Downtown Albany

March 3, 2016 evening

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Good evening. Partly clear and 27 degrees this evening. We are looking at a low of 17 degrees tonight and clear conditions, good for looking at the stars.

The sun is going to set around 5:49 PM with the twilight concluding around 6:18 PM. The last quarter moon rises at 2:08 AM with about 38% visible. Wednesday is the New Moon. Daylight Savings Time begins a week from Sunday.

Today was a pretty good day, fairly uneventful. Chewing over my weekend plans. Might camp out in the woods, kind of reviewing my options. Back country camping might be fun, somewhere not too far away. We will see. Or maybe go hiking somewhere. I don’t know. We’ll see. It might be a good weekend to get away to somewhere.

March 1, 2016 Evening

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Good evening folks. It’s 37 degrees and partly cloudy with an east northeast breeze. Clouds are kind of making things shadowy this evening.

The sun will set in a few minutes around 5:45 pm with darkness around 6:14 pm, which is 1 minutes and 14 seconds later than yesterday. Not the prettiest of evenings with the clouds coming in but having light when one gets out of work is nice.

In four weeks on March 29 the sun will be setting at 7:18 pm (Daylight Savings Time), which is 1 hour and 32 minutes later then today. Plenty of time for going down to park after work with a good book if it’s warm enough.

Later this evening look for rain, mainly after 11pm. Low around 33. Light east wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight is the Last Quarter Moon with 48% illuminated. It will rise at 12:18 am. The New Moon is on March 9th.


Wednesday will have a chance of rain and snow showers before 1pm, then a slight chance of snow showers between 1pm and 2pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a west wind 18 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

All and all it was a pretty good day. A lot of things got done. The weekend is getting closer as is spring time. It looks like we will have some fairly decent weather for the weekend. Saturday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Sunday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Not too bad for early March.

February 25, 2016 Night

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Good evening! Currently 36 degrees and overcast with a 18 mph west wind, with gusts up to 29 mph. The wind chill value is currently 26. Pretty damp out there this evening.

Tonight will have scattered rain, sleet and snow showers before midnight, then a slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight will have 12 hours and 54 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night. Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:34 am with the first light at 6:06 am, which is 1 minutes and 35 seconds earlier then today.

Tonight we have a Waning Gibbous Moon with 80% illuminated. The Last Quarter Moon is on Tuesday and the New Moon is on March 9th.

Friday will have isolated snow showers before 8am. Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 28. Blustery, with a northwest wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

With today’s heavy rain, a bus was stuck in the mud of the soft shoulder along Delaware Ave across Village Drive. They had the big wrecker our there towing it out around 9 pm tonight.

Did my evening walk and went down to the library. I got dad a gift certificate for his birthday. There was a cop sitting out on Elm at the Bypass but he was already reported on Waze before I could do it. Got in about 5 miles of walking in today, which isn’t bad for a weekday.

I have to admit I have already gotten into the habit of watching the PBS Newshour and other TV programs. I generally don’t just watch TV but instead I ended up either cooking or working on my phone or laptop at the same time.

Got my wireless keyboard set up, so when I download videos to my laptop I can control the play of them without getting out of bed. This is kind of nice. The wireless keyboard was only like $28 including free shipping, and makes watching YouTube videos from bed a delight.

Today was a rough day at work Ripping my contact lens made things worse, and I messed up a few things but I survived for yet another day. Friday will hopefully not that bad.

I’m still looking forward to camping on the Adirondacks this weekend but tomorrow I will have to make a final decision than pack if that’s what I decide to do. It would be fun to camp every month of the year this year but with my work schedule, only God knows if that’s realistically possible.

I hope you had a good day. Sleep well!

February 25, 2016 Evening

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Good evening! Currently 41 degrees and light rain with a 10 mph west wind, with gusts up to 21 mph. The wind chill value is currently 35.

This afternoon will have showers likely. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 41. West wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight will have 12 hours and 54 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night.

Tonight we will have a Waining Gibbous Moon with 80% illuminated. It will rise at 8:15 pm. The Last Quarter Moon is on Tuesday and the New Moon is on March 9th.

Tonight will have a chance of rain and snow showers before 1am, then a slight chance of snow showers between 1am and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind 9 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Looking ahead to the weekend, Saturday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Saturday Night will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Sunday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Sunday Night will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

It was a long day. I ripped one of my contact lens so I’m half blind this evening. Apparently I don’t have any right contacts at work. But I’ll be home in a bit. Then there was just a lot of miscellaneous things happening at work.

I got the wireless keyboard I ordered and looking forward to playing with it tonight. I can use my monitor to watch videos and control them without getting up. It should be fun.

I hope your Thursday is going well. Have a great evening!

February 24, 2016 Evening

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Good evening! Currently 37 degrees and drizzle with a 3 mph north-northeast wind. All day the weather has been fairly icky.

Tonight look for rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 3am, then rain likely between 3am and 5am, then showers likely after 5am. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Temperature rising to around 54 by 1am. South wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Tonight will have 12 hours and 57 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night. It is less than a month before we have more daylight than darkness. Nicer weather is on the way.

Tonight we will have a Waning Gibbous Moon with 87% illuminated. It will rise at 7:22 pm. You won’t see it through the clouds. The Last Quarter Moon is on Tuesday and the New Moon is on March 9th.

As expected, today was a pretty busy one. But I made it through it and things are going fairly well. Still chewing over going to the Adirondacks this weekend but want to take a wait and see approach. I need to first straighten out the back of the pickup and get the gear out of the attic. Might go out hiking on Sunday.

I hope your Wednesday is going well. Have a great evening!