Notes

The end of April 2024 ☔

The question is when will the April showers come to their conclusion. Hopefully at least one weekend before the black flies are out in dominance.

Good morning! Where did April go? Clouds and 53 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a southeast breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 46 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 1 pm.

The month is coming to a close 📆 so I am going to need to run all of those end of the month scripts and other reports. Also need to find two more books to borrow on Hoopla from the library, so I have my ten books for the month 📚 that I can read for the next three weeks. Figure stock up and read when I have time. Unlike with Libby, taking a book out doesn’t keep it from others and there is no books on hold but you only get 10 loans a month.

Today will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain. Sounds exciting. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 63 degrees at 2pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 24th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 11am. South wind 8 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 59 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1903. There was a dusting of snow in 2008.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 62.3° from the due south horizon (-8.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:16 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (285°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (292°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:55 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 6 seconds with dusk around 8:25 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:03 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 60 degrees. The dew point will be 54 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 11 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 7 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 31 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 53 degrees at 4am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 30th. Maximum dew point of 54 at 7pm. South wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2023, we had light rain in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 45 degrees. The record low of 28 occurred back in 2008.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Maximum dew point of 46 at 10am. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 47 at 1pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 68 degrees.

As previously noted, next Tuesday is 8 PM Sunset 🌇 when the sun will be setting at 8:04 pm with dusk at 8:34 pm. On that day in 2023, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 59 and 45 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 69 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 1930.

Austin Falls

Going with Fedora 🎩

A quarter century later, I’ve decided to re-join the Red Hat family and install Fedora tonight on my laptop with a clean install. Installing the LXQt spin, though I could go back to XFCE.

The last time I used Red Hat was so long ago that you still had to manually install RPMs and dependencies, though towards the end the yum package manager was an “emerging” technology. I switched over to Debian 3.0 Woody circa 2000, and then in late 2004 went to Ubuntu 4.10 Warty Warthog, which I’ve used various versions of Ubuntu over the years trough 22.10 Jammy Jellyfish. apt-get was such a step up from manually installing RPMs.

Why am I going back to Fedora/Red Hat after all these years? I am increasingly fed up with Ubuntu and the flatpacks and Ubuntu Livepatch. I don’t like how corporate Ubuntu has gotten in recent years, and the LTS versions of Ubuntu mean often my libraries are out of date for working with the latest GIS software — and the Ubuntu 6-month releases seem to traditionally be quite buggy.

Good morning as we wrap up our April month ☔

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Rain showers around with clouds and 58 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a north breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 53 degrees. The skies will clear around 2 pm. At least it’s mild but really not a great morning. It’s fine though as my bike is in the shop being repaired, so I can’t ride in today, though I should have it back by Tuesday.

Back to work this morning after I have my stack of carrot and apple pancakes topped with blueberries and real maple syrup. 🍁 Feeling kind of sick this morning, 🤮 it could be the weather, the minor eye infection I had last night 👀 or the many ticks I found on myself and later picked off between my hike up Blodgett Hill yesterday or trip out to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center the day before. I am fine, just sore and achy, tired. It’s probably Lyme, and maybe I’ll end up going to the doctor before the end of the week if I remain feeling so damn sick. It’s been four years since I last got Lyme so I’m probably due for it, that tick I pulled off my foot this morning didn’t help or the one I felt yesterday climbing up my back or the one I pulled off my hand when I was reading at Five Rivers. 🐞 They’re really out there in mass today.

Today will be scattered sprinkles before 9am. Clearing and becoming partly sunny 🌤️, with a high of 67 degrees at 4pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 2nd. Maximum dew point of 53 at 6am. North wind 7 to 10 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 56 degrees. The record high of 88 was set in 1888. 1.0 inches of snow fell back in 1885.❄

Apparently in delaying the replacement of the chain on my bike, I stripped out the gears ⚙ and they’re being replaced early this week. Amazing how a $30 job I could do in a few minutes at home becomes a $200 job if you don’t pay attention. I need to get new tires too, and that will work out to being $250 in the hole, but riding my bike is still cheaper and more pleasant then driving or taking the bus to work, 🚍 especially now with the suburban office. I haven’t ordered the tires yet, but I should get some either online or pick them up on the bike shop when I pick the bike up on Wednesday. I’ll probably have to go in late that day and drive to work.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 62° from the due south horizon (-8.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:15 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (285°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (291°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:54 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 6 seconds with dusk around 8:24 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:02 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 64 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 5 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 32 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 53 degrees at 5am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 30th. Maximum dew point of 47 at 6am. North wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2023, we had light rain in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 48 degrees. The record low of 25 occurred back in 1874.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 49 at 4pm. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 51 at 1pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 68 degrees.

Looking ahead, there are 8 weeks until Latest Sunset 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 8:38 pm with dusk at 9:12 pm. On that day in 2023, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 86 and 61 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 82 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1943.

 Hannacroix Creek