December 16, 2018 Night
Good evening! A mix of sleet, rain and snow and 33 degrees in Delmar. β There is a north-northwest breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 3 am. βοΈ That part won’t be so much fun, although I’ll be fast asleep by then.
Tonight will rain, snow, and sleet before midnight, then rain and snow likely between midnight and 2am, then a chance of snow after 2am. Low of 30 degrees at 6am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around November 23rd. I know, warm. North wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. I doubt it will be a problem by morning, but I don’t care, the bus will be running. In 2017, we had partly cloudy skies, clearing in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 8 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1942.
Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔 with 67% illuminated. The moon will set at 1:21 am. The Cold Moon 🌕 is on Friday night with partly cloudy skies. The sun will rise at 7:19 am with the first light at 6:47 am, which is 41 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 14 hours and 56 minutes of darkness, an increase of 20 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will have a slight chance of rain showers after 1pm, mixing with snow after 4pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 40 degrees at 2pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around December 5th. Fairly mild. Breezy, with a northwest wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies with more clouds in the afternoon. The high last year was 27 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1984. 11.1 inches of snow fell back in 1970.β
Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. π Saturday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 37. Typical average high for the weekend is 34 degrees.
In four weeks on January 13 the sun will be setting at 4:45 pm,🌄 which is 22 minutes and 13 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had snow, mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 44 and 20 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 30 and 14 degrees. The record high of 71 degrees was set back in 1932.
Got my wash done, bought too many groceries, spending too much money, and didn’t wash my truck or replace the broken washer blade. There always is tomorrow after work. I figured washing the truck with them applying salt to the roads at this point is kind of pointless.🚘 The rain is washing off a lot of the muck at any rate.
When I got back home I baked up some nicely spicy chicken breast and stuffing. Not fancy but with the Montreal Chicken spice I bought cooks up nicely. 🍗 I spent some time reading, working on code and wasting time on Facebook. Lots of little projects.
Back to work tomorrow, I should probably rest up well. 💤I did turn down the heat before bed, and I have to say my bed is so much softer than those sleeping pads. I need to set the alarm on my phone too. β° I don’t expect a really busy week, some end of the year stuff. The next two weeks after this week are just three work days with the holidays which is nice. Maybe I can camp and travel if there ain’t too much snow. βΊ
Looking ahead, Festivus 🍖 is in 1 week, Daylight Savings Time 🌆 is in 12 weeks, St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 is in 13 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 16 weeks, Palm Sunday 🌴 is in 17 weeks, Easter 🐰 is in 18 weeks, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 20 weeks, Mothers Day 👩β is in 21 weeks, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 5 months, Fathers Day 👨 is in 6 months and Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆 is in 7 months.