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.