John Boyd Thacher State Park, is situated along the Helderberg Escarpment, one of the richest fossil-bearing formations in the world. Even as it safeguards six miles of limestone cliff-face, rock-strewn slopes, woodland and open fields, the park provides a marvelous panorama of the Hudson-Mohawk Valleys and the Adirondack and Green Mountains. The park has volleyball courts, playgrounds, ball fields and numerous picnic areas with nine reservable shelters. Interpretive programs are offered year-round, including guided tours of the famous Indian Ladder Trail. There are over 25 additional miles of trails for summer hiking and mountain biking, and winter cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, and snowmobiling.
I don’t think the snow will stick around for long, it’s already quickly disappearing in Albany. The heavy rain from this morning has let up, now it’s just everything is damp outside. Continued cold into the weekend, for the first time this winter we will be talking about the windchill going into the weekend. So be it I guess.
Today. Feels like … December 6th.
Rain, snow, and sleet before noon, then a chance of rain between noon and 4pm. High near 41. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
and
41 degrees
,
4:33 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … November 30th.
Partly cloudy.
Southwest wind 3 to 5 mph.
and
27 degrees
,
6:47 sunrise.
Thursday. Feels like … December 9th.
A slight chance of rain between 10am and 4pm. Partly sunny.
South wind 5 to 11 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
and
40 degrees
,
4:32 sunset.
Thursday Night. Feels like … December 7th.
Partly cloudy.
West wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable.
and
25 degrees
,
6:49 sunrise.
Friday. Feels like … December 12th.
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers after 4pm. Partly sunny.
Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Good morning! What day is it? GIS Day, of course. 🗺
While I wasn’t planning on it this rainy, sloppy morning I decided to walk down to the express bus as it wasn’t raining that hard.
Rain and 34 degrees at the Elm Ave Park and Ride. ☔ There is a northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. There is a inch of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 9 pm. ☃️
It snowed for a while last night before turning to rain. 🌨 Kind of just a sloppy mix. Probably the snow will be completely gone by afternoon. But no ice locally though last night the driveway was a bit slippery.
Went down to the library 📚 mostly to return books but also because I had my laptop 🖥 home and figured it would be a good walk down to the library.
It’s GIS Day so I guess I’ll have to think of some creative ideas on maps to make up. 🗺 I am sure there are things I can come up with pretty easily using a few lines of R code. Or maybe I’ll actually open up QGIS and make something real purty. For a while I was doing the #30DayMapChallenge but it became too much work.
There is all this talk about re branding Facebook as Meta and creating some kind of 3D virtual world. But does anybody really want to go through life wearing 3D glasses or some slow, bulky, data intensive interface?
People just want the information they need, without too much bulk or clutter or geegaws.
Why did Facebook originally replace MySpace? The interface was simple and uncluttered, unlike MySpace which allowed for a lot of clutter with users choosing their own pages colors and being able to lard them up with silly tunes, comic sans fonts and garish colors. Facebook with its clean white background, easy read text and fast loading made all the difference.
Cool with more clouds today as the stormy weather approaches ☁️
It’s not the worse morning ever, besides being cold. But tomorrow will be sloppy. The drama queens of the weather world are talking about ice and tons of snow, but at least NOAA seems to think they’re overselling their wares. I don’t think you can argue that it won’t be at least a bit wet come the morning, and probably icy in the outlaying areas. But regardless, I am sure that salt spreaders will be out spreading their wares everywhere tonight, so I’m glad that I got to the store early yesterday.
Today. Feels like … December 6th.
Increasing clouds.
Light and variable wind.
and
41 degrees
,
4:34 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … November 20th.
Rain and snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 2am, then snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 2am and 4am, then snow and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain after 4am.
Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
and
30 degrees
,
6:46 sunrise.
Wednesday. Feels like … December 9th.
Rain and sleet, becoming all rain after 11am.
Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
and
40 degrees
,
4:33 sunset.
Wednesday Night. Feels like … November 26th.
Mostly cloudy.
West wind 3 to 5 mph.
and
28 degrees
,
6:48 sunrise.
Thursday. Feels like … November 30th.
A slight chance of snow showers before 10am, then a chance of rain showers. Partly sunny.
Southwest wind 5 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
A cold November morning, although without the wind doesn’t feel bad. Cold but clear before the snow and ice come tomorrow, though I expect locally it will be a mix of sloppy slush and lots of road salt.
Mostly sunny and 21 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☀ Calm wind. Things will start to thaw out at around 9 am. 🌡️
Out walking and watching the sun rise on this mid November morning. 🌅 It’s a remarkably nice morning prior to the upcoming cold. The gas heat is back on in my apartment, I heard it click on during the night. Only set to 50 but thermostat is downstairs so it’s warmer upstairs. Plus in bed 🛏 I have my heated blanket.
I checked the insulation around the door, tightened it up a bit 🚪 and turned on the heat last night. It’s that season again. I might turn it back off should it warm up, though it’s not that much of an expense in the grand scheme of things. I am sure if I owned my own house, it would be even more expensive to heat it unless I heated with wood that I cut myself, and even that takes fuel to do that.
I got to the grocery store 🏬 yesterday and my pantry is now well stocked so I won’t have to deal with driving 🚘 on the salt encrusted roads for a while. Maybe it will warm up and turn to rain and wash away the salt. But regardless, winter is coming. ❄️
I don’t care that much about the snow and ice. 🌨 I might take the local to work if it’s too icy in the morning or it’s raining. The local will run. 👨💻 I also will bring my laptop home so in case the office is closed and it’s a remote work day. Since the pandemic, it doesn’t take much snow or ice for work to be remote. I guess that’s a good thing for commuters, and might matter to me some day in the future when I move out of the city.
