February 8, 2016 Morning

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. It is currently overcast and 27 degrees in Delmar. A little bit of sun to the south but pretty gray. We are missing the big snow they are getting once again in Boston.

Today will have a chance of snow, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Sunset will be at 5:18 pm with twilight at 5:47 pm which is one minute and 19 seconds later then yesterday.

Tonight will snow most likely before 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 23. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

There are 4 months, 11 days until Fathers Day.

Today in 1968 was the Orangeburg massacre when South Carolina Highway Patrolman fire on black protesters, killing 3 protesters and injuring 28 others. The South Carolina State University students were protesting segregation at a local bowling alley. The Orangeburg massacre is largely been forgotten in the pages of history since Kent State shootings in 1970, in part because the victims were colored and poor. It’s interesting how the history books call Kent State a shooting and Orangeburg a massacre.

Also on the financial front, in 1971 the NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time. NASDAQ is primarily focused on high tech stocks.