Good morning! Happy Ground Hog Day. 🐻 He didn’t see his shadow, six more weeks of winter. Though maybe NOAA does not agree 👎 as they’re talking about the upper forties and maybe even fifty come mid next week. But tomorrow in the mean time will be cold. ❄ Didn’t turn the heat down today before work and will turn it up a bit and leave the cabinets under the sink before bed 🛏.

Partly sunny and 18 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☀ There is a south breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around noontime. 🌡️

After a fairly cold start for the morning walk 🚶 it is warming up slowly but surely. But that certainly won’t be the case come Friday. I plan to walk tomorrow but maybe not in the evening if it’s too cold. Might instead try to maximize my lunch time walk inside at the State Museum.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 36 degrees at 2pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 14th. South wind 6 to 10 mph. A year ago, we had light snow. The high last year was 27 degrees. The record high of 53 was set in 1981. 11.9 inches of snow fell back in 2015.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 30.5° from the due south horizon (-40.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 10.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:29 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (241°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (248°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:10 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 9 seconds with dusk around 5:39 pm, which is one minute and 19 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇

At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the east (83°) at an altitude of 35° from the horizon, 251,314 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:14 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 33 degrees. There will be a south-southwest breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 4 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 23 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of snow showers, mainly between 11pm and 3am. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 7 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees below normal. Haven’t heard that phrase in a long time. Maximum wind chill around -6 at 6am; South wind 9 to 17 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2022, we had light snow. It got down to 24 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1955.

Saturday cold and sunny, Sunday mild and cloudy. Worse of both worlds. 😕 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 16. West wind 7 to 15 mph. Going to call Mr. Wolcott to see if he will be around in the afternoon. Then maybe a maul walk with the muzzle on and toons playing to get in steps and experience the uoou. Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Sunday I think I’ll wash my truck after seeing the parents. Typical average high for the weekend is 34 degrees.

As previously noted, next Thursday is Average High is 35 ☀️ when the sun will be setting at 5:20 pm with dusk at 5:48 pm. On that day in 2022, we had snow, mostly cloudy and temperatures between 24 and 8 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 35 degrees. We hit a record high of 57 back in 1925.