Good evening! Partly cloudy or maybe more like mostly cloudy this evening in Colonie as I head to pick up my pick up truck on the CDTA Route 1. ☁ Breezy, ️17 mph breeze from the west-northwest 🌬 with gusts up to 31 mph 💨💨💨. It wouldn’t be a half bad late November evening, if not for the wind. Going to be cold though walking up Wolf Road in a few minutes. Snow has bit the bucket locally. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 8 pm. ☃️

Tonight will have a chance of rain and snow showers, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 33 degrees at 3am. Five degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around November 12th. Northwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. In 2017, we had mostly cloudy skies. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of 3 occurred back in 1875.

Big Red passed his inspection, so that’s one less thing to worry about. I didn’t think it would fail but you never know. 🚗 I don’t drive much in the winter but the inspection sticker now is good for a while. Bar any surprises, I think Big Red will be good for a while. Maybe in the spring have an oil change done but that can go a while if I’m not driving much.

Traffic is fairly backed up on Central Avenue tonight, 🚙🚚🚗🚓🚕🚒🚐🚌 although I guess it’s rush hour and that’s to be expected. I’m not driving, and the dealer doesn’t close until eight so I’m not concerned. Warm inside the bus at the least.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter with 59% illuminated with the moon rising at 10:20 pm. The moon will set at 12:36 am. The Last Quarter Moon will be tonight. The Cold Moon 🌝 is on Friday, December 21st. The sun will rise at 7:03 am with the first light at 6:32 am, which is one minute and 6 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 14 hours and 40 minutes of darkness, an increase of one minute and 32 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 41 degrees at 12pm. One degree below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around December 1st. Northwest wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. It will be a nice day except maybe for the breeze. That might make it feel a bit cold but still it’s a change from times of recent. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies. The high last year was 56 degrees. The record high of 66 was set in 2005. 3.3 inches of snow fell back in 1945.❄

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday, rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 52. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Typical average high for the weekend is 41 degrees.

Maybe I’ll head out of town on Saturday it’s certainly going to be quite mild and the ice threat has declined.⛺ I’d have to figure out where I would want to go. If not there is certainly things I can work on locally. Rifle season is almost over so I can have the woods back again. 🌲

Still thinking about that USB 3.0 hub. I might stop at Staples later on. That hub would sure be convenient especially now that I have more and more USB devices. 🔌 It’s a good price but it’s still $30 and I hate buying more material stuff. I could get a cheap Chinese thing from Aliexpress but I want something that will last. Everything seems to use USB these days, which I guess is a good thing.

Tomorrow is my dental cleaning at 7:50 am. Bright and early. 😁 I don’t plan to go to the library tonight but instead plan to read and retire to bed, maybe after laying out another electronics project on the breadboard. I’m tired and I will retire to bed early. It’s been warm enough that I’ve been turning the heat way down in the day time but if I’m cold this evening, I’ll probably cue up the electric heat.😮 I’ve also heard that getting an electric blanket is a good, relatively efficient way to stay warm in the winter while keeping the heat low. I’m sure once I own my cabin and land with a good wood supply, I’ll probably keep things a lot warmer. 🔥

In four weeks on December 26 the sun will be setting at 4:28 pm,🌄 which is 4 minutes and 25 seconds later then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had snow, partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 22 and 8 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 33 and 18 degrees. The record high of 59 degrees was set back in 1895.

Looking ahead, Boxing Day 🥊 is in 4 weeks, 4:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is a month away, National Cheese Lovers Day 🧀 is in 8 weeks, National Pie Day 🍰 is in 8 weeks, 7 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 15 weeks, Average High is 50 🌸 is in 4 months, May 🕊 is in 22 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 27 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 112 weeks.