January 13, 2023 Morning
Good morning! Happy Friday the 13th ๐ฆนon this Make Your Dream Come True Day. ๐. Honestly I think superstitions can be kind of silly, but I believe in power of compounding and dividends produced over time. โ Everything done today can lead to a better future ๐ฎ if you so choose. You can’t change the past or even the world ๐ but you can change yourself and future.
Rain showers and 38 degrees at the Elm Ave Park and Ride. โ There is a southwest breeze at 5 mph. ๐. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 9 pm. โ๏ธ
Not a real soaking rain ๐ง๏ธ but I decided to skip the 6:45 am morning walk ๐ถ in favor of catching the earlier express bus ๐ downtown and walking inside the Concourse with the muzzle on. ๐ท Last night was also raining so I stayed home ๐ก but I got my steps ๐ฃ in earlier in the day. That said I’m thinking about increasing my steps goal ๐ฅ as most days I’m exceeding the goal.
Today will have a chance of rain before 4pm, then a slight chance of showers after 4pm. Cloudy ๐ง, with a high of 43 degrees at 10am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 9th. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 39 degrees. The record high of 71 was set in 1932. 13.1 inches of snow fell back in 1964.โ
Solar noon ๐ is at 12:05 pm with sun having an altitude of 25.9ยฐ from the due south horizon (-44.9ยฐ vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 12.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour ๐ starts at 4:01 pm with the sun in the southwest (233ยฐ). ๐ธ The sunset is in the west-southwest (241ยฐ) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:45 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 20 seconds with dusk around 5:15 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. ๐ The best time to look at the stars is after 5:51 pm. Maybe not today though. At sunset, look for rain ๐ง and temperatures around 37 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 9 mph with gusts up to 20mph. Today will have 9 hours and 24 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 30 seconds over yesterday.
I was hoping my December electric bill would be under $100 โก but ultimately it came out to be $101. I forget how cold it was right before Christmas and on the holiday, even though we had that week when I had the heat off. I’m trying to save where I can but it’s hard, especially with inflation and higher energy prices. I guess it’s not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but I hate to waste energy.
Tonight will have a chance of rain and snow showers before 7pm, then a chance of snow showers between 7pm and 2am. Cloudy ๐ง, with a low of 27 degrees at 5am. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 18th. North wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2022, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 6 degrees. The record low of -24 occurred back in 1957.
Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy ๐ฅ, with a high of 33 degrees at 1pm. Typical for Tomorrow. North wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 32 degrees. The record high of 66 was set in 1932. 9.0 inches of snow fell back in 1999.โ
Then for Sunday, sunny, with a high near 34. โ North wind 10 to 13 mph. Typical average high for the weekend is 33 degrees.
Martin Luther King Day looks to be another winner โ with a high around 38. Not bad for January at any rate. Still a few weeks off until January.
Should be a good weekend for getting out of town ๐ฒ but the question on my mind is how far I want to go from. Not a lot of snow around but Saturday is going to be really cold โ.
Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Clean Your Computer Day ๐งน when the sun will be setting at 5:21 pm with dusk at 5:49 pm. On that day in 2022, we had partly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 25 and 12 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 35 degrees. We hit a record high of 53 back in 1955.