Good evening that starts off Martin Luther King Day Weekend. Currently overcast and 34 degrees in Albany. Tonight it will rain, mainly after 2am. Low around 34. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight we have a first quarter moon, setting at 11:21 pm. Saturday will be have a mix bag of rain, snow, and sleet before 9am, then rain likely between 9am and noon, then a chance of rain showers after noon. High near 40. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight I’ll be packing for going camping tomorrow assuming that the roads are passable by mid-morning . There will be a lot of snow up north but I’ll dig out a place to park or find a plowed out parking lot and drag my gear and supplies back to the campsite.

I have things fairly well planned out. I’m going to buy two more of those USB batteries to charge my phone and Bluetooth speaker back in the woods for music and radio. I’ll exchange them hooked to the truck’s accessory battery to keep everything charged. I will have the propane heater to keep the campsite warm and the propane lantern to keep the site bright. I’ll tow firewood back. I’ll use a tarp under the tent and dig out all the snow away to keep things dry. I’ll use tarps and piled snow to block the wind. Probably do a little snowshoeing but back to where, it’s to be decided. Probably on Sunday head over to Warrensburg or North Creek. We’ll see how things go.