Good morning! Happy Boxing Day. 📦 Probably a really day for having a big bonfire 🔥 with all that Christmas 🤶 packaging and wrappers. Stuff burns well.

Partly sunny and 21 degrees at the Five Rivers Environmental Education Center. ☀ Calm wind. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at Wednesday around 11 am. 🌡️

After a rather cold past few days, things have warmed up nicely. The sun is shining and no wind. I’m out walking 🚶 back home from Five Rivers Environmental Education Center and the big loop over Meads Lane 🐮 and the Fisher Trail. Ice ❄ on the sidewalks is less bad today with the sun over the past few days but I wish the town would salt more. Wore the micro spikes at Five Rivers but they aren’t fun on asphalt.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 28 degrees at 2pm. Seven degrees below normal. South wind 3 to 7 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 42 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1895. 13.9 inches of snow fell back in 1969.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:57 am with sun having an altitude of 24° from the due south horizon (-46.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 13.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer.

Once I get home going to take a quick shower 🚿 and get ready to head out to the folks house 🏡 for a family 👪 Christmas Party 🎅 with my parents, sister and niece.

The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:43 pm with the sun in the southwest (230°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (238°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:29 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 25 seconds with dusk around 5:00 pm, which is 39 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the south-southwest (206°) at an altitude of 24° from the horizon, 227,153 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:36 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 26 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 7 minutes of daytime, an increase of 18 seconds over yesterday.

This afternoon going to hike Bennett Hill 🗻 and then head home and maybe work on free code camp and the blog. 📝 Probably just a quiet 🤫 evening as I think about the upcoming work week after my week off.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 16 degrees at 4am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around January 11th. Maximum wind chill around 17 at 6pm; South wind 5 to 7 mph. In 2021, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 26 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1914.

Still looks rainy but mild for New Years Eve. 🎇 ☔ A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Typical average high for the weekend is 34 degrees.