Good morning! Already, it’s Friday! Next Friday is Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️. Cloudy and 41 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ☁ There is a south breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 8 pm. ☃️

Getting ready for my road trip. ⛺ I have my packing list ready to and tonight I’ll go to the grocery store and get the needed supplies. I want to get another power cord 🔌, I’m hoping they’ll have one on sale. Got to check the oil in the truck, I’ve renewed my library books 📚 but I might want to get a few more. I have mantles ready for the lantern 🏮, I have growing confidence it will work besides deciding against testing it at home. I’ll make sure my Bluetooth speaker 🔊 and charge packs are fully charged. It should be a good trip even if things are bit wet and muddy Sunday into Monday – I’ll bring my muck boots and insulated hunting boots 👢. I am also bringing my muskrat trapping gear and will set up some sets on some of farm ponds at the national forest. 🐀

Today will have scattered showers, mainly before 4pm. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 50 degrees at 2pm. 18 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 11th. I didn’t bring a rain coat ☔ but I’m not anticipating rain this afternoon and its not raining now. South wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 35 degrees. The record high of 60 was set in 1895. 15 inches of snow fell back in 1894.❄

The sun will set at 4:28 pm with dusk around 5:00 pm, which is 40 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 49 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 4 minutes of daytime, an increase of 22 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 34 degrees at 6am. 17 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 8th. South wind 5 to 9 mph becoming northwest in the evening. In 2018, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 35 degrees. The record low of -14 occurred back in 1951.

Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny ☁, with a high of 44 degrees at 2pm. 12 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 26th. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 50 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 1982. 7 inches of snow fell back in 1967.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, a chance of rain, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. ☀ Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. I think it will be a bit wetter and warmer on Sunday in the Finger Lakes but in exchange it will clear out earlier there on Monday. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees.

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, ⛺ I’m just glad to be getting away for a few days this weekend into next week. The Adirondacks are nice but ultimately they’re more of a weekend trip than anything else – I go up there a lot and the Finger Lakes are a much larger trip. 🚙 I am almost certain now my route of choice at least on the way there is going to US 20 to Nelson then cut through Erieville and Sheds to NY 13 over to Cortland and down to Ithaca. I haven’t been over that way in years and it would be nice to see the farms, small towns and rural landscape. 🚜

As previously noted, next Friday is Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️ when the sun will be setting at 4:34 pm with dusk at 5:05 pm. On that day in 2019, we had snow showers, mostly cloudy, mild and temperatures between 43 and 32 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 31 degrees. We hit a record high of 61 back in 1913.

Good morning! A very Merry Christmas Eve 🕯️ to you! Next Tuesday is New Years Eve 🎆. Mostly cloudy and around freezing in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a north-northwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. There is a inch of snow on the ground. ☃ ️In some outlying areas there still is enough snow left for a White Christmas 🎄.

Dipping some gingerbread into coffee ☕ this morning, looking at the clouds as they start to break up. 🥮 Going to bake some cookies in a bit for the Christmas lunch I’m going to at my parents house later on today with my niece and sister. 🍪 Heading out there around noon or so.

Later on Christmas Eve 🕯️ will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 38 degrees at 1pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around December 10th. North wind around 7 mph. I’ll take weather like that. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 40 degrees. I don’t remember it being so warm and sunny last year but I guess it was. I stayed in town last year for Christmas which was a Tuesday last year and went out camping New Years Eve after the Save the Pine Bush Hike. The record high of 72 was set in 2015. 13 inches of snow fell back in 1966.❄

The sun will set at 4:26 pm with dusk around 4:58 pm, which is 34 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌃 and temperatures around 36 degrees. Nice Christmas sunset! There will be a north breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, an increase of 9 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 17 degrees at 6am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 27th. North wind 3 to 6 mph. In 2018, we had light snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 24 degrees. The record low of -22 occurred back in 1969. Blizzard of the 1969!

I woke up early this morning but I got to back to asleep fairly easily. 😴 A little achy and sore today, I’ll probably take some aspirin and hopefully I’ll feel better later on. 🥴 Coffee ☕and gingerbread 🥴 is good.

