Good morning! Happy Make Your Dream Come True Day π‘ ! Camel dairyman everywhere will note the fast let down on this Hump Day. Five weeks to 5:30 PM Sunset π . Red skies in the morning, with a few breaks of sun in the south, around 26 degrees in Delmar, NY. β Calm wind.There is a dusting of snow on the ground. β Things will start to thaw out at around 11 am. π‘οΈ
Today will be mostly cloudy π₯, with a high of 37 degrees at 1pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 23rd. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 40 degrees. The record high of 71 was set in 1932. 13.1 inches of snow fell back in 1964.β
I was certainly hoping for much nicer weather today, π₯ but those red skies while pretty this morning are not optimistic. It’s cool but not so cold at least this morning. π₯ Pancakes this morning for breakfast, then I want to take a quick shower πΏ, go for my morning walk, πΆ and then get ready for the morning meeting in a bit. πΌ
Yesterday, I missed my morning walk, πΆ and I was cranky all day because of that fact. The weather was pretty miserable all day yesterday, and by afternoon I got chilled through, mainly because I ended up laying in bed π watching session and answering emails from my cellphone. I probably should have been at my desk. I ended up turning on the little electric heat and falling asleep for a half hour when it was quite toasty. I’ll have to check the Kill-a-Watt meter I have it plugged in to see how much energy I’ve used, but electricity is cheap and probably much cheaper then heating the whole apartment up to a reasonable temperature. Coal and gas fired grid power is remarkably cheap. π
Out walking this morning is actually remarkably nice π₯ but oddly damp and maybe a little bit foggy π in the sense that the air is quite damp. I think the dampness is the most noticeable reason why it has felt cold lately. Maybe I’m just happy π to be do my morning walk πΆπ» today.
Solar noon π is at 12:05 pm with sun having an altitude of 26Β° from the due south horizon (-44.9Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 12.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour π starts at 4:01 pm with the sun in the southwest (234Β°). πΈ The sunset is in the west-southwest (241Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:45 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 19 seconds with dusk around 5:16 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. π At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent π Moon in the west-southwest (238Β°) at an altitude of 1Β° from the horizon, 236,779 miles away. π Assuming you are at a high enough elevation to see it at all. The best time to look at the stars is after 5:52 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies β and temperatures around 34 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 22 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 31 seconds over yesterday.
At some point I need to get to the grocery store π but I don’t know when I will do that as I usually like to combine that trip with going to the library to get videos, podcasts, large GIS files π and updates for the computer π₯. I should also reserve some library books π too. I also need to figure out a day to head into the office π’ to do paperwork. π I’m a bit hesitant to take the bus with the Corona but I don’t want to deal with parking π Ώ especially with street closures and protests especially if I go in on a Saturday.
Tonight will have a slight chance of snow after 4am. Mostly cloudy π¨, with a low of 29 degrees at 2am. 15 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 24th. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2020, we had partly cloudy skies. It got down to 36 degrees. The record low of -24 occurred back in 1957.
Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. π Saturday, rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 37. Typical average high for the weekend is 30 degrees.
I was hoping to get up to the Adirondacks this long weekend βΊ but I don’t think that’s likely with the current forecast of snow π¨ on Saturday and clouds on Sunday up north. I had my hopes but winter can be tough. But at this point it’s less than two months until spring.
πΉπ»πΌOnly 66 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!πΉπ»πΌ
As previously noted, next Wednesday is Inauguration Day β when the sun will be setting at 4:53 pm with dusk at 5:24 pm. On that day in 2020, we had sunny and temperatures between 22 and 9 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 30 degrees. We hit a record high of 53 back in 2006.
