Good morning! Happy Saturday. Made it to the first weekend of April. 🌷
Cold start to the morning with that wind. I thought about heading out of town this weekend but with the wind, high water levels, mud and bright sun I decided against it.
Mostly cloudy, around the freezing point in Delmar, NY. ☁️ More sun expected later. There is a northwest breeze at 13 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is 20.
Wow! Definitely a cold start to the morning. 🌅 The wind is howling, 🌬️I can hear it roaring against the building and just how cold it is. My heat is off but the coffee ☕ helped me warm up when I got up at six 6⃣.
I thought about an early morning walk 🚶 to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center 🐸 but I think I’ll wait until later. I’d rather go early in the day or late in the evening. Much more wildlife to see and not the gangs of small children 🧒. I just like listening to the Red Wing Blackbirds 🐦 and Spring Peepers 🐸.
Last nightI finished watching a two hour documentary about pig 🐽 farming on Justin Rhodes homestead. I can just remember the earthy smell of the neighbors pigs. They are a good part of a diverse and healthy homestead, they bring a lot of fertility to the ground and till it up. Pork 🥩 and bacon 🥓 are so good.
I decided next weekend I’ll either go to the transfer station ♻ or camping 🏕 depending on the weather. If not next weekend, I’ll go camping the following weekend which is Good Friday slash Easter. 🐰 I’d like to get away for a few days and hopefully warm and nice enough to lay back in the hammock for a while.
Clouds today turn to sun tomorrow and showers Sunday☀
Fairly seasonable weather this week ahead maybe dip below the freezing mark a few days but not by much. It’s April, I think the worse of winter is done for now.
Today. Feels like …
March 24th.
A chance of rain before noon, then a chance of showers, mainly between noon and 3pm. Mostly cloudy.
Light north wind becoming west 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
and
48 degrees
,
7:22
sunset.
Tonight. Feels like …
March 29th.
Mostly cloudy.
Northwest wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
and
30 degrees
,
6:34
sunrise.
Saturday. Feels like …
March 30th.
Sunny.
Northwest wind 9 to 17 mph.
and
51 degrees
,
7:23
sunset.
Saturday Night. Feels like …
April 6th.
Increasing clouds.
Light and variable wind.
and
33 degrees
,
6:32
sunrise.
Sunday. Feels like …
March 19th.
A chance of rain and snow before 9am, then rain likely. Cloudy.
Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
and
46 degrees
,
7:24
sunset.
Sunday Night. Feels like …
April 6th.
Rain likely before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
River levels have to be raging after last night’s rain. But trout season isn’t a one day affair and indeed it’s April so don’t be fooled.
After last night’s heavy rain, just cloudy ☁️and 43 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 3 am. ☃️
It wouldn’t be a bad day for fishing 🎣 if not for the high water levels and the fact that I have to work today. Friday often is the busiest day of the year where I work. 🏢 That said most of this week has been a bit of a busy week. I guess it makes up for all of the downtime earlier on.
Last night I got home around 6 🏡 had a quick dinner 🍲 but the rain arrived before I could go for my evening walk. So I sat on the tailgate of my pick up 🛻 and watched the rain come in before it really started to pour. Then I retired to bed around seven 7⃣. I was tired as I keep waking up earlier and earlier. I honestly thought 💭 it was going to be a much longer night at work.
Definitely a good rain storm last night 🌧️, probably good for a few inches of rain and lots of sewer overflows in the cities. We ended up with above average precipitation for the month of March due to the rain.
