Night before dawn is 6 hours and 31 minutes,
Dawn starts at 6:31 am and runs for 28 minutes,
Sunrise is at 6:59 am which is 5 hours and 0 minutes before noon,
High noon, the transit of the sun, is at 12:43 pm,
From twelve noon to the sunset at 6:26 pm is 6 hours and 26 minutes,
Dusk lasts for 31 minutes concluding at 6:54 pm,
Leaving 5 hours and 5 minutes until midnight.
I am still planning on heading out of town, although I’ll bring the tarp and propane heater in case it’s cold and wet. 💦
| Today. Feels like … September 19th. |
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Patchy dense fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny.
Light and variable wind.
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73 degrees | 60 max dew point | 6:26 sunset |
| Tonight. Feels like … September 14th. |
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Patchy dense fog after 10pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy.
Calm wind.
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53 degrees | 7:00 sunrise |
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| Friday. Feels like … September 17th. |
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Patchy dense fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny.
Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
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74 degrees | 60 max dew point | 6:24 sunset |
| Friday Night. Feels like … September 17th. |
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Mostly cloudy.
Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the evening.
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52 degrees | 7:02 sunrise |
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| Saturday. Feels like … October 9th. |
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Mostly cloudy.
Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph.
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64 degrees | 52 max dew point | 6:23 sunset |
| Saturday Night. Feels like … September 22nd. |
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Mostly cloudy.
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50 degrees | 7:03 sunrise |
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| Sunday. Feels like … October 9th. |
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Mostly cloudy.
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64 degrees | 55 max dew point | 6:21 sunset |
| Sunday Night. Feels like … September 17th. |
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Mostly cloudy.
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52 degrees | 7:04 sunrise |
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| Columbus Day. Feels like … September 19th. |
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Partly sunny.
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73 degrees | 59 max dew point | 6:19 sunset |
| Monday Night. Feels like … September 9th. |
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Mostly cloudy.
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55 degrees | 7:05 sunrise |
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| Tuesday. Feels like … September 11th. |
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Partly sunny.
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76 degrees | 60 max dew point | 6:18 sunset |
| Tuesday Night. Feels like … September 6th. |
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Mostly cloudy.
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56 degrees | 7:06 sunrise |
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| Wednesday. Feels like … September 17th. |
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Mostly sunny.
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74 degrees | 62 max dew point | 6:16 sunset |
It’s a foggy morning here at the Park and Ride just waiting for the bus to leave the station and head downtown for my last day of work this week.
Fov and 50 degrees at the Elm Ave Park and Ride. 🌫 Calm wind. The fog will burn off around 9 am leaving blue skies.
I took Friday off from work although I am a bit undecided on where I will go – Schoharie versus Spectulator. 🤔 It looks like the weather may be better up north but I feel like I have spent so much time lately up around Mason Lake back in the era of remote work 💻 which is now just for the history books 📚.
I kick myself for not taking long weekends during previous weekends ☀ but that one weekend I needed to fix the paint on the truck and last Sunday was quite wet. 💦 This weekend also is Columbus Day 🍂 so it’s a four day weekend with those additional days off.
The newer CDTA buses don’t stink so much like burning brakes when they use the air brakes hard on Delmar Bypass. They must buy better brakes pads now.
