Seasons

February 19, 2020 – Next Sixteen Weeks

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As spring approaches, the days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer. Winter is starting to wind down, slowly but surely. ⛄🌸🌹

Week Date Dawn Sun-
rise		 Sun-
set		 Dusk Day Avg High Avg Low Record Hi Record Low
0 Feb 19 6:17 am 6:46 am 5:31 pm 6:00 pm 10:44 36 18 66 (1981) -7 (1878)
1 Feb 26 6:07 am 6:35 am 5:40 pm 6:08 pm 11:04 38 20 63 (1976) -11 (1950)
2 Mar 4 5:56 am 6:24 am 5:48 pm 6:17 pm 11:24 40 22 59 (1919) -20 (1950)
3 Mar 11 6:44 am 7:12 am 6:57 pm 7:25 pm 11:44 42 24 70 (1977) -10 (1939)
4 Mar 18 6:32 am 7:00 am 7:05 pm 7:33 pm 12:05 45 26 69 (2012) -8 (1900)
5 Mar 25 6:20 am 6:48 am 7:13 pm 7:41 pm 12:25 48 29 74 (1910) 0 (1875)
6 Apr 1 6:07 am 6:36 am 7:21 pm 7:50 pm 12:45 52 32 77 (1986) 9 (1923)
7 Apr 8 5:55 am 6:24 am 7:29 pm 7:58 pm 13:05 55 35 88 (1929) 19 (2018)
8 Apr 15 5:43 am 6:12 am 7:37 pm 8:06 pm 13:25 58 37 86 (2003) 21 (1940)
9 Apr 22 5:31 am 6:01 am 7:45 pm 8:15 pm 13:44 61 40 86 (1985) 20 (1947)
10 Apr 29 5:20 am 5:51 am 7:53 pm 8:24 pm 14:02 64 42 88 (1888) 27 (1947)
11 May 6 5:10 am 5:42 am 8:01 pm 8:32 pm 14:19 67 44 89 (1930) 29 (1969)
12 May 13 5:02 am 5:34 am 8:08 pm 8:41 pm 14:34 69 46 86 (2004) 30 (2005)
13 May 20 4:54 am 5:27 am 8:16 pm 8:49 pm 14:48 71 48 91 (1962) 29 (2002)
14 May 27 4:48 am 5:22 am 8:22 pm 8:56 pm 15:00 73 51 94 (1914) 30 (1969)
15 Jun 3 4:44 am 5:18 am 8:28 pm 9:02 pm 15:09 75 53 97 (1925) 36 (1986)
16 Jun 10 4:42 am 5:17 am 8:32 pm 9:07 pm 15:15 77 55 96 (2008) 36 (1975)

Scutt Road

NY 41 Heading Into Smithville Flats

I actually kind of like these gray winter days

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I actually kind of like these gray winter days… ☁

The colors are soft earth tones. The land is real, it is exposed. Cold to a degree but it reminds us of our toughness. The air has a tinge of earth and manure on it, you can almost taste it in your tongue. Things are frozen, they are dorment for a few more months until the seasons change once again. There is a kind of stillness to the woods only occasionally broken. 

NPR

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Australia’s East Gets Drenched By Rain, And Flood Warnings Replace Fire Alerts : NPR

A month ago, Australians were praying for rain to put out horrific wildfires and save forests, animals and homes. A deluge is now falling on Australia's east coast — and while it's quashing stubborn fires, the water is also causing flash floods and other hazards.

The Bureau of Meteorology in New South Wales, the country's most populous state, warns of "very dangerous conditions" ranging from heavy rain to damaging winds.

I was really hoping to get out of town this weekend, but once again the winter weather has defeated me

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I was really hoping to get out of town this weekend, but once again the winter weather has defeated me. 🌨

It looks like based on the forecast that Brookfield is getting a half inch of ice today and 7 1/2 inches of snow tomorrow, and it will have a low of negative 2 on Saturday. There is no way in hell I’m getting my truck back to even the Moscow Hill Horse Camp for an overnight and not getting stuck, even if I could off the road. Plus negative two is much too cold.

And then Johnsburg forecast for camping off NY 8 is even more of a joke. They’re getting a third of an inch of freezing rain plus 8 inches of snow tomorrow. That’s on top of the foot of snow they already have, so not much of a chance of parking anywhere along NY 8. And it’s going to be negative 11 degrees on Saturday night.

So I think I can safely cross off going camping this weekend. But alas, only 3 weeks to March and 10 weeks until April 15th. Before you know it, summer weekends up at Piseco-Powley Road will be back or so I tell myself.