Winter

When It Snows It Kind of Is Nice Living in City

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People talked about how awful the roads were this past week. I guess that was true, although it didn’t seem that slippery walking out to the bus stop. Despite the weather, the bus was on time this morning.

Snowy Delaware Avenue

As much as I don’t like tromping through the snow in the winter to the bus stop or occasional delays in the bus service, winter really isn’t a big deal. I have off-street parking, so when it snows, I don’t have to clean-off my truck much less move it until I feel like going out somewheres.

My experience is that snow doesn’t often effect the bus schedule, as car traffic on the roads drops dramatically in Albany, especially when there is advanced notice of an impending snowstorm. People don’t like driving in the snow, so who can blame them for staying home? The reduced traffic often speeds up the bus – indeed in recent snowstorms, I have actually gotten home early because rush hour traffic on the bus is a breeze.

Winter is such a non-issue when you live in the city and can take the bus downtown.

Good Morning! Happy Monday.

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The week has come back around again. It’s February. Kind of a gray cloudy start to the month, but we are expected to miss the snowstorm that hitting New York City today. Some projections show Albany getting 6-12” of snow on Wednesday. I am fine with that, as we could use some snow to help purty up the landscape. I much prefer snow on the weekdays, especially if it seems likely that it will clear up by the weekend.

Cows

Grey, cloudy weather today. And some snow on tap for Wednesday.

Why I Believe Punxsutawney Phil Didn’t See His Shadow

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I am of the belief that this is wrong…pic winter

The facts are clear.

1) There was no sunshine in Punxsutawney, PA this morning. This is a fact confirmed by the National Weather Service’s history record for nearby Dubois, PA.

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(est)		 Wind
(mph)		 Vis.
(mi.)		 Weather Sky Cond. Temperature (ºF) Relative
Humidity		 Wind
Chill
(°F)		 Heat
Index
(°F)		 Pressure Precipitation (in.)
Air Dwpt 6 hour altimeter
(in)		 sea level
(mb)		 1 hr 3 hr 6 hr
Max. Min.
02 10:56 W 3 5.00 Light Snow Fog/Mist BKN004 OVC016 35 32 89% NA NA 29.96 1015.6
02 09:56 NW 3 1.75 Light Snow Fog/Mist OVC004 34 32 92% NA NA 29.96 1015.8 0.03 0.05
02 08:56 NW 7 8.00 Overcast OVC004 36 33 89% 30 NA 29.95 1015.2 0.02
02 07:56 W 7 0.25 Fog VV002 39 37 93% 34 NA 29.91 1013.8
02 06:56 W 7 0.25 Fog VV002 39 37 46 39 93% 34 NA 29.88 1012.7 0.02 0.07
02 05:56 W 8 0.25 Fog VV002 39 37 93% 33 NA 29.88 1012.6 0.01
02 04:56 W 9 2.00 Fog/Mist OVC003 40 38 93% 34 NA 29.88 1012.5 0.03
02 03:56 W 12 7.00 Overcast OVC009 40 37 89% 33 NA 29.87 1012.2 0.01
02 02:56 W 13 8.00 Overcast OVC013 42 36 79% 35 NA 29.87 1012.3 0.01
02 01:56 W 13 10.00 Overcast FEW026 OVC037 45 29 54% 39 NA 29.86 1012.2
02 00:56 SW 8 10.00 Overcast OVC048 46 26 46 41 46% 42 NA 29.86 1011.9

woodchuck2) Look at the video from this morning’s ceremony. It was clearly dark, foggy, and no sign of sunshine in sight.

The Ground Hog must see his shadow for there to be six more weeks of winter. Clearly this isn’t the case.

 

I am of the opinion that the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club got it wrong when they declared Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow.