I think I called it about right when I said I didn’t think this was going to be a big snow storm. More just slop and wet snow everywhere then snow. Roads are just wet. Maybe for a half hour today we had some slush on the roads. One degree above freezing now. May drop below freezing in a bit and roads could ice up. Calm wind. A quick snow squall could change things quickly but it looks like that will have to wait until after commute time. Light traffic, things are moving well. 

Tonight will have a chance of snow before 1 am, then a slight chance of snow showers after 3 am. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 29 degrees at 5am. 13 degrees above normal. West wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. In 2015, it got down to 35 degrees with periods of rain. The record low of -21 occurred back in 1933.

Waxing Crescent Moon tonight with 6% illuminated. The moon will set around 7:09 pm. The First Quarter Moon is on next Wednesday night. The sun will rise tomorrow at 7:24 am with the first light at 6:52 am, which is 11 seconds later than yesterday. Sunrises are still getting later, even though sunsets are also getting later. I don’t really understand the math of it, all but I’m sure the internet has answers.

At this point I’m a bit undecided about camping this weekend in the Adirondacks. Looks fairly mild and could be good weather for snowshoeing and hiking. It’s fun having a fire but those nights sure are long. The lack of cell service makes the nights even longer with no phone to keep one entertained. It’s also a lot of work taking down and setting up, and I don’t want to drive in lake  effect snow. I guess we will see. 

In three weeks on January 19th, Albany received it’s coldest temperature ever recorded a frigid negative 28 degrees. Albany has gotten below negative 20 degrees a few times over years, but never below negative 28. The second and third week of January is the coldest of the year, after that the weather moderates a bit. 

In four weeks on January 26, the sun will be setting at 5:01 pm, which is 31 minutes later than tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 45 and 32 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 31 and 14 degrees. The record high of 59 degrees was set back in 1950.

Looking ahead, Obama’s Last Full Day is in 3 weeks, My 34th Birthday is in 2 months, Ground Hog Day is in 5 weeks, Memorial Day is in 5 months and Start of June is in 22 weeks.