Good morning! Happy Save the Pine Bush Dinner Day! 😋 It should as always be a good dinner at the Westminster Presbyterian Church downtown at 6 PM. It’s also Bake Cookies Day 🍪! Cookies are good but I don’t believe in having them at home because they’re unhealthy and unnecessary expense. I do sometimes have them at camp or at parties, they’re great when they’re fresh out of a camp oven. Next Wednesday is Christmas 🎅. I do find that a bit hard to believe, but honestly I’m more excited about the following Saturday and heading out to the Finger Lakes to camp.🏕 Clear and sunny, bright around 27 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 There is a west-southwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. There are 4 inches of fresh and very white snow on the ground. ☃ Made for a rather bright walk down to the express bus, almost wish I had sunglasses. 😎 Going to be a cold one the next few days — tThings will start to thaw out at Sunday around noontime but I’m hoping the sun and wind will help melt things away even when its below freezing. 🌡️
It was a bit of an icy walk down to the express bus 🚍 but I left in plenty of time to get there in time ⌚. The sidewalks weren’t bad but they were a bit slippery in parts. I ended up walking on the shoulder the last bit so I wasn’t slip sliding my way all the way down there, as I wouldn’t want to slip and walking in the snow is annoying. So bright though with the sun and gleaming sun — it seems dark in contrast on the bus.☀ While it’s going to be cold today, I’m hoping with the sun and the wind, and some salt the sidewalks will be good by tomorrow although it might be too cold to walk down to the express tomorrow. That said, they’re have been negative 15 days when I’ve walked down to the express bus int he past. Winter is here, for a little while, but I expect a warm up by next week with the latest forecast.♨
Today will have a chance of snow showers, mainly after noon. Some of the snow squalls could be heavy at times, leading to white out conditions and very dangerous travel conditions. Weatherman says check the radar before you get on the expressway. Clear going this morning into work, and hopefully it won’t impact my commute home after the Pine Bush Dinner. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 31 degrees at 12pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical Southwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 30 degrees. The record high of 60 was set in 1921. 17 inches of snow fell back in 1887.❄
The sun will set at 4:23 pm with dusk around 4:55 pm, which is 20 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, watch out for snow squalls 🌨 and falling temperatures around 27 degrees. The wind chill around sunset will be 15. ☃️ There will be a west-northwest breeze at 15 mph with gusts up to 25mph. Today will have 9 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 18 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a chance of snow showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 5 degrees at 5am. 15 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around -8 at 2am; Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chilly night ahead, I left the heat turned up a bit so it won’t be too cold. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 16 degrees. The record low of -13 occurred back in 1973.
Project SCORE, the world’s first communications satellite, is launched today in 1958. 📡 Still an important communication technology, although the lag between sending and receiving, and the limits on bandwidth mean that for most communications people use fiber optics these days. I guess some rural households use satellite dishes for television reception and internet, but from what I’ve heard it’s hardly ideal due to the long lags in the signal. 📶
It looks like the weekend has improved somewhat in recent forecasts, especially on the second half of the weekend. 🌤 Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Typical average high for the weekend is 34 degrees.
So as I noted last night, I’m planning on staying in town this weekend. I want to get that voltage switch set up, and I don’t know how busy I will be Saturday after the Pine Bush Hike 🚶🌲🌲🌳 for some filming for the Reszin Adams.📽 It’s going to still be fairly cold, and the following weekend looks increasingly nice, if it’s not too cloudy and muddy. Might actually have some rain a week from Friday, followed by several days above freezing, which could be problematic, in the sense that the woods might turn all to mud.
I think I will mount the voltage switch in the back next to the inverter and tap power off the the line that goes up to the USB charging ports I have back there, as I have both positive and negative there to tap into easily. 🔘 From there I will run the positive output of the voltage switch to a diode to protect the voltage switch from any induced current spikes when the relay closes. 🔄 While I’m not sure if this is totally necessary, a few years back I tried to build a relay position indicator with LEDs, and I kept blowing LEDs out when I would switch it on and off a few times due to current spikes (any magnet will create a reverse electrical spike when current is broken, e.g. inductance). 🧲From the diode, I’ll run an “exciter” line to the switch that currently turns on when the engine is on, and hook another diode between the engine input and output so I don’t back-feed current and accidentally turn on the CB radio and dash cam when the solar panel comes on.
Looking ahead, there are 3 weeks until Bubble Bath Day 🧼 when the sun will be setting at 4:38 pm with dusk at 5:10 pm. On that day in 2019, we had cloudy, mild, rain showers and temperatures between 41 and 29 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 30 degrees. We hit a record high of 60 back in 2008.
Good morning! Happy Thursday. Next Thursday is Halloween 🎃. How fast this month came and went! It was a good one, and November plans to have lots of nice adventures. I am hoping for some bright and sunny, crisp November days after the leaves are off the trees. Sunny and 38 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 There is a south breeze at 7 mph. 🍃.
I got to bed before ten last night 🌃 and took a sleeping pill 💊 so I slept fairly soundly. Still got a little bit of migraine and aches this morning but I took another pill and I figure doing more walking and healthier eating 🍏 hopefully I’ll start to feel better soon. Too much drinking 🍻 and having fun on vacation then camping at my parents house.
