“While I’m displeased with the decision of the Ground Hog to see his shadow, the beer at Center Square Pub was good. I can’t wait until it’s nice enough to sit out on the patio. At six pm catching the bus home, there was still a little light in the sky, nautical twilight. Pretty deep blue. I can’t wait for pleasant evenings like this with the mercury around 70 and sunset around nine.”

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 29 degrees in Albany. There is a west breeze at 14 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. The current wind chill is 18. The skies will clear around 10 pm. A bit chilly but let’s be honest it was a beautiful sunset for one who was properly dressed. 

Tonight will continue to have scattered snow showers from Lake Effect, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 16 degrees at 6am. One degree above normal. West wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2016, it got down to 30 degrees with periods of rain. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1955.

The HDTV box didn’t seem to pick up any channels this morning. I look and found the antenna amplifier was melted from sitting on the radiator. I unplugged it and connected the antenna. Seems to work fine. Thats good. I’ll have to make sure not to leave shit where it can fall on the radiator. Wouldn’t want a fire. 

Waxing Crescent Moon tonight with 44% illuminated. The moon will set around 12:56 am. The First Quarter Moon is on Saturday night with mostly cloudy skies expected. The Full “Snow” Moon is on Saturday, February 11th. The sun will rise at 7:06 am with the first light at 6:37 am, which is 1 minutes and 6 seconds earlier then yesterday. Tonight will have 13 hours and 54 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 26 seconds over last night. Nights are getting shorter. 

Tomorrow will have isolated snow showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high of 29 degrees at 2pm. Three degrees below normal. West wind 5 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had rain and a high of 57 degrees. The record high of 57 was set in 2016. 6.1 inches of snow fell back in 2004.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. The best weather day of the weekend, Saturday, isolated snow showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 30. Light west wind increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A bit chilly . Sunday, a slight chance of light snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Much too gray. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees. I guess I’ll continue my hibernation. I’m saving a lot of miles I can burn up come summer on Big Red. Summer will be nice. 

In four weeks on March 2 the sun will be setting at 5:46 pm, which is 35 minutes later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had rain, snow and temperatures between 48 and 20 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 39 and 21 degrees. The record high of 65 degrees was set back in 1991.

Looking ahead, Start of June is in 17 weeks. Thursdays are a bit deficient of holidays. But nice weather and campfires are in the future.