Good morning! Happy Thursday. Mostly clear and 44 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a north breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. Is it May? It sure feels like that for the morning walk at 6:15. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 4 pm. ☃️

Absolutely stunning morning 🌅 for February. I can’t think of a clear mild morning this nice in February ever. Waning crescent 🌙 moon almost to the due south. Of course we pay for this come the evening with rain then cold by tomorrow evening.

Today will have a chance of rain, mainly after 5pm. Increasing clouds 🌞, with a high of 53 degrees at 2pm. 17 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 2nd. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mist. The high last year was 34 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 2006. 17.3 inches of snow fell back in 1958.❄

No more session days this week, which means getting out at five although it matters less now that I can take the express at five regardless of the weather or dress. 🏢 Busy day ahead but I like to be busy and keep stuff moving along. 📄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 35° from the due south horizon (-35.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 8.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer.

I want to get as many steps as possible before the rain 🌧️ but who knows it might not add up to much. 👣 But first breakfast after my morning walk as I’m already a bit hungry 😋. Not a reheat day. But it will save time this morning as I don’t have to iron my shirt 👚 and if I’m running late I can catch the express bus 🚍 near home.

The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:49 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (247°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (254°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:29 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 1 seconds with dusk around 5:56 pm, which is one minute and 18 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:30 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 50 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Tomorrow will have 10 hours and 43 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 43 seconds over today.

Tonight will rain, mainly before 1am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. 🌧 Low of 47 degrees at 7pm. 29 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 11th. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. 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 13 degrees. The record low of -16 occurred back in 1973.

President’s Day Weekend starts out nice with clouds and ultimately showers come Washington’s Birthday. ☀ ☔ Saturday, sunny, with a high near 41. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph. Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Washington’s Birthday still cloudy with rain showers late, 50 or so. Still mild. Typical average high for the weekend is 37 degrees.

I am a bit undecided about the upcoming weekend. ⛺ Mild but gray after Saturday. And it would nice to go somewhere different for the weekend. But where is the question? Or I could just stay home.

Looking ahead, there are 2 weeks until Read Across America Day 📚 when the sun will be setting at 5:47 pm with dusk at 6:14 pm. On that day in 2022, we had cold, mostly sunny and temperatures between 24 and 9 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 40 degrees. We hit a record high of 65 back in 1991.