Good evening folks. 42 degrees and mostly cloudy. At times the wind is gusting up 24 degrees but for the most part it’s a pretty light breeze. Tonight isolated showers and a low around 36, which is 11 degrees below normal for the first day of the second half of May.
Dawn tomorrow at 4:59 am. That’s so darn early, I pulled down my window shades hoping not to wake early. I may also want to buy another window shade for the small side window to increase darkness. Partly sunny in the morning with mostly sunny conditions by afternoon. Breezy and 58 degrees tomorrow. 12 degrees below normal, which is 70 for May 16th. The record low for tonight is 33 degrees set back in 1980.
Rain is possible for Tuesday. But sun and temperatures in the 70s for the second half of the week into the weekend. Should be nice. I’m thinking about heading up to the Adirondacks for the weekend, possibly Stewart Landing or Hope Falls Road. If it’s warm and I go to Stewart Landing, I’ll bring the kayak. I heard that the black flies are really bad up north this year with the wet spring. Still leaning towards Kelly Stand in Vermont for Memorial Day Weekend. Maybe Moose River Plains for Independence Day Weekend.
Bought a new showers curtain liner. I usually just get those clear non-pvc $5 ones at Walmart. I like clear because it lets in more light when showering. I don’t use a curtain besides the liner as privacy is not an issue in my tiny bathroom. I had to replace the old one because it had accumulated so much soap scum and probably mildew that every time I opened and closed it, caked on crap would fall off and was clogging the hair stopper on the drain. I got five years out of the old one, and it’s a non-toxic plastic which is good.
Went out for my evening walk. Not so cold but the wind mostly died down for the hike. Certainly too cold to sit out back. The second half of the week will be much nicer.
At the Lupine Festival they had a brush truck with a PA horn on it and were letting the kids play with it. With my CB radio I have a jack for that, and I think I could have a lot of fun joking around with it. I’ve not done it yet because hooking up an amplifier for the PA can be somewhat complicated as it requires a power supply and more than the few bucks I’m willing to spend on it. My max budget really is under $50, which doesn’t go far these days. I think I’ll get an unamplified horn and if I decide I need an amplifier later on, I’ll just add it in the cab of my truck. We’ll see. I’m thinking of stopping by Pilot Truck stop on the way up to the Adirondacks on Friday and checking out what they have there for PA speakers and amplifiers. I know they have all kinds of CB and truck equipment there. It would be fun to yell at friends from the cab of my truck.
Good night. It’s 11 o’clock and Monday morning is rapidly approaching.
Good evening! Currently mostly clear and 42 degrees with a 10 mph north wind. The wind chill value is currently 36. Honestly, it’s not too bad of an evening. Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low around 25. South wind 3 to 6 mph. That’s about 3 degrees above normal. The record low of -6 degrees was set back in 1950. It could be a lot colder.
Decent sunset to close out the weekend. Now wehave 12 hours and 26 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over last night. If you get up early, you will be able to see the Waning Crescent Moon with 15% illuminated. It will rise at 4:30 am. The New Moon is on Wednesday. One week from now, it’s day light savings time, and it now will be around sunset, aka 7 PM. That’s pretty nice. Now if that weather is nice, I’ll be able to go to the park after work.
Monday will be partly sunny, with a high near 54. South wind 7 to 11 mph becoming west in the afternoon. That’s about 13 degrees above normal. I guess this means the spring thaw is upon us. But it’s far below the record high of 62 degrees, set back in 1974.
While Sunday March 20th is the first day of spring, Thursday March 17th will have close to equal darkness and daylight, as sun is refracted against the atmosphere, making the days appear slightly longer then what the calendar would suggest. The first day of spring actually has 12 hours and 10 minutes of daylight, and a sunset at 7:09 PM.
Today I went grocery shopping and bought some needed supplies. Checked the oil and other levels in the car, all were fine, topped off the windshield washer fluid. Truck started up easily after 7 days parked, with the warm weather and the new, quality battery. Cleaned up the kitchen.
