Good evening! Another work week has come to the end, the weekend has arrived. Should be a nice one but maybe a bit cool on Saturday compared to the rest of the warm winter this year. But it’s a relative thing.

Partly cloudy 🌃 and 41 degrees in Delmar for the evening walk. 🚶 I swear I felt a few rain ☔ drops mid walk. There is a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing around 1 am.

Walking home from the Park and Ride lot 🅿 I was thinking this was the last time I’ll have to do it but I might continue to get off there if the weather is nice on days when I have to dress up for work. But those days when the weather is bad the express is a good option and I don’t have to depend on asking the driver to drop me off at home. 🏡 Plus it’s really good for all those session mornings and it gets me to the office 🏢 a little earlier than which is good as a director to be in early.

Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers between 1am and 2am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 26 degrees at 6am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 15th. West wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. 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 12 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1962.

Last month, January my gas and electric bill was $103 which isn’t bad figuring its January and inflation. 🔌 I don’t like paying much for gas and electricity as I don’t think I get much value out of it. It was outside of that first week of February that one Friday and Saturday a very mild month and I’ve been keeping my heat to a minimum level especially now that I have that heated blanket. But it’s mostly been do to that very mild weather.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 75% illuminated. The moon will rise at 10:28 pm. The darkest hour is at 12:11 am, followed by dawn at 6:31 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:00 am in the east-southeast (109°) and last for 3 minutes and 4 seconds.

Pasta for dinner tonight. 🍝 That used to be my go to but it has a lot of calories and it’s not real filling so I eat too much. I just abided by the one bowl rule, no second helpings, included a lot frozen corn 🌽 and had a bunch of frozen strawberries and bananas for dessert. And now I have at least two or three more meals I’ll freeze for next week for lunch and dinner. I try to mix things up.

Sunrise is one minute and 16 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:41 am with sun in the east-southeast (116°). Tonight will have 13 hours and 34 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 37 seconds over last night.

Going to bed 🛏 fairly early as I want to walk down to the Norman’s Kill Gorge 🏞 before the crowds. 👪 Maybe leave as soon as dawn for the falls at 6:30. It’s a reheat breakfast morning so it should be quick and easy.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 37 degrees at 2pm. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 18th. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 8 to 13 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 26 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1981. 9.6 inches of snow fell back in 1933.❄

In four weeks on March 10 the sun will be setting in the west (265°) at 5:56 pm,🌄 which is 35 minutes and 5 seconds later then tonight. In 2021 on that day, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 56 and 20 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 43 and 24 degrees. The record high of 72 degrees was set back in 1977.

Looking forward to the longer evenings ahead. 📚 Already thinking about going down to the park in the evening with a book, or even just for a nice walk. Four weeks from Sunday that will be possible with the time change. 🕒

Looking ahead, 5:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is Next Friday, St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 is in 5 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 8 weeks, 8 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 2 months, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 12 weeks, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 3 months, National Nude Day 👱 is in 22 weeks, Average High 70 🎑 is in 29 weeks, September 🍎 is in 29 weeks, Labor Day Weekend Begins 👨‍🏭 is in 29 weeks, 6:30 Sunrise 🌇 is in 7 months, Autumn 🍂 is in 32 weeks, Buy Nothing Day 🛍️ is in 41 weeks, December 🎄 is in 42 weeks, 7:15 AM Sunrise ⌛️ is in 10 months, Bill of Rights Day 📜 is in 44 weeks and Days are Getting Longer ☀️ is in 45 weeks.