January 23, 2023 Night
Good evening! Cloudy and 29 degrees in Delmar. โ Breezy, ๏ธ17 mph breeze from the northwest ๐ฌ . The current wind chill is 17. There are 8 inches of snow on the ground. โ ๏ธThings will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 9 am. ๐ก๏ธ
I’m surprised as anyone that we got as much snow ๐จ as we did. It’s winter though but after being so mild and snow free since mid December it was kind of a shock ๐คฏ for a change. I thought it was going to be more of a rain event. At least I didn’t need my umbrella for the evening commute. I was fine leaving it home.
While there was some snow on the sidewalks and a few icy patches, they weren’t bad for the evening walk ๐ถ. Made pasta for dinner ๐ฒ but I enforced the one bowl, eat only until I’m full rule and save the rest in the refrigerator. I won’t call it a diet but like everything with inflation I’m trying to tighten my belt. I don’t want to be cheap and miserable but I do want to build a good future ๐ฎ for myself in all aspects of life. 40 is such a critical age, to really set yourself on the right step to the future.
Dug out my truck and cleaned off the solar panel โ so things will get charged up hopefully starting tomorrow and I’ll be ready the next time I need to drive somewhere like the dentist on Friday or maybe sooner if I need groceries especially if I decide to go camping ๐ for my birthday. You never know it might be fun, especially if there is snow for skiing.
Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent ๐ Moon with 7% illuminated. The Snow โ Moon is on Sunday, February 5. The darkest hour is at 12:08 am, followed by dawn at 6:48 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:19 am in the east-southeast (116ยฐ) and last for 3 minutes and 14 seconds. Sunrise is 44 seconds earlier than yesterday. ๐ The golden hour ends at 8:02 am with sun in the east-southeast (124ยฐ). Tonight will have 14 hours and 16 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 3 seconds over last night.
In four weeks on February 20 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (256ยฐ) at 5:34 pm,๐ which is 36 minutes and 22 seconds later then tonight. That’s it? Ugh. Although at least by then the evening commute won’t be so dark. In 2021 on that day, we had partly sunny skies and temperatures between 28 and 13 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 37 and 19 degrees. The record high of 66 degrees was set back in 1930.
Looking ahead, Save the Pine Bush Turns 45 ๐ฆ Next Monday, Presidents Day ๐ด is in 4 weeks, 8 PM Dusk ๐ is in 11 weeks, May ๐ is in 14 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ๏ธโฑ๏ธ is in 19 weeks, Average High is 80 ๐ is in 21 weeks, World Mosquito Day ๐ is in 30 weeks, Labor Day ๐จโ๐ญ is in 32 weeks, September 11th ๐บ๐ธ is in 33 weeks, 7 PM Sunset ๐ is in 34 weeks, Average Night Below Freezing ๐ is in 42 weeks, Thanksgiving ๐ฆ is in 10 months, Cyber Monday ๐๏ธ is in 44 weeks, First Sunday of Advent โ๏ธ is in 45 weeks, Bake Cookies Day ๐ช is in 47 weeks, Festivus ๐ is in 11 months and Christmas ๐ is in 48 weeks.