Day: January 29, 2018💾

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Passive Infrared Receiver (PIR) sensor review, test & how to use

I ordered three of these from a supplier in China for $3 or 98 cents a piece. I was going to order them from an American vendor for a slightly more, but I accidentally left them off my previous order, this was cheaper and I was in no rush to get them. I am going to use one of them with my LED lighting strip, so that the lights turn off automatically when I'm not in the room to save power. And I might also use them so they come on automatically in the evening -- but only if I am home. PIR are very easy to use, they are a self-contained module, that simply pulls a pin high for a period of time after a person is detected.

SVGZ Graphic: Population Born Out of State

January 29, 2018 11 AM Update

50 days from now is the first day of spring (Tuesday, March 20th).

While it will take a while for things to warm up, there will be a warm up and get progressively nicer as we head through February into March.

Date High Median Low
Thursday, February 15 35 (39) 26 (36) 17 (32)
Sunday, March 4 40 (23) 31 (16) 22 (8)
Saturday, March 17 45 (40) 35 (28) 26 (16)
Wednesday, March 28 50 (51) 40 (45) 30 (38)
Saturday, April 7 55 (46) 44 (42) 34 (37)
Wednesday, April 18 60 (58) 49 (49) 38 (40)
Tuesday, May 1 65 (74) 54 (62) 43 (49)
Wednesday, May 16 70 (77) 58 (61) 47 (44)
Sunday, June 3 75 (72) 64 (59) 53 (45)
Friday, June 22 80 (81) 69 (67) 59 (53)
Saturday, August 18 80 (77) 70 (74) 60 (71)
Saturday, September 8 75 (68) 65 (59) 55 (49)
Friday, September 21 70 (81) 60 (72) 50 (63)
Tuesday, October 2 65 (69) 55 (54) 45 (39)
Monday, October 15 60 (74) 50 (66) 40 (57)
Sunday, October 28 55 (67) 46 (52) 36 (37)
Saturday, November 10 50 (50) 42 (40) 33 (29)
Thursday, November 22 45 (37) 38 (34) 30 (30)
Tuesday, December 4 40 (36) 33 (30) 26 (23)
Monday, December 17 35 (35) 28 (28) 21 (20)
Tuesday, January 8 30 (23) 22 (16) 15 (9)

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Map: Ohisa State Forest
Map: Slader Creek State Forest

January 29, 2018 Morning

Good morning! Today is my 35th Birthday.🍰 Three weeks to Presidents Day. Partly sunny and 28 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a north breeze at 7 mph.

Only 50 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!

Today is a very pleasant morning, almost spring like with all the sun and lack of snow.🌞 And fairly mild for January for sure. I didn’t sleep well last night for many reasons, being a bit uncomfortable about turning 35, and because I had a mistake on my clock that kept it flashing all night long when it should have gone into a deep sleep by 11. I do need to get some coffee so I may run up to Market 32 during lunch. Not a bad walk from work. ☕

While only God really knows,  today marks the second half of my life. 🎂I’m hoping to make it the best chapter, the most interesting, learn a lot, explore a lot, recognizing that time is limited and precious. ⌛As they say at work, you can always get more money but you can’t ever get more time. ⏰Time is non-negotiable and every five years older you get, it seems to happen in half of the time. Years almost become a blur. 

Today will be partly sunny, with a high of 36 degrees at 2pm.⛅ Five degrees above normal. North wind around 8 mph. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies. The high last year was 40 degrees. The record high of 54 was set in 2002. 8.3 inches of snow fell back in 1990.

The sun will set at 5:05 pm with dusk around 5:35 pm, which is one minute and 19 seconds later than yesterday. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy conditions and 33 degrees.☁ There will be a north breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 54 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 17 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a slight chance of light snow after 2am. ❄Cloudy, with a low of 20 degrees at 6am. Five degrees above normal. Maximum wind chill around 17 at 12am; North wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2017, we had cloudy skies, clearing in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 17 degrees. The record low of -12 occurred back in 1965.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Presidents Day⛄ when the sun will be setting at 5:33 pm with dusk at 6:01 pm. On that day in 2017, we had mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 52 and 31 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 36 degrees. We hit a record high of 66 back in 1981.