Day: March 24, 2016💾

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March 24, 2016 Night

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Good evening. Thursday evening about 45 degrees and cloudy. With the coming front that is bringing rain it was blustery and cold earlier in the evening when I went down to the park for a while. I ended up leaving before dark as I was getting chilled through. Regardless, the days are getting longer and warm weather can’t be far away. Already many of the trees locally are starting to bud up. Might drop to 31 in city tomorrow night but other than that the next week will be above freezing.

The rain is moving slowly to the east but it’s expected to reach us by most certainly by 6 AM and maybe at 3 or 4 AM. Sunrise was at 6:47 AM, and the rain will taper off some time between noon and 3 pm. Gradual clearing in the evening. A high around 58 tomorrow.

I am thinking of going camping tomorrow, somewhere local in the woods, in a tent or lean-to where I have good cellphone reception as I’m on call this weekend. It should be a nice weekend but a bit chilly, so I’ll end up hauling my propane heater in the woods to stay warm. But that’s fine, I’m not looking to go that far back.

March 24, 2016 Evening

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Good evening. What a surprisingly delightful evening with temperatures around 59, dropping about a degree from the high of 60. Mostly clear this evening although there are some high clouds that give the sky a hint of gray. Definitely going down to park for a while this evening. Clouds creep in around 9 or ten, and rain comes in around 11. There is a 90% chance of rain by morning. But the sun will be back by mid afternoon on Good Friday.

Tonight sunset is at 7:13 pm with darkness around 7:41. The days are getting longer quickly. The Waning Gibbous Moon will rise around 8 pm, although tonight it will still appear largely full. I think the Waning Gibbous Moon is creepy because the shadow is on the opposite side then you would expect it to be.

I got out of work a bit early, so I went down for a walk to Albany’s Corning Preserve. It worked out well, I was able to catch the bus down by the old Union Station without much waiting.

Talk about a nice spring evening in late March…

March 24, 2016 midday

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As I noted yesterday, by mid-day today we would see some blue skies. We do have some blue in the sky but also a lot of haze and some high clouds, giving the sky a grayish hue. 55 degrees in Albany currently. The air is dry with a 29 degree dewpoint. I could see us reaching 58-59 degrees by 4 or 5 PM today and maybe even a bit more blue skies before clouding up and rain showers late in the evening. I expect similar conditions tomorrow — cloudy and maybe of a chance of rain tomorrow — then some blue skies mid-day, except tomorrow I think we will have mostly clear skies by evening.

Six weeks from now will be Cinco de Mayo. Which has nothing to do with mayonnaise, but a lot to do with good Mexican drinks and food. Darkness that night, when sipping your cold springtime beverages, is 8:05 PM. With an average high of 57 degrees, it will be nice out on the patio or out back. Cinco de Mayo was toasty back in 1977, when people where listening to Abba and Elton John on an 87 degree afternoon.

Have a great afternoon!

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