Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Partly clear 🌅 and 27 degrees for the morning walk 🚶. There is a north-northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. There is a inch of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️In preparation for the next snow storm which is unfortunately coming on a Saturday when I like to walk 👣 out to Five Rivers.

Not the worse morning ever 🌄but I’m well aware it’s still early March and it will only get warmer through July. It’s March and we might still get some final gasps of winter but it can’t hold out for long.

Mornings are noticeably brighter now 🔆 that is when the sun is shinning. That said it’s right in my eyes 👀 on the Delmar bypass which is obnoxious. It only gets worse come spring though in a little over a week things will be dark unless I push my morning walk back to 6:45 which I might have to for a few weeks. 🐦 I can hear the Red Winged black birds out so that’s a sign of spring 🌸.

Today will have increasing clouds ☁, with a high of 39 degrees at 2pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 27th. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 2002. 10.9 inches of snow fell back in 1994.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:08 pm with sun having an altitude of 40.5° from the due south horizon (-30.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:09 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (255°). 📸

The sunset is in the west (262°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:47 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 56 seconds with dusk around 6:15 pm, which is one minute and 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the east (97°) at an altitude of 45° from the horizon, 252,255 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:48 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 37 degrees. There will be a east-northeast breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 22 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain and snow, possibly mixed with sleet before 2am, then snow, possibly mixed with sleet. The snow could be heavy at times. Low of 32 degrees at 12am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 30th. East wind 6 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible. In 2022, we had partly 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 -20 occurred back in 1950.

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. 🧑‍⚖️ 150 years later, all the pornography is on the evening news. 📰 And in 1991, an amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.

Tomorrow will rain, possibly mixed with snow. The snow could be heavy at times. 🌧 High of 37 degrees at 2pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 24th. North wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1919. 8.3 inches of snow fell back in 1971.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, partly sunny, ☀ with a high near 42. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph. That will be tough on the snow. I’m good with that fact though, I’m not that big of a fan of winter especially needing new skis 🎿 come next year. Typical average high for the weekend is 41 degrees.

Looking ahead, there are 2 weeks until St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 when the sun will be setting at 7:05 pm with dusk at 7:31 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2022, we had cloudy and temperatures between 45 and 28 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 45 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1990.