. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 5th. West wind 11 to 14 mph. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of 26 occurred back in 1975.

Weekend looks pretty good, although maybe showers on Sunday morning. 🌦 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 67. West wind 7 to 9 mph. Maximum dew point of 40 at 8pm. Sunday, showers likely, mainly before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Typical average high for the weekend is 62 degrees. Spring is coming, a fact I am sure the black flies are well aware about. 🐜

There are 2 months until Average High is 80 🏖 when the sun will be setting at 8:36 pm with dusk at 9:11 pm.