February 7, 2023 Evening

Good evening! Rain showers and sleet and 35 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a south breeze at 10 mph. with gusts up to 28 mph . ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 7 pm.

I wasn’t sure if I was going to go for the evening walk but I wanted to get my steps in and keep up my record of doing 10,000 steps every day. There is some sleet and rain this evening and it’s cold but it’s kind of scattered. Not the nicest evening ever but I’m getting my steps in .

Tonight will rain showers and sleet, mainly before 9pm. Low of 34 degrees at 10pm. 17 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 5th. South wind 7 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected. 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 9 degrees. The record low of -16 occurred back in 1950.

It was a pretty ordinary Tuesday at work . I made it home by six . I’ve continued to further automate some of the boring tasks I do at work with R and selenium. Code usually makes less mistakes than I do.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous Moon with 95% illuminated. Not going to see it with the clouds. The darkest hour is at 12:10 am, followed by dawn at 6:35 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:04 am in the east-southeast (110°) and last for 3 minutes and 5 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 11 seconds earlier than yesterday. The golden hour ends at 7:45 am with sun in the east-southeast (117°). Tonight will have 13 hours and 42 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 32 seconds over last night.

Going to bed shortly. I guess the State of the Union address is tonight but I haven’t listened to a political address in years and will listen to the Lex Fridman podcast in bed. Most political speeches aren’t really worthwhile to listen to with all their partisan talking points , you can catch the important points in the morning news . I’ll listen to NPR as I make breakfast tomorrow to learn what was noteworthy in the address. Truth is that if it’s not reported, doesn’t really matter what the politician said at any rate.

Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny , with a high of 42 degrees at 2pm. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 6th. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 23 degrees. The record high of 52 was set in 1925. 14.0 inches of snow fell back in 1895.

Been doing a lot of reading and research on what it means to be your forties and peak earnings years. Whatever that means, it sure doesn’t feel like much money during such inflationary times with taxes so high. You can do all the right things but it feels like the deck is stacked against you. I know have made a lot of progress but I am growing impatient as things take longer to compound then I would hope and I want to own my own land . And I’m getting older . But I’ll keep doing my best and those days will happen eventually.

In four weeks on March 7 the sun will be setting in the west (264°) at 5:53 pm, which is 35 minutes and 25 seconds later then tonight. In 2021 on that day, we had sunny and temperatures between 33 and 15 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 42 and 23 degrees. The record high of 62 degrees was set back in 1974.

Looking ahead, Valentines Day is Next Tuesday, Average High is 40 is in 3 weeks, First Day of Spring is in 6 weeks, Average High is 50 is in 7 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset is in 2 months, 8 PM Sunset is in 3 months, Primary Day is in 19 weeks, Independence Day is in 21 weeks, World Population Day is in 22 weeks, August is in 25 weeks, Halloween is in 38 weeks, Average High is 50 is in 40 weeks, Election Day is in 40 weeks, Repeal of Prohibition Day is in 43 weeks and Boxing Day is in 46 weeks.