Good evening! Cold and cloudy and 28 degrees in Delmar, NY. Breezy, ️20 mph breeze from the west-southwest with gusts up to 38 mph . The current wind chill is 15. That wind is kind of wicked. Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 11 am.
Decided to stay home as it was kind of cold and my neighbor was working so I could ride the exercise bike . Made pasta and broccoli for dinner. I’m not feeling that great but I don’t have any beer at home so I doubt I have a hang over from Corona Virus. That said with all this talk of Corona I’m looking forward to warm summer nights and having some beer with a lime in it. I only drink when I camp do it will take like one beer to peace out.
Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy , with a low of 21 degrees at 5am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around February 29th. Maximum wind chill around 9 at 4am; Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 10 degrees. The record low of -10 occurred back in 1950.
Tonight will have a First Quarter Moon with 17% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the west (272°) at an altitude of 8° from the horizon, some 250,850 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by September 5th. Buckle up for safety! The Worm Moon is on Monday, March 9. The darkest hour is at 12:09 am, followed by dawn at 6:08 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:36 am in the east (101°) and last for 2 minutes and 57 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 35 seconds earlier than yesterday. The golden hour ends at 7:14 am with sun in the east-southeast (108°).Tonight will have 12 hours and 51 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will have a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 3pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of snow showers after 4pm. Mostly cloudy , with a high of 34 degrees at 1pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 14th. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 28 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1903. 9.7 inches of snow fell back in 1948.
In four weeks on March 26 the sun will be setting in the west (274°) at 7:15 pm (Daylight Savings Time), which is one hour, 33 minutes and 12 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had sunny and temperatures between 45 and 21 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 49 and 29 degrees. The record high of 74 degrees was set back in 1986.
Looking ahead, Arbor Day is in 2 months and Flower Moon is in 10 weeks.
Only 12 weeks remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!
CONQUEST, N.Y. – Imagine every inch of the New York State Fair covered with solar panels. Now double it. That’s the size of a solar farm that developers hope to build in Cayuga County.
The proposed facility in the rural town of Conquest would contain hundreds of thousands of solar panels spread across 2,000 acres, or more than three square miles.
A 200 MW nameplate solar farm on 2,000 acres of land is absurd compared to what can be done with fossil plants with a much lower environmental impact. Burning natural gas produces carbon dioxide, but the impact on the climate is small compared to the vast industrial impacts of solar.
Maybe there an upside to President Trump blocking New York from tinkering with it's ISO rules to ensure that solar farms have access to the grid. If he's re-elected, projects like this might be forever stillborn, as nobody will finance a power plant where there is no guaranteed market for the power produced.
One hundred years ago, the United States had a public transportation system that was the envy of the world. Today, outside a few major urban centers, it is barely on life support. Even in New York City, subway ridership is well below its 1946 peak. Annual per capita transit trips in the U.S. plummeted from 115.8 in 1950 to 36.1 in 1970, where they have roughly remained since, even as population has grown.
This has not happened in much of the rest of the world. While a decline in transit use in the face of fierce competition from the private automobile throughout the 20th century was inevitable, near-total collapse was not. At the turn of the 20th century, when transit companies’ only competition were the legs of a person or a horse, they worked reasonably well, even if they faced challenges. Once cars arrived, nearly every U.S. transit agency slashed service to cut costs, instead of improving service to stay competitive. This drove even more riders away, producing a vicious cycle that led to the point where today, few Americans with a viable alternative ride buses or trains.
Breezy, ️20 mph breeze from the west-southwest 
with gusts up to 38 mph 
as it was kind of cold 
. Made pasta and broccoli for dinner. 
I’m not feeling that great but I don’t have any beer 
at home so I doubt I have a hang over from Corona Virus. That said with all this talk of Corona I’m looking forward to warm summer nights and having some beer with a lime in it.
I only drink when I camp 
do it will take like one beer to peace 
out.
, with a low of 21 degrees at 5am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around February 29th. Maximum wind chill around 9 at 4am; Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 10 degrees. The record low of -10 occurred back in 1950.
Moon with 17% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the west (272°) at an altitude of 8° from the horizon, some 250,850 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 
At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by September 5th. Buckle up for safety! 
The Worm 
Moon is on Monday, March 9. The darkest hour is at 12:09 am, followed by dawn at 6:08 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:36 am in the east (101°) and last for 2 minutes and 57 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 35 seconds earlier than yesterday. 
The golden hour ends at 7:14 am with sun in the east-southeast (108°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 51 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over last night.
, with a high of 34 degrees at 1pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 14th. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 28 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1903. 9.7 inches of snow fell back in 1948.
is in 2 months and Flower Moon 
is in 10 weeks.
Only 12 weeks remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!
