Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Mostly sunny and 34 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌅There is a northwest breeze at 9 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 21 mph 💨💨💨. There are 7 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 8 pm. ☃️

A pretty nice morning with a lot of sunshine ☀ but the wind is a bit obnoxious but the blue skies are nice for a change. Not that they are expected to last beyond today. Still mostly it will be relatively mild most of the week as spring 🌸 approaches though a bit below normal for this part of March. Like always it will be cold until it’s no longer the case.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 41 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 5th. Northwest wind 9 to 15 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 25 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1974. 10.5 inches of snow fell back in 1887.❄

It should be a nice Monday, ☺ even if I do have to work 🏢 in my office downtown. I should be able to get in quite a few steps in 👣 and do my best to enjoy the day. Not a session day until Wednesday 🧑🏻‍💼 but also not a pay week. But since I’ve been eating healthier and less my food bills have been less. 🍏 I put in $40 in fuel ⛽ in my truck and did a four minute wash 🚿 yesterday but it will be parked 🅿 until Sunday so I’m not going to be burning fuel.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:08 pm with sun having an altitude of 41.7° from the due south horizon (-29.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:13 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (257°). 📸

The plan for today is to walk 🚶 in Washington Park at lunch time and then in the evening to maximize my steps. 👣 Going to be a nice day by March standards but it would nice if it was a bit warmer and less snow and mud on the ground. Spring will come eventually.

The sunset is in the west (263°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:51 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 6:18 pm, which is one minute and 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the east (86°) at an altitude of 14° from the horizon, 249,751 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:52 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 38 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 13 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 30 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.

I am bringing in a big load of fresh fruit for my office 🍏 as I was running low by the second half of the week last week. Usually keep the frozen fruit for home and the fresh stuff for work where I don’t have a freezer. Always like to he nibbling on it through out the day to keep my blood sugar 🍚 level so I’m not so hungry and wanting a big meal when I get home. I definitely feel healthier and more level headed, not sure if I slimmed down much but like anything it’s a journey and it takes time.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 24 degrees at 5am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 8th. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph. In 2022, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 15 degrees. The record low of -6 occurred back in 1950.

Today in 1857, Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case. ⚖️ After the Civil War it was overruled much like Row v Wade was. 🤱 I don’t like the abortion promotion industry or sex outside of marriage and procreation or the disposablity of life. But whatever. I’m more okay with gas stations selling abortion pills or grocery stores but not in glossy cases with television commercials between Saturday children shows.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Sunday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees.

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until 8 PM Dusk 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 7:32 pm with dusk at 8:00 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2022, we had partly cloudy, warm and temperatures between 74 and 49 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 57 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 1922.