Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 39 degrees for the evening walk here in Delmar. ☁ Breezy, ️16 mph breeze from the northwest 🌬 with gusts up to 26 mph 💨💨💨. That wind is a bit cold now that I’m out in the open but earlier didn’t feel real cold. Temperatures will drop below freezing around 2 am. ☃️ With the shit ton of salt on the sidewalks things should be good. If they only had been out earlier I could have done my morning walk 🚶 and actually gotten my steps in.
What can I say, the first half of the week is done. 🐫 It’s nice when it’s a Monday and your out in Madison County. Why can’t all of life be like last weekend? ⛺ Its been a pretty busy week at work 🏢 but I’ve been keeping things moving along. Closed out a bunch of projects 📄 and I only screwed one up today. Soon it will be time for bed 🛏.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌃 , with a low of 29 degrees at 5am. 14 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 24th. Northwest wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. In 2022, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became light snow by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 20 degrees. The record low of -28 occurred back in 1971.
Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 10% illuminated. The Snow ❄ Moon is on Friday, February 3. The darkest hour is at 12:06 am, followed by dawn at 6:51 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:22 am in the east-southeast (118°) and last for 3 minutes and 16 seconds. Sunrise is 34 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 8:06 am with sun in the southeast (125°).Tonight will have 14 hours and 26 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 48 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will snow, possibly mixed with rain before 5pm, then rain, snow, and sleet. 🌥 High of 34 degrees at 2pm. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 4th. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 35 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1929. 8.5 inches of snow fell back in 1886.❄
With weather like that expected I’m kind of glad I live in the city. 🌃 Not that we ever get much snow in the city but the buses run regardless of the weather. 🚍 I have to admit I’m pretty inexperienced when it comes to winter driving at this point after all these years in the city. I mean I have a big jacked up truck 🛻 but I try to avoid driving it as much as possible in the winter months. That said, it’s mostly just rains in the city, especially as it has warmed so much in the past decade.
In four weeks on February 15 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (254°) at 5:28 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 10 seconds later then tonight. In 2021 on that day, we had snow showers, partly cloudy and temperatures between 23 and 17 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 36 and 18 degrees. The record high of 55 degrees was set back in 2006.
Looking ahead, 5 PM Sunset 🌇 is Next Wednesday, 6 PM Dusk 🌆 is a month away, National Drink Wine Day 🍷 is a month away, March 🌨 is in 6 weeks, Ides of March ✝ is in 8 weeks, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 16 weeks, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is in 17 weeks, Summer ️⛱️ is in 22 weeks, Hottest Time of the Year 😅 is in 24 weeks, Dog Days of Summer 🌻 is in 24 weeks, Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ is in 32 weeks, 7 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 8 months, More Night then Day 🌌 is in 36 weeks, Last Sunset After 6:30 PM 🌆 is in 37 weeks, Average High is 55 🍂 is in 41 weeks, November 🥧 is in 41 weeks, Day After Election Day 🛀 is in 42 weeks, Regular Deer Season in Southern Zone 🦌 is in 10 months, Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 is in 46 weeks and Bake Cookies Day 🍪 is in 11 months.
Good morning! Happy Tuesday from back in the cesspool. New York let’s go chase that money. Partly sunny and 21 degrees in Delmar for the morning walk 🚶 on this third week of January after the long weekend, which seemed too short. Calm wind. Things will start to thaw out at around 11 am. 🌡️And then more rain this evening. I will pack my umbrella for the evening commute.
It’s back to work after the long weekend. 🧑🏻💼 Already got paid for the weeks gone by. Memories of the weekend come and gone loom large. Despite the thermostat set at fifty in my apartment I was much too warm with the heat. ♨ I felt like a husky brought inside in the freezing weather. I’m sure I’ll feel hot all day in the office 🏢 and I’ll have my fan running.
Today will have a chance of rain, mainly after 2pm. Increasing clouds 🌦️, with a high of 37 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 18th. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1889. 10.9 inches of snow fell back in 1994.❄
Got paid this morning 💸 before I could even get out of bed and look 🛏 at the NY Post cover on the wall from Dan Halloran and the ducking money and his hair brained scheme to sell the New York City mayor-ship. If you are planning on putting a knife 🗡 though some ones back make sure you actually will be successful at killing them. Usually it’s the dumb criminals that get caught. Smart ones amend the law ⚖ so their conduct is lawful.