I also went up to Cole Hill State Forest in Berne, hiking around there for a bit with my GPS, trying to find good places to tent camp. I came up with 5 potential locations for making backcountry campsites, with the goal of being within a short walk from parking, but also in a quiet, isolated location more then 150 feet (or 0.03 miles) from road or trail. I found one campsite with an existing fire pit I really liked, but I want to let the ground dry up and grass turn green before I spend a night out there. I saw another strong possibility, and the other three where were just so-so. Took some pictures, will post them on the blog later.
This summer I’m thinking of doing more tent camping, and staying local, now that I have good working lanterns and figured out who do to the candle thing in a nice way. My phone and bluetooth speaker plays music in the woods without any electricity. Those long drives to the Adirondacks tend to get long, and there are many delightful little places to go locally. Most of the campsites I studied were just a short walk from parking, so I could bring the big table back and even the 20-lb propane tank if I wanted plenty of energy for light and cooking.
Don’t be sad the weekend is coming to a conclusion. A new one is just five days away!
Good evening. Currently partly cloudy and 43 degrees in Westerlo. Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northeast wind 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight we will have a Waining Crescent Moon with 2% illuminated. It will rise at 6:46 am.
Monday will be a chance of snow after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
The days are getting longer. In two weeks the sun will be setting at 5:35 pm, which is 18 minutes later then today. The sunset in four weeks on Mar. 6 is at 5:52 pm. Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, March 13 is 1 month, 6 days away. Sunset on that day is at 7:01 pm.
Good evening. Currently mostly cloudy and 49 degrees in Westerlo. KInd of a dreary day, although those thunderstorms that came through around 3:30 PM were pretty intense. A pretty sunset and some rainbows came after that, which was nice. I didn’t get any photos of the rainbow but it was pretty driving out to my parents house for Sunday dinner.
Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight we had a very slender waxing crescent moon, which has already set. With the clouds and rain, you didn’t missed much. Heading out in woods on this warm but damp night, you’ll want a flashlight. Monday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 29. West wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Spent some more time cleaning mildew in my apartment but I think I got the last of it cleaned up. Things are starting to look pretty nice and clean in my kitchen. I do need to figure out if I can remove the rust or paint my refigerator, which is pretty darn rusty. Rather not do any more damage to my apartment, which is why I’m tempted to leave it as is.
Continuing to work on mapping and some coding for the blog. I will have some new content to post to the blog later in the week. Have a great evening!
Good morning. At the 9 o’clock hour we are at about 43 degrees as we quickly warm to 59 degrees later on this very sunny morning.
It’s already the second half of November. I don’t know where the month went so quickly. I am thinking of possibly doing my North Country trip this weekend depending on the forecast by midweek. Right now it doesn’t look bad but we might get an inch of snow up in North Country – which won’t stop me but will cause me to proceed with caution. I don’t want to get stuck or freeze up north.
Throughout the week I will posting maps of the local primaries to the blog. I mapped results for all the County Legislature Democratic primaries except for LD 1 & 3 in the city, races I know little about. I also did the county executive and the Bethlehem Highway Superintendent. I also did revised maps of several St. Lawrence County state forests. With the county election districts lines I feel as happy as a pig in shit. Because it’s damn fascinating to compare geography to voting patterns. People in neighboring EDs tend to be demographically similar and vote similarly. Candidates tend to get their neighbors or sometimes local issues play a role in elections.
It was a nice weekend but much too short. The hike in the Catskills was refreshing but those mountains are nothing like West Virginia. Still that hike made up for an extraordinarily boring Saturday whose highlights were making maps and walking 7 miles around the neighborhood.
Good morning. The sun has risen this morning. 37 degrees this morning. Later, mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
Tonight the sun will set at 4:31 PM and will be mostly clear, with a low around 30. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight. At 5:02 PM the twilight will conclude with a Waxing Crescent Moon setting at 9 PM.
While it may always feel like a Monday, the fact is the weather will be quite pleasant for mid-November.
At 10 pm its 45 degrees and cloudy. Later, mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. West wind around 6 mph.
Today was a pleasant day. Went hiking up Burnt Knob Mountain and the Acra Point loop. A nice afternoon hike, not too far away from home. Then had Sunday dinner at my parent’s house.
Tomorrow the nice weather continues. Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph. The sun will rise tomorrow morning at 6:47 AM. Should be nice and bright for going into work.
Have a good night. Sleep well, a long work week is ahead.
