March 18, 2016 Evening

Good evening! If you can read these words, you’ve made it to a Friday evening. The work week is over. This afternoon definitely feels like mid-March being cloudy with the mercury dropping to 44 degrees and a 15 mph west-northwest wind, with gusts up to 29 mph. With the wind chill value it feels like 37 degrees or maybe even colder when you factor in the clouds.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 23. Northwest wind 7 to 15 mph. A cool evening on tap, about 4 degrees below normal. Cold but nothing like that night back in 1967, when it got down to -10 degrees.

Tonight the sun will set at 7:06 pm with darkness around 7:34 pm, which is 1 minutes and 10 seconds later than yesterday. In four weeks on April 15 the sun will be setting at 7:38 pm, which is 32 minutes later then today. When you figure in civil twilight when it’s really dark out, you’re looking at after 8 pm.

Tonight we have a Waxing Gibbous Moon with 67% illuminated. It will set at 3:00 am. March’s Full Worm Moon is is on Tuesday.

Tomorrow us going to be sunny but cold, with a high near 41. A northwest wind around 8 mph. Going to be a cold weekend about 5 degrees below normal for Saturday. The record high of 78 degrees was set back in 2012.

I am not sure what my weekend plans are for sure. I plan to do Sunday dinner at my parent’s house on Saturday to avoid potentially icy roads on Sunday evening. I don’t foresee a major storm but things can change. Sunday is the Save the Pine Bush Hike at 2 pm. I also need to do some cleaning at home. We will see. Maybe go somewhere local tomorrow.

I am still thinking about camping at a lean for Easter Weekend but that plan is far from finalized and honestly a lot depends on weather and work. It would be a fun weekend.