Running a bit late on my morning walk so I had to walk past the smoking cars 🚙 past the high school 🚸 but whatever. I am taking the local 🚍 to work so I have a bit of extra time to iron my shirt, take a shower 🚿 and pack a lunch. 🥪 I’m not going to pack a dinner, I’m hopeful it won’t be too late of a night. But I don’t care, once I get home 🏡 if it’s not raining I’ll do my evening walk 🚶 and then head to bed after dinner.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:06 pm with sun having an altitude of 26.6° from the due south horizon (-44.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 12 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:06 pm with the sun in the southwest (235°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (242°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:49 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 18 seconds with dusk around 5:20 pm, which is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:55 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 36 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Tomorrow will have 9 hours and 32 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 46 seconds over today.
It just back to the grind, 🚍 🏢 🚍 and Madison County was so nice but I know I’m working for a better future 🔮. I was fortunate enough to have a job that I could work in Madison County for a brief period of time ⏳ but those days came and went so quickly, just as did Dr. King’s 👑 weekend. But so be it. Not the other side of the world, I could go back there at some point in the spring. 🌷 I’m thinking though for President’s Weekend I might be back at Rennselaerville State Forest. That is five weeks off though. I can’t complain too much, just a four day week and it will be the weekend before you know it.
Tonight will have a chance of rain before 2am, then a chance of rain and snow. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. 18 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 5th. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. In 2022, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 22 degrees. The record low of -19 occurred back in 1957.
Fixed the chain 🔗 on my wallet. I find old USB cables work good for tying my wallet to my belt and usually last a year or two. Now that’s real recycling ♻ and means that I don’t loose my wallet. 🤔
Continuedmild for the weekend though Sunday will be the best day. ☀ Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 40. Probably cold enough that things will be frozen on Bennett Hill though for hiking I’m thinking. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees. The coldest time of the year isn’t so cold.
Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Valentines Day ❤️ when the sun will be setting at 5:27 pm with dusk at 5:54 pm. Or as I like to call it, Valente’s Day, mostly because I’m not good at spelling. On that day in 2022, we had mostly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 28 and 15 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 36 degrees. We hit a record high of 63 back in 1946.
Good morning! Happy Saturday on this Martin Luther King 👑 weekend. Overcast and 25 degrees in Delmar. ☁ There is a north breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 1 pm. 🌡️
Today will cloudy with more sun later 🌥, with a high of 33 degrees at 12pm. Typical for today. North wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 32 degrees. The record high of 66 was set in 1932. 9.0 inches of snow fell back in 1999.❄
Getting ready to head out of town. 📦 Just a lot of packing and picking up things, though honestly for two nights it isn’t that much stuff I need especially as there isn’t much snow around. I’ll bring the shovel just in case but I’m not expecting a lot.
I really have mixed emotions about it all. 🛻 It looks like a cold winters day 🌬️ though the weekend will improve as it goes on. I don’t enjoy camping and traveling the way I once did, I have more and more anxiety about driving. But on the other hand, I do look forward to the open country 🐄 and the rural landscape, and the fire 🔥 once its going and a nice warm dinner. Then hiking the truck trails tomorrow will be nice. But it’s also a lot of money I don’t have though I’m sure it will work out as my tank is still mostly full on my truck and I don’t need that much in groceries and supplies. Part of Mission Fifty is figuring out what is next, I’m not sure I want to keep doing the things in my forties that I found fun in my twenties and thirties.
Got to check ☑ the oil 🛢 and load up the truck. Double check my packing list. Go through a second time and hopefully be on the road a little after 9:30 as I need to get groceries and supplies on my way out and want plenty of time to set up, gather firewood and maybe go for a walk before dark. ⛺
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:05 pm with sun having an altitude of 26.1° from the due south horizon (-44.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 12.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:02 pm with the sun in the southwest (234°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (241°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:46 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 19 seconds with dusk around 5:16 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:52 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 31 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 27 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 36 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 21 degrees at 6am. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around February 26th. Maximum wind chill around 15 at 12am; North wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mist by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 19 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1957.
I was looking at my paystub 🎫 and I noticed that they are taking out more for deferred comp now that the federal limit has been raised. It’s good, in the sense that I’m saving more money for retirement though it also means that I have less for today, saving and investing. But it’s pre-tax, so it’s saving money living in a high tax state like this is good. Plus there are years of dividends and market growth ahead. But it still feels like I’m getting squeezed yet another way. 🎐
Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 when the sun will be setting at 5:23 pm with dusk at 5:50 pm. On that day in 2022, we had partly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 26 and 12 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 35 degrees. We hit a record high of 59 back in 1981.
Good morning! Dark and cloudy at the freezing point for my morning. ☁ Damp with coming rain showers. ☔ There is a south-southeast breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. Probably the darkest morning I can remember for the morning walk except for Election Day last year when I was up early to see the lunar eclipse.
