March leaves like a wet lion 🦁

I’m out walking though not as early as I often do as I slept well but was a bit slow rising as it was a bit cold with the heat off. I probably should have turned it on but it’s going to warm up as it’s essentially April.

Good morning! So yeap, on this Friday March is almost done. Partly cloudy and 25 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ Calm wind.Things will start to thaw out at around 8 am. 🌡️

Cold for the morning walk 🚶 but I’m getting it done. It certainly was colder in the winter but it’s good to get in as many steps as possible early as I think it’s going to rain later on. My ankle was bothering me last night for a while but I got my 7 1/2 miles in and it feels better today.

Today will rain, mainly after 2pm. 🌧️ High of 47 degrees at 1pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 24th. Light southeast wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 60 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1998. 14.6 inches of snow fell back in 1997.❄

Yesterday, I missed the express downtown 🐰 🚏 as the bus was running like 5 minutes early, and the Real Time Bus Info was down. Heck of it is if I caught the bus at the traffic light at Delaware and Cherry I’d be good but I decided to walk down to the other bus stop so I wouldn’t have to deal with the pesky traffic light walk signal 🚦 which at times can be quick, but also can be incredibly slow at other times. Plus I wanted to get more steps in. It wasn’t that much of a delay, and the local got me to work a little after 9, which is still before most folks.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:00 pm with sun having an altitude of 51.5° from the due south horizon (-19.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 4.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:43 pm with the sun in the west (270°). 📸

The sunset is in the west (277°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:20 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 7:48 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the southeast (128°) at an altitude of 61° from the horizon, 252,252 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:22 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 41 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 11 mph with gusts up to 23mph. Today will have 12 hours and 46 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain before midnight, then a chance of drizzle between midnight and 5am, then rain with a chance of drizzle after 5am. 🌧 Low of 41 degrees at 7pm. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 25th. South wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 36 degrees. The record low of 9 occurred back in 1923.

Tomorrow will rain before 2pm, then a slight chance of showers after 3pm. 🌦 High of 70 degrees at 3pm. 18 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 10th. Maximum dew point of 54 at 11am. 🏖️ South wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 53 degrees. The record high of 77 was set in 1986. 5 inches of snow fell back in 1924.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, sunny, with a high near 44. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Typical average high for the weekend is 52 degrees.

As previously noted, next Friday is 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 when the sun will be setting at 7:29 pm with dusk at 7:56 pm. On that day in 2022, we had rain and temperatures between 51 and 45 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 55 degrees. We hit a record high of 87 back in 2010.