Good afternoon! Cloudy, damp but fairly mild around 48 degrees in Delmar. ☔ There is a south breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 5 pm. ☃️

Heading home early from work today for the long weekend. After the Save the Pine Bush hike tomorrow, I’m thinking about heading up to the Adirondacks to do some camping during the long weekend. ⛺ While there is definitely some snow left up north there ain’t a lot in the lower elevations and I should be able to find parking. Probably stay up north until New Years Eve, maybe through New Years Day weather permitting. I guess I could still change my mind. I don’t know. It would be easier and cheaper to stay home and there is a lot of things that I should work on getting done.

I am tired after the holidays and a busy work week, but it’s not that big of deal to get packed. I don’t need that many supplies 🎒 beyond maybe some gasoline and a case of beer and some shredded cheese.⛽ Maybe some firewood too. I should have plenty of propane, I haven’t used the propane heater and stove that many nights since I last filled it. Maybe I should top it off if I’m planning on three nights.

The sun will set at 4:29 pm with dusk around 5:01 pm, which is 44 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clouds, rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 49 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 10 mph.

This afternoon will have areas of drizzle with scattered showers. Cloudy ☁, with a high of 51 degrees at 6pm. 19 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around November 9th. Maximum dew point of 49 at 5pm. South wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had clear skies. The high last year was 8 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 1982. 7 inches of snow fell back in 1967.❄

Tonight will have a Last Quarter with 52% illuminated with the moon rising at 11:41 pm. The moon will rise at 12:00 am. The Last Quarter Moon will be tonight with partly cloudy skies. The Wolf Moon 🌝 is on Sunday, January 20th. The sun will rise at 7:24 am with the first light at 6:52 am, which is 14 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 14 hours and 55 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 32 seconds over last night.

Tonight will be scattered showers, mainly before midnight. Patchy dense fog before 8pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 41 degrees at 5am. 24 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around October 12th. South wind 7 to 11 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2017, we had clear skies and chilly temperatures. It got down to -3 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1933.

Looking ahead to Sunday, mostly sunny 🌞, with a high near 31. Light and variable wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees.

In four weeks on January 25 the sun will be setting at 5:00 pm,🌄 which is 30 minutes and 25 seconds later then today. In 2018 on that day, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 25 and 14 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 31 and 14 degrees. The record high of 61 degrees was set back in 1938.

Looking ahead, Winnie the Pooh Day 🍯 is in 3 weeks, 5 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 4 weeks, March 🌨 is in 9 weeks, Ides of March ✝ is in 11 weeks, Average High is 50 🌸 is in 3 months, Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ is in 21 weeks and Dog Days of Summer 🌻 is in 27 weeks.