Doesn’t look too bad for starting out my road trip! ⛅ Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 42. Sunday, a chance of rain or freezing rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees. Similar forecast for the Finger Lakes, maybe a bit warmer. Snow is largely gone at this point and will be totally gone by Saturday. I’m actually thinking about leaving on Friday mid-day and staying over in Madison County but I don’t know if I want to winter camp for just one night 🌃.

As previously noted, next Tuesday is New Years Eve 🎆 when the sun will be setting at 4:31 pm with dusk at 5:03 pm. It will be about fifteen minutes later out in the Finger Lakes. On that day in 2018, we had rain and temperatures between 41 and 29 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 32 degrees. We hit a record high of 61 back in 1895.

Good morning! Happy First Day of Winter ☃️! Winter Solstice Ski 🎿trip today for Save the Pine Bush at 9:30 at the end of Madison Avenue Extension. Already the days are getting longer and next Saturday is 4:30 PM Sunset 🌆. Cloudy and 11 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. ☁ There are 2.5 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 10 am. 🌡️

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 30 degrees at 1pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. I am hoping we will have more sun for the Pine Bush Hike! A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became mostly clear by afternoon. The high last year was 62 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 2018. 6.6 inches of snow fell back in 2008.❄

The sun will set at 4:24 pm with dusk around 4:56 pm, which is 27 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 28 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 2 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 5 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 17 degrees at 1am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 27th. Maximum wind chill around 19 at 6pm; South wind 3 to 5 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 34 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1955.

As previously noted, next Saturday is 4:30 PM Sunset 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 4:29 pm with dusk at 5:01 pm. On that day in 2018, we had rain showers, cloudy, mild and temperatures between 50 and 35 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 32 degrees. We hit a record high of 61 back in 1982.

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Second to Last Friday of the year! 🎇 Christmas is next Wednesday. 🎄Two weeks to Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️. Sunny and 9 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. 🌞 There is a northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. With only a slight breeze and a bright 🔆 sun it’s a pretty nice morning, not too cold. There are 3 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at Sunday around 11 am. 🌡️

I got listening to my headphone, singing along with My Back Pages,and I didn’t even see the bus pull up aside me. 🎧 I really didn’t mind this morning at all, even if the temperature is officially in the single digits. 🦋 With the sun and breeze we’ve had the past few days, there isn’t much ice on the sidewalks. I almost forget it was already Friday with the Friday driver. 🚌

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 24 degrees at 2pm. 10 degrees below normal. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 1957. 8.4 inches of snow fell back in 1975.❄

The sun will set at 4:24 pm with dusk around 4:56 pm, which is 25 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clear skies 🌃 and temperatures around 21 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Shouldn’t be a half bad evening but too cold for sitting out back with a glass of apple juice 🍏. Today will have 9 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 9 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 7 degrees at 2am. 12 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 8 at 12am; Calm wind. Kind of a cold night on tap but warmer than late. In 2018, we had light rain. It got down to 37 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1942.

Today a train moved very fast in America — that is relatively speaking. In 1967, a Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 155 mph on their New York Division, now Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. 🚅This was kind of the last hurrah for the Pennsylvania Central , they would merge with their competitors New York Central and be bankrupt by 1970. 🚉While the railroads had many fatal blows it was the interstates that killed off at least the passenger service. Eventually with a lot of government help the freight railroads turned around and became fairly healthy.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 29 degrees at 2pm. Five degrees below normal. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 62 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 2018. 6.6 inches of snow fell back in 2008.❄

It should be a nice day for the Save the Pine Bush Ski, 🌲🌾🌲🌲🎿 with lots of sun ☀ and not so cold. I cleaned off my truck and the solar panel so I’m hoping with today’s sun the batteries will get topped off I shouldn’t have to use the ice scraper in the morning or worry about throwing ice ❄.

