Good evening! Cloudy and 33 degrees in Delmar. ☁ There is a west breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. The slop melted off the roads but still some if left on the ground. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 2 am. ☃️
Tonight will have a chance of rain and snow showers before midnight, then a chance of snow showers. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 32 degrees at 3am. Four degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around November 16th. West wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2017, we had clear skies with more clouds in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 18 degrees. The record low of 6 occurred back in 1951.
Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 70% illuminated. The moon will set at 11:58 am. The Last Quarter Moon will be tomorrow with a slight chance of snow showers then mostly cloudy skies. The Cold Moon 🌝 is on Friday, December 21st. The sun will rise at 7:02 am with the first light at 6:30 am, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 14 hours and 38 minutes of darkness, an increase of one minute and 34 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will have a chance of snow showers before 4pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 38 degrees at 11am. Five degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around December 8th. Northwest wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies, clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 45 degrees. The record high of 68 was set in 1990. 6 inches of snow fell back in 1985.❄
Tomorrow Big Red gets his state inspection while I’m at work. I’m hopeful it will go well, but you never know. If something needs to get fixed it will get fixed. 🚗 I don’t have any bulbs out and everything seems fine but you never know.
As you can see, I finish my Bluetooth controlled light over my bed. It’s plenty bright with the thicker wire if I turn it up all the way. :idea:Everything works perfectly. My next step is to write a custom Android app to use with it. I have the Android Studio and a template app but I apparently have to update something where I have internet access to actually load the app in the IDE. I also have to upgrade the other lamp driver I built last winter to the esp32 chip so it has Bluetooth and they can talk. Winter project. I like coding and working with the soldering iron, especially now that I’m getting better at soldering and laying out components.
Thursday is the bright and early day 😁 with my 7:55 am dentist appointment. I should have nice clean teeth after that. I was surprised that the dentist didn’t send me a text reminder but I confirmed it on my phone.
They still haven’t fixed the 277 volt feed in my office so there are no overhead lights which makes the afternoons and evenings very dark 💡even with the desk lamp. I’m sure it will get fixed soon.
I tried to catch the express bus down at the concourse but it had already left by the time I got there. 🚌 Then I ran back to Eagle and State but the bus didn’t stop and ended up catching it at the comptroller’s building. Annoying but now I know with the slow elevators it’s not worthwhile to try to get the bus anywhere but South Swan. Too dark and dangerous to walk down to the old railroad station to catch the bus this time of year. 🌌
Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of rain after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday, rain likely, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 47. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Typical average high for the weekend is 41 degrees. Warmer but not a banner weekend.
In four weeks on December 25 the sun will be setting at 4:27 pm,🌄 which is 3 minutes and 19 seconds later then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had snow, heavy fog, freezing fog, mist, squalls, partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 33 and 17 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 33 and 18 degrees. The record high of 66 degrees was set back in 1889.
Looking ahead, Christmas 🎅 is in 4 weeks, New Years Day 2019 🎉 is in 5 weeks, National Bird Day 🐦 is in 7 weeks, 36th Birthday 🎂 is in 9 weeks, Arbor Day 🌳 is in 5 months, Memorial Day 🇺🇸 is in 6 months, Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆 is in 33 weeks and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 101 weeks.
