Good morning. Currently 25 degrees and clear this morning. The fog has lifted on this Monday morning. There may be some places of dense fog and potential black ice so be careful this morning on the trip to work. Slippery sidewalks are just as likely to cause injury as icy roads.

Today will be mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Sunset at 4:21 PM. The days certainly are short and dark this time of year. Fortunately, the shortest day of the year is two weeks from Wednesday and then the days get longer with a noticeable gain by the end of January.

So far winter has been mild. It seems like the pattern will last through the start of calendar winter, and maybe longer. No accumulating snow in much of New York. I’m not complaining.