Looking ahead to Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 39. South wind around 5 mph. Typical average high for the weekend is 34 degrees. That should be a nice day for hooking up that voltage switch and testing it out with lots of sun. Maybe in the afternoon I’ll go skiing at Five Rivers — I think we will loose most of the snow come mid-week, they’re might not even be enough for good skiing on Christmas Eve. 🏕But maybe my camping trip in the Finger Lakes will be snow free. I’m just hoping it won’t be too muddy.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️ when the sun will be setting at 4:34 pm with dusk at 5:05 pm. On that day in 2019, we had snow showers, mostly cloudy, mild and temperatures between 43 and 32 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 31 degrees. We hit a record high of 61 back in 1913.

Good morning! Happy 7:15 AM Sunrise ⌛️! It was such a dark morning I had trouble getting out of bed so I took the local to work, which I had to run for because it was running early 🏃 and I was running late as one of my contacts 👀 was irritating me. 🚍 Darn auto refill isn’t working on my card 💳 so I ended up paying $2 in cash for the bus ride downtown. I’ll take care of that when I get to the office, maybe putting a bunch on the card so I won’t have to refill right away. Two weeks to Christmas Eve 🎅.

Dark and rainy with fog, around 41 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌁 Kind of what you call a generic December not nice day. There is a south breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. Rain made me feel a bit stiff when I first got up. There are 8 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 10 pm. Warm weather and the dampness.

First time I’ve taken the local downtown in a while. 🚍 I noticed that they’re doing more remidation of the old dry cleaner again. PERC is pretty nasty stuff. 👵I am glad they are banning 1,4-dioxane in common cleaning products — it’s another nasty chemical. While it’s true most of the 1,4-dioxane in the drinking water is decades old from manufacturing chlorinated solvents, even trace amounts are a problem with it’s affinity for water. 👔 That said, I think my current dry cleaner uses PERC, although these days PERC is much more heavily regulated and spills are less common then in years ago. Delaware Avenue is good and clear now that the snow emergency came and went and the rain has melted back the snow banks. 💧I prefer the express just because that gets me to work a bit earlier plus it’s a nicer ride in on the expressway.🏔

Today will have a chance of rain. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 47 degrees at 1pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 19th. South wind 8 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 39 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 1966. 6.1 inches of snow fell back in 2014.❄

The sun will set at 4:22 pm with dusk around 4:53 pm, which is 2 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 40 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 6 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 48 seconds over yesterday.

Over to John Wolcott house 🔍 after work. I don’t plan to go over again this month between the holidays, my planned end of the year road trip and other things to do including Save the Pine Bush 🌲events. Plus I want to save some time to work on electronics projects. 🔬 He really doesn’t have that many more boxes to go through, or so I tell myself. 🗃

Tonight will have a slight chance of rain and snow before 7pm, then a slight chance of snow. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 26 degrees at 5am. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 4th. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 13 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1988.

Today in 1978, Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work ending the Arab-Isreali conflict✌. Also, in 1817 Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state, and the only one that still has the rebel flag on it’s state flag. 🏴󠁵󠁳󠁭󠁳󠁿 I’ve never given Mississippi much of a thought 💭 but I bet it’s hot there in the summer. I bet it’s weird and southern like Virginia and not as Appalachian as Wild and Wonderful West Virignia.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 🙁 Saturday, rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 44. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 36 degrees.

This weekend my parents are having a holiday tree decorating party, 🎄 and on Sunday is the Save the Pine Bush benefit event for fighting the apartment complex that want to building in the Pine Bush. 🏗️🏘️🌳🌲 I also want to work on some electronics projects over the weekend.

I need to refill my phone. 📲 The past few years I’ve been doing the StraightTalk 1-year plan, that costs like $540 a year (including the $50 in taxes) to do. I am happy with the service, and are fine with laying out the money, as then I don’t have to worry about monthly payments or refills. Then my phone will have service until Christmas Evening 2020, which is the next time it will expire. I could get a cheaper plan, but I find that the 25 gigabyte of data is necessary as I don’t have internet at home — I don’t use the full 25 gigabytes but when your throttled to 2G it is so slow.🐢

Looking ahead, there are 3 weeks until New Years Eve 🎆 when the sun will be setting at 4:31 pm with dusk at 5:03 pm. On that day in 2018, we had rain and temperatures between 41 and 29 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 32 degrees. We hit a record high of 61 back in 1895.