The Elm Avenue Park and Ride offers a convenient way to get downtown without the hassles of urban traffic. Located next to the Elm Avenue Park at the end of the Delmar Bypass (NY 32), it is serviced by several buses that will quickly transport you downtown.
There is a new, expanded schedule for the Elm Avenue Park and Ride. 5 morning buses depart there, 5 buses in the afternoon plus a mid-day bus schedule. Very convenient. http://www.cdta.org/uploads/Route719.pdf
Good morning! Happy Ides of March ✝! Three weeks to Palm Sunday 🌴. Mostly sunny and 33 degrees at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. There is a north breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 8 pm. ☃️
Out for a walk this morning in the Pine Bush 🚶 and hope to meet some people later in the day. Really pretty morning, so much blue sky. 🌲🌲🌲Maybe later go to Thacher Park or maybe just Bennett Hill depending on the weather.
Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 45 degrees at 4pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 17th. North wind around 8 mph. A year ago, we had rain in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 72 was set in 2019. 10.4 inches of snow fell back in 1916.❄
Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:05 pm with sun having an altitude of 45.4° from the due south horizon (-25.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:25 pm with the sun in the west (262°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (268°) starting at 7:00 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:30 pm, which is one minute and 11 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:04 pm. It’s nice having the extra hour in the evening. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 37 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 56 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 16 degrees at 6am. 10 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around February 10th. North wind 5 to 7 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 31 degrees. The record low of 4 occurred back in 1980. I Going to be chilly tonight, gonna have to turn the heat on before bed.
Today in 44 BC, Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus, and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March. Plus don’t forget that song Vehicle by the Ides of March. Good song for friendly stranger in black sedans. 🚙 Nowadays they’d probably be SUVs with big speakers.
I wasn’t so freaked out about the media crap over Coronavirus 😷 but increasingly I am concerned after hearing about it on the Skeptics Guide to the Universe 🌌. The truth is that there ain’t a lot to do besides wash one’s hands 👐 good and pray 🙏. Social distancing might help but I’m skeptical – how much time ⌚ will it buy? Is it worth the high economic and social costs? I guess only time will tell. The whole situation is both abursd and kind of frightening. 👾
🌹🌻🌼Only 4 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼
As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Palm Sunday 🌴 when the sun will be setting at 7:26 pm with dusk at 7:55 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 42 and 25 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 54 degrees. We hit a record high of 82 back in 1928.
Good morning! Happy Thursday. Mostly cloudy and 34 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ☁ Calm wind. Without a breeze doesn’t feel really cold. I haven’t bothered to turn my heat back on again. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Saturday around 11 pm. ☃️
Today will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a high of 50 degrees at 5pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 28th. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 38 degrees. The record high of 69 was set in 2012. 30.4 inches of snow fell back in 1888.❄
Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:06 pm with sun having an altitude of 44.3° from the due south horizon (-26.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. That said, the your not going to see much of a shadow today. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:22 pm with the sun in the west (260°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (267°) starting at 6:56 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 7:26 pm, which is one minute and 11 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:00 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 48 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 47 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have showers likely, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 40 degrees at 6am. 16 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 22nd. Southeast wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 21 degrees. The record low of -6 occurred back in 1885.
Today in 1933, was the first of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats. 📻 Now we just have the president’s tweet storms at five am to run the news 📰 narrative of the day. Although nobody seems to care about the presidents thoughts 💭 while he’s on the toilet 🚽 today, it’s all about Coronavirus. 👾
A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 47. West wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 43. Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees. That wind might make it a bit chilly especially after the fun goes down. We’ll see but there is still a lot of spring time left
🌹🌻🌼One week remains until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼
One month 📅 from now will be Easter 🐰 when the sun will be setting at 7:34 pm with dusk at 8:03 pm.
Good morning! Happy Saturday. Finally the weekend! Three weeks to Average High is 50 🌸. Partly sunny and 30 degrees at the Five Rivers Environmental Education Center. There is a north-northwest breeze at 14 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is 19. Nice morning but cold to start out the day with that wind. But I’m hoping for a warm up tomorrow that will last for a while. Things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️
Last night I woke up with a cramp in my leg. 💪I was real painful then but it went away. But I ended up not getting a real early start but I made it Five Rivers by nine. 🐦Not a lot of wildlife out on this rather chilly morning.
Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 41 degrees at 3pm. Typical for today. North wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 26 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1974. 10.3 inches of snow fell back in 1967.❄
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:07 pm with sun having an altitude of 42.4° from the due south horizon (-28.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:16 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (258°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (264°) starting at 5:50 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 6:21 pm, which is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the east (93°) at an altitude of 30° from the horizon, 228,874 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:54 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 39 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 11 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 33 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.
Today’s agenda is pretty standard. 🚶 I’ll probably head home at noon 🕛 go to Schodack Island in the afternoon, visit Aldis and wash my truck. 🚿 Also want to start unpacking and organizing my camping gear. ⛺ I doubt I’ll get out camping next week but I want to be ready when the weather comes. Also want to drop off the recycling paper 📄 at the park and ride. 🅿 Soon I’ll need to take the cans and bottles to the transfer station. ♻ And maybe get rid of some other junk. Although a lot of it is scrap metal.
Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 21 degrees at 4am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 3rd. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 7 degrees. The record low of -2 occurred back in 1989.
With the forecast for this week and shutting off the heat at my apartment. ♨ Except for tonight the mercury is going to be well above freezing and with lots of sun to heat the building with radiation. ☀ It might be warm enough on Monday and Tuesday to open the windows for the day. Might be a bit chilly tomorrow morning but so be it.
Back in 1967, Bloody Sunday: a group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. 👮 Things have changed a lot in America since then but too much remains the same.
🌹🌻🌼Only 12 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼
As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Average High is 50 🌸 when the sun will be setting at 7:17 pm with dusk at 7:45 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 55 and 33 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 50 degrees. We hit a record high of 85 back in 1945.
Good morning! Happy Saturday. Finally the weekend! Five weeks to Average High is 50 🌸. When there is no hope, there is spring. Easter is late this year. Sunny and 20 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 Calm wind. Things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️ So we tell ourselves.
Pine Bush Hike at nine thirty this morning 🌲🌲🌲 which I am going to this morning followed by maybe getting a bite at Yonder Farms, picking up my dry cleaning and running to the store and washing my truck at the end of the day. 🏬 Tomorrow I plan to be out enjoying the nice weather, probably skiing 🎿 or hiking 🚶 at Partridge Run. Sounds like Monday will be quite nice, but I have to work and we might get a big rain ☔ storm come Tuesday into Wednesday that will melt the snow locally but who knows up in the mountains.
Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 40 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 4th. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 8 mph in the morning. 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 68 was set in 1997. 14.8 inches of snow fell back in 1893.❄
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 37.1° from the due south horizon (-33.8° vs. 6/21). The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:57 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (250°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (257°) starting at 5:33 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 59 seconds with dusk around 6:04 pm, which is one minute and 16 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:37 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 37 degrees. There will be a west breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 53 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 47 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 24 degrees at 5am. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 11th. Light south wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 20 degrees. The record low of -16 occurred back in 1972.
🌹🌻🌼Only 26 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼
Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until Average High is 50 🌸 when the sun will be setting at 7:17 pm with dusk at 7:45 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 55 and 33 degrees. We hit a record high of 85 back in 1945. Well at least a few of the older generation remembers that day as a young child.
Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Three weeks to 7 PM Sunset 🌆. Sunny and 19 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. 🌞 There is a northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Honestly with the sun at a relatively high angle, it feels a lot warmer — I turned my heat down this morning to 50 degrees before I left for work. There is a little bit of snow and ice on the ground. ☃ Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 10 am. 🌡️ Should be a great day tomorrow at the Save the Pine Bush Hike.
Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high around the freezing point at 3pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 5th. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming west in the afternoon. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 44 degrees. The record high of 73 was set in 2018. 11 inches of snow fell back in 1929.❄
All and all a beautiful morning. 🚶I know I enjoyed my walk down tot he Park and Ride.🕶 Took Gillig 4115H downtown, which was fine, but it seemed like the hybrid portion of the bus wasn’t working right, so the bus accelerated really slow (almost like a blown turbo) and there wasn’t a lot regenerative braking. 💥 Believe it or not, that bus is now 13 years old, so it’s past it’s lifespan but as long as they can repair the problems, I am sure it will get a few more years of use. 🚌 Unlike the Gillig 4114H which is blowing a ton of black smoke — at least the last time I rode it.🚭
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 36.7° from the due south horizon (-34.1° vs. 6/21). The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:56 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (250°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (256°) starting at 5:32 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 59 seconds with dusk around 6:02 pm, which is one minute and 17 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:36 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 29 degrees. There will be a west-southwest breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 50 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 47 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be clear 🌃, with a low of 18 degrees at 6am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around February 20th. Maximum wind chill around 12 at 3am; South wind 5 to 7 mph. No unreasonable, the weekend should be quite nice. In 2019, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1963.
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 40 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 4th. South wind 7 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Should be a great day for the Pine Bush hike. 🌲🚶🌲🌲A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 39 degrees. The record high of 68 was set in 1997. 14.8 inches of snow fell back in 1893.❄
Looking ahead to Sunday, sunny, with a high near 48. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Sunday should be nice, I am thinking about hiking at Partridge Run or maybe Renssleearville State Forest again, as there might still be enough snow out there. ⛷ Typical average high for the weekend is 36 degrees.
🌹🌻🌼Only 27 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼
As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until 7 PM Sunset 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 6:59 pm with dusk at 7:27 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny, sleet and temperatures between 44 and 21 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 43 degrees. We hit a record high of 70 back in 2012.
Good morning! Happy February Save the Pine Dinner 🦋! ITwo weeks to Average High is 40 ☀️. Mostly cloudy ☁ and 34 degrees at the Delaware Plaza Park and Ride. 🅿 There is a west-northwest breeze at 15 mph. 🍃. There is a inch of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 2 pm. ☃️
This morning I got a haircut 💈 and dropped off my blazers to get dry cleaned. 👔No electric bus 🚍 for me today, just a regular old diesel Gillig 4099. After the Pine Bush dinner 🌲I will pick up some groceries and then drive home from the park and ride. I’ll probably be in a bit late today but if necessary I’ll stay a few minutes after five to make the clock happy. Seems like this bus always runs late.
Last night I decided against going to the store 🏬 and washing my truck. 🚿 I thought it wasn’t raining very hard and there still was a lot of salt on the roads. I figured I can just stock up on enough supplies tonight after the Pine Bush dinner. I believe the Pine Bush hike is Saturday 🚶, I can get the rest of what I need for the weekend after that. So instead I stayed home, did some reading 📖.
Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 35 degrees at 8am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 18th. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 24 degrees. The record high of 66 was set in 1981. 11.4 inches of snow fell back in 1972.❄
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 36° from the due south horizon (-34.8° vs. 6/21). The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:53 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (249°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (255°) starting at 5:29 pm and lasts for 3 minutes with dusk around 6:00 pm, which is one minute and 17 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:34 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 29 degrees. The wind chill around sunset will be 17. ☃️ Breezy, 16 mph breeze ⛅ from the west-northwest with gusts up to 28mph. Today will have 10 hours and 44 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 45 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers between 11pm and 3am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 14 degrees at 6am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around January 27th. Maximum wind chill around 9 at 6am; Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 9 degrees. The record low of -16 occurred back in 1966.
A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 40. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Typical average high for the weekend is 36 degrees. Based on how much snow there is up north and how much there is out west, I’ll probably skip camping this weekend as it’s going to be a sloppy mess in a tent and finding parking 🅿 can be difficult with the snow banks as high as they are.
🌹🌻🌼Only 29 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼
As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Average High is 40 ☀️ when the sun will be setting at 5:48 pm with dusk at 6:17 pm. On that day in 2019, we had snow showers, partly sunny and temperatures between 34 and 17 degrees. We hit a record high of 59 back in 1919.