Out for the morning walk 🚶 on this dark morning. I think part of the reason it’s so dark out is I’m actually on time ⌚ for once for the walk. I was running slow getting up and had a quick breakfast which helped. At the end of the day yesterday I ended up with 19,500 steps or about nine miles which isn’t bad for a weekday. 👣 My goal these days is walk an average of seven miles a day or fifty miles a week.
Today will rain and snow likely before 1pm, then a chance of rain after 2pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 42 degrees at 4pm. Already a few flurries around. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 6th. South wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 31 degrees. The record high of 67 was set in 2020. 12.8 inches of snow fell back in 2011.❄
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:04 pm with sun having an altitude of 25.7° from the due south horizon (-45.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 12.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:59 pm with the sun in the southwest (233°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (241°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:44 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 20 seconds with dusk around 5:14 pm, which is one minute and 6 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:50 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 41 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 10 mph with gusts up to 21mph. Tomorrow will have 9 hours and 24 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 31 seconds over today.
Tonight will rain.🌧️ Temperature rising to around 49 by 5am. South wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 25 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1968.
I’ve been noticing that the solar isn’t charging the batteries 🔋 as well on my truck as it should. It might be the cloudy weather but from the meter it looks like I have a phantom 👻 load somewhere. Panel itself is sending quite a bit of power to the batteries – a few kilowatt hours since camping in December but it seems like the batteries are always a bit low.
Coldstart to the Kings 👑 weekend but improving as the days go on. Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 35. Dirty eight and sunny for Martin Luther King Day. Typical average high for the weekend is 33 degrees.
As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Ground Hog Day 🐻 when the sun will be setting at 5:11 pm with dusk at 5:39 pm. On that day in 2022, we had snow, mostly cloudy and temperatures between 27 and 20 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 33 degrees. We hit a record high of 53 back in 1981.
Good morning! Mostly cloudy and 27 degrees in Delmar. ☁ Calm wind. Things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️
By recent standards I would call this a fairly cold morning but we are in the coldest part of the year historically. Running a minute or two late for my morning walk 🚶 as I’m taking the local bus 🚍 in as it’s a session day. 👨🏻💼
Decided to be a cereal 🥣 killer this morning and had cereal that I bought yesterday. it’s a quick breakfast when time is tight. I don’t buy the kind loaded with sugar but I do add frozen blueberries and honey 🍯. What can I say I’m not perfect. And I’m sure by mid morning I’ll feel sick 🤮 as the sugar high wears off.
Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 37 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 18th. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had light freezing rain in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 2008. 9.9 inches of snow fell back in 1953.❄
I was thinking what an awful experience going to Colonie really was yesterday. 🚦 Seemed like one traffic light after another between the garbage heaps towering over the suburban homes and those polished brass turds, I meaning brass frying 🍳 pans soon to be compacted in the back of a garbage truck and hauled to the growing mounds on the outskirts of town.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:03 pm with sun having an altitude of 25.3° from the due south horizon (-45.6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 12.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:56 pm with the sun in the southwest (232°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (240°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:40 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 21 seconds with dusk around 5:11 pm, which is one minute and 3 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:47 pm. At sunset, look for partly sunny skies 🌃 and temperatures around 35 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 8 mph. Tomorrow will have 9 hours and 20 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 19 seconds over today.
This evening is probably the best to go to the laundromat. 👖Mainly because it will be quiet tonight and I have plans for Tuesday to attend a public hearing on a proposed development in the Pine Bush. 🌲 Doesn’t take me long to get sucked into things like that. But I try to be less political these. I try to be more selective on things I get involved in these days. Although if I can find enough clothes maybe I can wait until Wednesday. I’m often really tired on Mondays after work. 😴
Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 28 degrees at 5am. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 21st. Maximum wind chill around 24 at 6pm; West wind 10 to 13 mph. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 16 degrees. The record low of -13 occurred back in 1968.
The Kings Weekend looks good especially once we get past Saturday morning. It could still change. Not a lot of snow though for skiing 🎿. Saturday, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 34. For Martin Luther’s birthday 🎂, sunny with a high around 40. Kind of like my upcoming birthday which also is a holiday in the sense it’s a Saturday. 😊 At least it’s not my birthday like that one year when the legislature worked late into the night to deprive my gun rights. Typical average high for the weekend is 33 degrees.
I think I do want to get out of town this weekend ⛺ but how far I go really depends on the weather. I’m kind of glad there is no snow around thought maybe they’ll have a couple of inches in the higher elevations by the end of the week. 🌨
As previously noted, next Monday is Martin Luther King Day 🖤 when the sun will be setting at 4:49 pm with dusk at 5:19 pm. On that day in 2022, we had freezing rain and temperatures between 37 and 30 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 32 degrees. We hit a record high of 62 back in 1995.
