While one would not realize it on this rather brisk morning, today marks four weeks until the average high is at least 60. It is 26 degrees with the wind whipping around with some sun to the south. It’s a pretty chilly morning but I timed things fairly well, so I didn’t have to wait at the bus stop.

I wish I had I had turned the heat up before I went to bed because it was cold when I got up but things warmed up quickly because it’s cold out but still lacks the cold of January. I did leave the heat turned up a bit before I left so it won’t take too long to warm up when I get home this evening. We are only getting a few degrees warmer as the day progresses and that stiff wind is expected to continue.

I tried yet another type of waffle mix this morning. It was the Krutez Waffle Mix. I now have that along with a whole grain waffles mix and corn muffin mix that I use in the waffle maker. It’s good to mix it up different days and I figured I would experiment with which waffle mix I like the best. I think I prefer the whole grain waffle mix, as it has nice texture and works well with fresh fruit on top. I like the corn waffles better, but I don’t think it quite works taste-wise with the fruit.

If it going to be warm on Saturday and the precipitation holds off, I might wire up the low voltage disconnect, although at the same time I think I should run back the new power wire back to the truck cap — because I think it’s probably easier to hook all of the wiring up at once. I will see how the weather is. At some point it’s going to be nice, and I’m going to want to get out camping and not spending my time hooking up wires at home. Then again, there is a lot of summer remaining, and I don’t expect at this point to get out camping before Easter Weekend, at the earliest.

The sun will set at 7:10 pm with dusk around 7:38 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have 12 hours and 17 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be clear, with a low of 12 degrees at 6am. 16 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 8 at 7pm; Northwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. In 2016, it got down to 34 degrees with periods of rain. The record low of -4 occurred back in 1875.

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Average High is 60 when the sun will be setting at 7:42 pm with dusk at 8:12 pm. On that day in 2016, we had rain and temperatures between 65 and 44 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 1976. By then, at least in the city we should start seeing some green grass.  In the mountains though, we will have to wait to the first or second week of May to see much green, although it tends to be the most beautiful up there.