Good morning! Yeap, it’s Friday the 13th! 👺 Kind of a dark day with the clouds ☁ and it’s expected to rain later. Mathematicians say that 13 is not a particularly odd or suspicious number. It’s not like zero which is a truly whacky number 🔢. Three weeks to Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️. Mostly cloudy and 24 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ☁ There is a south-southeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The lack of sun and the moisture in the air makes it feel a bit cold. 👐 My hands feel a bit dry and sore from the cold, might have to get my big jar of hand lotion out when home. 🏡 There are 3 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 9 am. 🌡️

Today will have a chance of rain, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 37 degrees at 2pm. Typical for today. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, which became cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 32 degrees. The record high of 58 was set in 1984. 14 inches of snow fell back in 1915.❄

Today is the holiday party at work 🎄 and I baked brownies for it. 🎂 It was a bit heavy to bring down to the Park and Ride but I always enjoy the walk and the express bus 🚍 is a much nicer way to get to work. That said there is a big traffic jam getting into the Empire Plaza this morning but I’m hopeful I will make it to work on time as I still have twenty minutes to get into the office 🏢 and clock in. 🕒

The sun will set at 4:22 pm with dusk around 4:54 pm, which is 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 37 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 9 hours and 5 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 39 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain. 🌧 Low of 37 degrees at 6pm. 15 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 26th. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. In 2018, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 32 degrees. The record low of -5 occurred back in 1898.

Back in 1962, NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit. 📡 It would be the start of an era of global 🌐 communications although most data uses fiber optic cables rather than satellite as it’s faster and cheaper.

Tomorrow will rain. 🌧 High of 44 degrees at 1pm. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 26th. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, which became cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 45 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1901. 12.5 inches of snow fell back in 1956.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. West wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Typical average high for the weekend is 36 degrees.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️ when the sun will be setting at 4:34 pm with dusk at 5:05 pm. On that day in 2019, we had snow showers, mostly cloudy skies with mild temperatures between 43 and 32 degrees. I’ve heard predictions that this winter may be cooler ❄ but not as cold as once was common. Typically, the high temperature is 31 degrees. We hit a record high of 61 back in 1913.