Nice sunny morning taking the express bus downtown. 🚍 It’s the first time in weeks I’ve walked down to the express 🚶 although in the coming weeks I may do it more because with my new job I’m starting next week I’ll be punching the clock ⏰ and the work day starts earlier. Even on days I don’t walk down to the express, I’ll be taking the earlier local bus downtown – I’ll shoot for the 8:05 but if I catch the 8:25 that should be good enough most days. Gotta leave some margin in case something delays you in the morning.
Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 66 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 1st. I’ll definitely take early October weather in late October. South wind 7 to 13 mph. It’s still a bit cold this morning, but I opened the windows in my apartment today to let things air out. 🌬 A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 49 degrees. The record high of 75 was set in 2017. There was a dusting of snow in 1962.❄
The sun will set at 6:00 pm with dusk around 6:28 pm, which is one minute and 29 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 61 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 40 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 42 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 42 degrees at 5am. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 9th. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming northwest after midnight. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 31 degrees. The record low of 19 occurred back in 1981.
I am going to miss not having the nice views, 🏔 when I move into my new office next week, but it’s a step forward in my career. ▫ At least I’ll be probably taking the express bus in more often, as I will have to be to work earlier, and there won’t be the late nights. Some pain is better for a better tomorrow, 💰 and hopefully it will allow me to save more, and have a chance to move forward.
Today in 1977, pursuant to National Holiday Law, Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. 🎖The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.
Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, mostly sunny, 🌞 with a high near 56. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Sunday, rain. 🌧 High near 57. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Typical average high for the weekend is 56 degrees.
I am glad I’m staying in town this weekend. 🏡 I just need to caught up on a lot of things including rest and cleaning. I might have considered heading out of town if the rain hadn’t come until late on Sunday, and I felt less sick, but it looks like Sunday is going to be a good soaker. Not that we need much rain here, we’re already 3″ over what is normal for October, and 4″ over for the year.
As previously noted, next Thursday is Halloween 🎃 when the sun will be setting at 5:50 pm with dusk at 6:19 pm. On that day in 2018, we had mostly cloudy, patches of fog and temperatures between 61 and 28 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 54 degrees. We hit a record high of 73 back in 1946.
Good morning! Happy Earth Day 🌎! For all you coal rollers out there. Or those celebrating with a 4450 and chisel plow. Until you turn the dirt, I don’t think you can really understand the true meaning of Earth Day. 🚜 Five weeks to Memorial Day. 🇺🇸 That day is coming quickly for sure. That said, I rarely get excited about Memorial Day Weekend anymore as it’s often quite cold, wet and full of black flies. 🐜 Mostly cloudy and 52 degrees in Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ☁ There is a north-northwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 50 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 8 am.
Last night was pretty good sleeping in the truck cap. 😴 Everything seems to work well, I’m ready for my weekend adventure once I get the days off and go grocery shopping and top off the tank. Should be a nice weekend.
Mom made me a nice breakfast 🍳 and I left pretty early taking the express bus 🚍 to work as there is things I need to do once I get into the office.
Today will have a slight chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 69 degrees at 3pm. Eight degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around May 13th. Maximum dew point of 51 at 1pm. North wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Fairly spring like today, I expect things to green up more. 🌼A year ago, we had sunny day. The high last year was 65 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1985. 1.0 inches of snow fell back in 1928.❄
While I guess it’s good people are thinking about Earth Day 🌎 so much of what people publicly profess to doing is really febel and meaningless. It’s not saying good things are being done but most of them don’t sell material things, get the politicians re-elected or sell advertising on the television. 📺 Personal choices feel good but they are pretty meaningless.
The sun will set at 7:45 pm with dusk around 8:15 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 65 degrees. The dew point will be 49 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 43 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 40 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 50 degrees at 5am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around May 24th. North wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had clear in the evening, which became mostly sunny by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 30 degrees. The record low of 26 occurred back in 1975.
Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until Memorial Day 🇺🇸 when the sun will be setting at 8:22 pm with dusk at 8:56 pm. On that day in 2018, we had rain showers, partly sunny and temperatures between 68 and 54 degrees. It was pretty foggy 🌁 and wet when I was camping ⛺ in the Green Mountains on that day. Typically, the high temperature is 73 degrees. We hit a record high of 94 back in 1914.
Besides this weekend I do hope to get camping at least one more weekend before Memorial Day Weekend. ⛺ Most likely that trip will be in two weeks to Piseco-Powley Road. Nothing here is set in stone, but I’d like to check out Moss Island in the spring.
