“With apologizes to Donovan, when the sunshine stated pouring through my window today, I decided to get off my velvet throne and go out to Partridge Run WMA and go cross country skiing for about two hours and then drove down through Huntersland.” 

“And no, I don’t really own a velvet throne. My desk chair is my an old paint bench I use camping with a chair top that I broke the legs off. But hell it’s durable. I like it. ” 

On that note, Good evening! Partly clear and 23 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a south-southwest breeze at 5 mph. Kind of a chilly evening but it’s still early February. No, I’m not camping. Maybe soon if we get some decent weather. I’d love to have a good fire under the stars. 

Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 19 degrees at 6am. Three degrees above normal. Not that cold for early February. South wind 5 to 7 mph. In 2016, it got down to 24 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. The record low of -15 occurred back in 1918.

Waxing Gibbous Moon tonight with 58% illuminated. Look up, it’s easy to see tonight if you’re out in the cold. The moon will set around 3:00 am. The Full “Snow” Moon is next Saturday. The sun will rise at 7:04 am with the first light at 6:35 am, which is 1 minutes and 9 seconds earlier then yesterday. Tonight will have 13 hours and 49 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 30 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of snow between 11am and 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high of 36 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees above normal. South wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies and a high of 41 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1890. 10.4 inches of snow fell back in 2014.

In four weeks on March 4 the sun will be setting at 5:49 pm, which is 35 minutes later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had snow and temperatures between 38 and 18 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 40 and 22 degrees. That’s getting closer to camping weather. The record high of 59 degrees was set back in 1919.

Looking ahead, Average High of 40 is a month away, April Fools Day is in 8 weeks and Independence Day is in 5 months.

I have many new maps, photos and stories for next week. Things were a bit quiet on the blog today but I did enjoy my time out in the wilderness.