Good morning! Happy Tuesday from back in the cesspool. New York letโs go chase that money. Partly sunny and 21 degrees in Delmar for the morning walk on this third week of January after the long weekend, which seemed too short. Calm wind. Things will start to thaw out at around 11 am. And then more rain this evening. I will pack my umbrella for the evening commute.
Itโs back to work after the long weekend. Already got paid for the weeks gone by. Memories of the weekend come and gone loom large. Despite the thermostat set at fifty in my apartment I was much too warm with the heat. I felt like a husky brought inside in the freezing weather. Iโm sure Iโll feel hot all day in the office and Iโll have my fan running.
Today will have a chance of rain, mainly after 2pm. Increasing clouds , with a high of 37 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 18th. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1889. 10.9 inches of snow fell back in 1994.
Got paid this morning before I could even get out of bed and look at the NY Post cover on the wall from Dan Halloran and the ducking money and his hair brained scheme to sell the New York City mayor-ship. If you are planning on putting a knife though some ones back make sure you actually will be successful at killing them. Usually itโs the dumb criminals that get caught. Smart ones amend the law so their conduct is lawful.
Running a bit late on my morning walk so I had to walk past the smoking cars past the high school but whatever. I am taking the local to work so I have a bit of extra time to iron my shirt, take a shower and pack a lunch. Iโm not going to pack a dinner, Iโm hopeful it wonโt be too late of a night. But I donโt care, once I get home if itโs not raining Iโll do my evening walk and then head to bed after dinner.
Solar noon is at 12:06 pm with sun having an altitude of 26.6ยฐ from the due south horizon (-44.2ยฐ vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 12 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour starts at 4:06 pm with the sun in the southwest (235ยฐ). The sunset is in the west-southwest (242ยฐ) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:49 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 18 seconds with dusk around 5:20 pm, which is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. The best time to look at the stars is after 5:55 pm. At sunset, look for rain and temperatures around 36 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Tomorrow will have 9 hours and 32 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 46 seconds over today.
It just back to the grind, and Madison County was so nice but I know Iโm working for a better future . I was fortunate enough to have a job that I could work in Madison County for a brief period of time but those days came and went so quickly, just as did Dr. Kingโs weekend. But so be it. Not the other side of the world, I could go back there at some point in the spring. Iโm thinking though for Presidentโs Weekend I might be back at Rennselaerville State Forest. That is five weeks off though. I canโt complain too much, just a four day week and it will be the weekend before you know it.
Tonight will have a chance of rain before 2am, then a chance of rain and snow. Cloudy , with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. 18 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 5th. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. In 2022, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 22 degrees. The record low of -19 occurred back in 1957.
Fixed the chain on my wallet. I find old USB cables work good for tying my wallet to my belt and usually last a year or two. Now thatโs real recycling and means that I donโt loose my wallet.
Continuedmild for the weekend though Sunday will be the best day. Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 40. Probably cold enough that things will be frozen on Bennett Hill though for hiking Iโm thinking. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees. The coldest time of the year isnโt so cold.
Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Valentines Day when the sun will be setting at 5:27 pm with dusk at 5:54 pm. Or as I like to call it, Valenteโs Day, mostly because Iโm not good at spelling. On that day in 2022, we had mostly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 28 and 15 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 36 degrees. We hit a record high of 63 back in 1946.