Arthur Residence

April 14, 2019 Morning

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Good morning! Happy Palm Sunday 🌴! Next Sunday is Easter 🐰. Cloudy and 50 degrees at the Five Rivers Environmental Education Center in Delmar. ☁ There is a north breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear tomorrow around 10 pm.

This morning I decided to walk out to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center 🐸, like I’ve been doing the past few weekends. I prefer it to the rail trail as you never see anybody walking out here and there is a lot more nature and interesting quiet places here then along the rail trail. Lots of birds 🐦 chirping around, I saw the Ground Hog again. I timed myself this morning ⌛took almost exactly 40 minutes to walk out here, a 2.4 mile walk at 3.7 mph. Walking is such a good healthy activity.

Today will have a chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 63 degrees at 4pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around April 25th. Maximum dew point of 49 at 6pm. Light and variable wind becoming east around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became rain by afternoon. The high last year was 49 degrees. The record high of 83 was set in 1968. 1.4 inches of snow fell back in 1950.❄

I’m heading over to John Wolcott’s house this afternoon. 📂 I’m on the fence about taking the bus 🚍 versus driving 🚘 but I think the easiest and most environmentally friendly way is to bus it. I mean regardless of if I ride it, the bus is going downtown. I really try to do whatever I can to avoid motoring.

The sun will set at 7:36 pm with dusk around 8:05 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 56 degrees. Definitely a lot rain seen in the radar, Buffalo is getting soaked today. Won’t be much field work getting done in Western NY today. 🚜The dew point will be 50 degrees. There will be a southeast breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 22 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 46 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. 🌧 Low of 54 degrees at 8pm. 17 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around June 6th. Maximum dew point of 55 at 12am. 🏖️ Southeast wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. In 2018, we had cloudy in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1940.

As previously noted, next Sunday is Easter 🐰 when the sun will be setting at 7:44 pm with dusk at 8:14 pm. On that day in 2018, we had sunny and temperatures between 60 and 34 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 61 degrees. We hit a record high of 89 back in 1923.

I am hoping for one nice day during Easter Weekend 🐰 to get out and hiking. Platte Clove is still on the top of my list 📃 but there are other options. So many trails are wet and muddy 💦🐷 this time of year.

Apple Trees

May 21, 2018 Morning

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Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Next Monday is Memorial Day 🇺🇸. Mostly sunny and 49 degrees in Westerlo. ☀ There is a northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Going to be a beautiful spring day today. Sun came up and the battery voltage increased. A few hours from now I’m sure the accessory battery will be floating.

Today will be sunny 🌞 , with a high of 74 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 46 at 6am. Northwest wind around 6 mph. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies. The high last year was 73 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1941. There was a dusting of snow in 1895.❄

The sun will set at 8:17 pm with dusk around 8:50 pm, which is 58 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly clear skies and 66 degrees. 🌌 The dew point will be 48 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 49 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 47 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have increasing clouds ⛅, with a low of 52 degrees at 6am. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 48 at 8pm. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2017, we had mostly cloudy skies. It got down to 49 degrees. The record low of 33 occurred back in 2002.

Going to be a beautiful day at work today, I’m sure I won’t need to turn on the lights when I get into the office. 🏢 I always like days when there is tons of sunlight flowing in the office. Might have to draw the curtains later on though once it starts to get hot. I expect all week that I will be working quite late but so be it. Except for Tuesday night it should be nice sitting out back each night especially no that I can use the lights whenever I need them.

Five work days, and it will be Memorial Day Weekend. I’m still watching the forecast to decide on my plans but the Southern Adirondacks and Vermont are on the short list. A lot depends on how busy I’ll be at work.

As previously noted, next Monday is Memorial Day 🇺🇸 when the sun will be setting at 8:23 pm with dusk at 8:57 pm. On that day in 2017, we had cloudy skies and temperatures between 74 and 60 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 73 degrees. We hit a record high of 93 back in 2016.

A Coda to Saturday’s Essay

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I often think for too long people have been kept in their comfort bubbles, unwilling to confront new ideas. But in an era of multiple crisis looming in our nation — climate change, energy security and overpopulation — I think new ideas are needed. I am not going to re-argue my previous essay, but I do think people should be respectful of my ideas not be afraid to look at how we could better protect individual freedom and manage our limited resources.

February 11, 2018 Night

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Good evening! Light rain and 37 degrees in Delmar.☔ Calm wind. Finally we are well above freezing and the threat of ice is past us. The skies will clear tomorrow around 9 am.

Tonight will have scattered rain showers before 4am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Areas of dense fog before midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low of 31 degrees at 6am.☁ 13 degrees above normal. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 8 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. In 2017, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 23 degrees. The record low of -16 occurred back in 1979.

Tonight will have a Waning Crescent Moon with 12% illuminated. 🌙The moon will rise tomorrow at 4:50 am. The New Moon is on Wednesday night with a chance of showers then chance of rain/snow. The Snow Moon is on Wednesday, February 28th. The sun will rise at 6:56 am with the first light at 6:27 am, which is one minute and 19 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tonight will have 13 hours and 31 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 38 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high of 33 degrees at 1pm.🌞One degree below normal. Breezy, with a northwest wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 31 degrees. The record high of 55 was set in 1932. 13.5 inches of snow fell back in 1988.

Next weekend looks like it might be perfect weather-wise, well as perfect as a February weekend could be. 😎Next Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 31. Next Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Typical average high for the weekend is 35 degrees.🌞

In four weeks on March 11 the sun will be setting at 6:58 pm (Daylight Savings Time), which is one hour, 34 minutes and 42 seconds later then tonight.😍 In 2017 on that day, we had snow, cloudy skies and temperatures between 22 and 7 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 42 and 24 degrees. The record high of 70 degrees was set back in 1977.

My Arduino based GPS trip logger  is done for all practical purposes, although I want to make up a more permanent power supply and package it up discretely in a yogurt cup. It’s nice, it records my exact location within 6 feet, elevation, speed of travel, direction of travel, time and date, every second. 80 characters or bytes per second works out to be 2.5 gigabytes per year, assuming that I never shut it off. It uses a 8 gigabyte MicroSD card for logging.  I fixed the VMS time and countdown display  system, just by switching the Vin pin to the 5v pin. No more crashing with a slight voltage drop. 

I got out grocery shopping today which was good, as eventually the ice melted and I was once again low on supplies. 🍝🍳🍎🌽🍄

Looking ahead, Winnie the Pooh Day is in 1 week, 🍯Average High is 40 is in 3 weeks, Daylight Savings Time is a month away, April Fools Day and Easter is in 7 weeks, 👩Mothers Day is in 13 weeks, Fathers Day is in 18 weeks👨, Daylight Savings Time Ends in 38 weeks,😸 Veterans Day (Sunday) is in 9 months and First Sunday of Advent is in 42 weeks.

😎Only 102 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!😎