I thought about going out to Rennselearville to fish and camp over night this weekend but water levels are high, going to be windy and very sunny on Saturday. ☀ Plus I’m thinking of going up north or maybe to Central NY either thr following weekend or maybe Easter Weekend. ⛺
It might be another stay at home 🏡 weekend. Probably too cold to paint Big Red but that’s fine. I get tired from the work week and like to rest on Saturday. Then maybe take a walk out to Five Rivers. 🐦 Then maybe finish up my home work for the GIS class down at the library. 📚
I was thinking about going to the transfer station ♻ to drop off cans 🥫 and bottles but I might wait as I’m the about seeing if there is some garbage or e-waste that I can purge. I haven’t taken anything to the transfer station as garbage on about ten years, preferring to burn or recycle most of it with an occasional gas station garbage can. But you sometimes end up with things like broken metal chairs or a broken snow shovel that don’t fit into any of those categories nicely. It’s nice when you don’t generate much garbage but you end up with a lot of broken shit. 🗑
Been researching Park and Ride lots in Schenectady and bus schedules 🚍 as that might be a convenient alternative to facing rush hour traffic getting out of the city when heading up to the Adirondacks this summer. There is that CDTA 531 express to Saint Lukes and Woodlawn Park and Ride plus the limited stop CDTA 905. 🚏I hate driving the Thruway at rush hour and while I would have to get an earlier start, most of the traffic would be going the opposite way plus I wouldn’t have to find street parking in Albany. Another possibility I saw was that CDTA is taking over or at least chartering Brown’s Amsterdam routes so I might be able to even park there. 🅿
I don’t know about you but I’m glad April has returned. 🌷 The greening up of things is always nice as is getting out of town ⛺ and sleeping 😴 with the windows open 🔳. I’m sure with the rain last night and the relatively mild forecast for the week ahead it should accelerate the rate spring arrives. As much as I hate the black flies it’s nice to have nights in the wilderness by the fire with a cold beer 🔥. And I’m really looking forward to laying in a lazy river with that big black truck intertube. ⚫
But at least it looks like we are done with the really cold weather. Maybe not many days for the windows open this week after today, although in two weeks the average high is 60. I am so over winter, ready for spring.
Today. Feels like …
April 21st.
Showers likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy.
South wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
and
62 degrees
,52 max dew point,
7:21
sunset.
Tonight. Feels like …
April 29th.
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between midnight and 2am. Low around 42. South wind 6 to 13 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
and
42 degrees
,
6:35
sunrise.
Friday. Feels like …
March 24th.
A slight chance of showers before 7am, then a chance of showers after 8am. Mostly cloudy.
Light northwest wind increasing to 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
and
48 degrees
,
7:22
sunset.
Friday Night. Feels like …
March 29th.
Partly cloudy.
West wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
It so we tell ourselves. Albany has been known to stop the clock 🕒 squeeze a few more hours or even days out of the month. It’s a place where timely is basically a pseudonym for on time.
Partly cloudy and 40 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a south-southeast breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Saturday around 2 am. ☃️
Maybea tad bit cool this morning ☔ but you can see the rain clouds pushing in from the south and I’m pretty sure by evening I’ll need my umbrella by going home 🏡 time whenever that is. Still I’m glad to be doing my walk with just the vest on today.
Yesterday was a busy day at work 💼 until it wasn’t. 🚍 Got home at 7:15 had a quick dinner and went for my evening walk. The off to bed 🛏. Slept fairly well but woke up early. Tonight I’ll probably sleep with the windows open 🔳 which should help.
It looks like a pretty nice weekend 🐦 but I have a feeling that I will be working and not fishing. 🏢 Probably downtown. But it’s April and the weather is moderating and I’m hopeful to do a weekend out of town ⛺ either the second or third weekend of April.
Indeed already with the warmer temperatures this morning 🌾 I’m starting to see the grass green up and with the rain this evening and temperatures not expected to fall much below freezing in the coming week it’s possible spring will start popping up all over. 🌷
I’ve been reading 📰 about the latest uptick in COVID-19 both in Central NY and the State Capitol, and I just find it hard to believe how few people are wearing masks out and about. 😷 I’ve gone to meetings and walked around in the Concourse and I’m one of the few people still wearing a mask. It’s like it’s spring, so people think they can let their guard 💂 down. I guess people figure if there is no government worker with an AK-47 pointed at them, they don’t need to wear a mask. 🚨 But the COVID-19 doesn’t care about what the government workers say or do.
Looking at the 8-14 day outlook there is a growing probability of above average temperatures. Which is good as I’m thinking of taking off some time to head either to the Adirondacks or Central New York then.
It looks like we are beyond the cold weather for now 🌦️
Not real warm but warm enough for now that I think I won’t need the heat for the rest of the season. Especially working late these days by the time I get home have a quick dinner and walk it’s bed time so no real chance to get cold. Weekend looks nice, I’d love to get out of town but I don’t think it’s likely that it happens this weekend.
Today. Feels like …
March 17th.
A chance of showers after 5pm. Increasing clouds.
Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
and
45 degrees
,9 max wind chill,
7:20
sunset.
Tonight. Feels like …
April 11th.
Cloudy.
South wind 6 to 10 mph.
and
35 degrees
,
6:37
sunrise.
Thursday. Feels like …
April 21st.
Showers likely, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy.
South wind 10 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
and
62 degrees
,53 max dew point,
7:21
sunset.
Thursday Night. Feels like …
May 2nd.
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers. Low around 43. South wind 8 to 13 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
and
43 degrees
,
6:35
sunrise.
Friday. Feels like …
April 4th.
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.
West wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
