Not that it really matters that much, if I wasn’t told I probably wouldn’t notice that today is my birthday. It’s not like I remember that day from my birth, or that the day has any inherit meaning, except maybe that I survived another year.
Good morning! Cloudy at the freezing point in Delmar. ☁️ There is a north-northwest breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. There are 3 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 8 am. 🌡️
I was up at 5 AM to bake bread 🍞 and spaghetti squash. 🍆 Made eggs for breakfast with onions, peas, green beans, hot peppers which were good with some cottage cheese. 🍳 I was hoping to get in early enough to walk the Concourse this morning, but it takes time to do all that cooking and I missed the earlier bus in but settled on walking down to the Park and Ride for some exercise. 👣 Kind of tired an drowsy today, 😴 despite getting to bed fairly early last night.
Today will have a chance of snow showers, mainly before 8am. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 38 degrees at 12pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 21st. North wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 44 degrees. The record high of 54 was set in 2002. 8.3 inches of snow fell back in 1990.❄
Yesterday, with the snow coming but mostly rain in Delmar until 5 PM 🌧 I decided to skip visiting my parents in favor of a trip to the laundromat and shopping in the morning. I can’t believe I spent another $130 on groceries and supplies, though it’s totally my fault as I bought some bulk containers of groceries that were nice but probably could have waited on. 🍏 🥦 But I didn’t want to risk running out mid-week. It’s fine, today I will likely get paid before my rent is due. Most of the things I bought were frozen or long-lasting like xylem gum and real maple syrup. 🍁
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:09 pm with sun having an altitude of 29.3° from the due south horizon (-41.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 10.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:22 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (239°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (246°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:04 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 11 seconds with dusk around 5:34 pm, which is one minute and 18 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:09 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 34 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 10 mph. Tomorrow will have 9 hours and 56 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 16 seconds over today.
For both lunch and dinner last night I had a big pot of red lentil soup 🍲 that I shredded a whole lot of carrots 🥕 and onions in. Came out delicious once I added the right spices, let it cool a bit to thicken. The previous night was chicken noodle soup which also was good. I do think I need to cut back though on portion sizes — I can sure drink a lot of soup and it’s not like I’m adding a lot of unhealthy stuff but I’ve noticed I’ve started to put some more weight on lately. 🤰 I think it’s all the carbs from the bread, even though it’s whole wheat and no sugar, it adds up.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 22 degrees at 5am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 1st. Maximum wind chill around 17 at 2am; North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight. In 2023, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of -12 occurred back in 1965.
I am surprisingly worn out today, 😴 but after dinner which will be salmon, 🐟 broccoli, 🥦 spaghetti squash, 🍆 and some carrot bread, 🥕 I’ll do my evening walk then head to bed. 🚶♀️ I haven’t staying up late but sometimes Mondays can be tough. I am not doing anything special for my birthday this year. 🎂
Somewhat cool but sunny for a change this weekend. 😎 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 30. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 28. Typical average high for the weekend is 33 degrees. I’m considering going camping this weekend, 🏕 just for a quick overnight, but it will all ultimately depend what the forecast is like. There would certainly be some snow and ground frozen with temperatures like that at least int he higher country.
Looking ahead, there are 3 weeks until Presidents Day 👴 when the sun will be setting at 5:33 pm with dusk at 6:00 pm. On that day in 2023, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 47 and 23 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 37 degrees. We hit a record high of 66 back in 1981.