Good morning! Happy Sunday. Next Sunday is Daylight Savings Time 🌆. Partly sunny and 31 degrees down in the Normans Kill Gorge. There is a northwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. There are 3 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 11 am. 🌡️
Nice morning walk🚶 down along the rail trail. I am enjoying the sun while it’s still out. 😎I’m glad for sure that I have the sun glasses 👓 on and best of all its free to walk around and produces no carbon emissions to boot. The Normans Kill remains an icy wonderland and I’m getting some exercise to boot. Getting caught up on my podcasts too. That said the sun isn’t expected to last.
Today will have increasing clouds ☁, with a high of 38 degrees at 2pm. One degree below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around February 28th. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 42 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 2002. 10.9 inches of snow fell back in 1994.❄
This afternoon after my walk 🚶I’m planning on taking a bus 🚍 downtown to help John Wolcott with his history project. 📂 Just more sorting and filing of his materials. No going to be a real nice afternoon for outdoor activities after the clouds ☁ come in.
The sun will set at 5:47 pm with dusk around 6:15 pm, which is one minute and 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 Last Sunday before daylight savings time begins. At sunset, look for snow to be starting 🌨 and temperatures around 35 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 11 hours and 21 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will snow, mainly before 5am. 🌨 Low of 27 degrees at 3am. Five degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around March 19th. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 7 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. My truck is parked until next weekend I’m hoping it will melt before then. ⛄ In 2018, we had mostly clear in the evening, which became light snow by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 32 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1950.
Tomorrow will have a chance of snow, mainly before 7am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 37 degrees at 12pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around February 25th. Northwest wind 8 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 38 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1919. 8.3 inches of snow fell back in 1971.❄
Back in 1972, an airplane crashes in suburban Albany, off Holmesdale Ave in Albany (near Colvin Avenue and Washington Ave). Regional Carrier, Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures. ✈Also today in 1873, U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any “obscene, lewd, or lascivious” books through the mail. 📫And in 1991, an amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.💪
As previously noted, next Sunday is Daylight Savings Time 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 6:56 pm with dusk at 7:24 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2018, we had mostly sunny, snow showers and temperatures between 38 and 29 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 42 degrees. We hit a record high of 72 back in 1977.
Next Saturday will be sunny but cold ☀ , with a high near 34. Typical average high for the weekend is 41 degrees. I don’t see much of a spring thaw this week but at least lots of sun which should keep my office warm.
In four weeks on March 31 the sun will be setting at 7:20 pm (Daylight Savings Time),🌄 which is one hour, 32 minutes and 43 seconds later then today. In 2018 on that day, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 56 and 31 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 51 and 31 degrees. The record high of 89 degrees was set back in 1998.
Looking ahead, Daylight Savings Time 🌆 is in 1 weeks, St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 is in 2 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 5 weeks, Palm Sunday 🌴 is in 6 weeks, Easter 🐰 is in 7 weeks, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 9 weeks, Mothers Day 👩 is in 10 weeks, Fathers Day 👨 is in 15 weeks and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 20 months.
