Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 40 degrees in the City of Albany. Calm wind.The skies will clear Thursday around 6 pm.

Traffic is not too bad and the bus is making good progress on the trip home. Today wasn’t a terrible day, and honestly I learned quite a bit today. Little bit cool this evening but not too bad for two and half weeks until Christmas. I know your reaction is basically the same as mine, where on earth does the time go? 

Tonight will have a slight chance of rain and snow before 9pm, then snow likely. Cloudy, with a low of 35 degrees at 9pm. Seven degrees above normal. Light east wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of around an inch possible. In 2015, it got down to 26 degrees with periods of fog. The record low of -7 occurred back in 1901.

The First Quarter Moon is tonight at 9:03 am. The moon will set around 1:15 am. The Full “Cold” Moon is on Wednesday, December 14th.

Tomorrow will have a chance of rain showers and snow before 10am, then a slight chance of rain showers between 10am and 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 41 degrees at 12pm. Four degrees above normal. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had fog and a high of 48 degrees. The record high of 65 was set in 1998. 5.5 inches of snow fell back in 2003.

I heard the report on drowsy driving today on the radio and its hardly a surprise. Driving while sleep deprived is as bad as driving drunk. I’ve driven home a few times from a late night at work, and it’s pretty scary driving on limited sleep. I really try to avoid drowsy driving nowadays, and keep a five hour energy shot in my truck should I ever need a perking up. Those energy shots really perk you up and don’t make you have to pee all of the time. 

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 30. Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 34.Typical average high for the weekend is 38 degrees. Despite the cold, it still seems like a good weekend to get out of town. 

In four weeks on January 3 the sun will be setting at 4:34 pm, which is 13 minutes later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had snow and temperatures between 41 and 27 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 31 and 16 degrees. The record high of 61 degrees was set back in 1913. January 3rd is almost the coldest time of the year.