March 4, 2016 Evening

Good evening! Currently partly clear and 36 degrees with a 8 mph north wind. Not a half bad evening for early March.

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low around 18. North wind 5 to 7 mph. Pretty typical weather. The clear skies will be good for looking at the stars.

Tonight the sun will set at 5:49 pm with darkness around 6:17 pm, which is 1 minutes and 13 seconds later than yesterday. In four weeks on April 1 the sun will be setting at 7:22 pm (Daylight Savings Time), which is 1 hour and 32 minutes later then today.

Tonight we will have a Waning Crescent Moon with 28% illuminated. It will rise at 2:50 am. The New Moon is on Wednesday.

This weekend looks pretty decent. Saturday will have increasing clouds, with a high near 36. North wind around 6 mph. Saturday Night will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Light north wind. Sunday will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph.

I am thinking toying with the idea of doing some backcountry camping this weekend at a local state forest. I’m a little bit divided on the idea, but it would be nice to spend Saturday night in the wilderness.

Part of the thing is that this time of year, I need a fair bit of gear to stay warm, and I’m not sure if I have enough warm stuff I can get far back in the woods. I guess if there ain’t a lot of snow I could drive back, otherwise I could drag things back on the sled. The low tomorrow is 18 degrees with no wind. Not too bad, but it also means I’d want a lot of sleeping bags and maybe the heater

TGIF. It’s the weekend! Have a great evening!