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June 15, 2021 Morning
Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Next Tuesday is Primary Day π³οΈ ! I keep checking the board of Elections website but no primaries locally despite the very empty Early Voting site on Elm Avenue. Seems kind of silly π. Five weeks to Ugly Truck Day π. Mostly cloudy and 56 degrees at the Bethlehem Central High School. β Calm wind. The dew point is 55 degrees. The skies will clear around 10 am.
Out for the morning walk πΆπ» at seven o’clock. π΄ I probably could have waited until eight as I’m working from home today but I like to maintain the habit and on humid days, a shower πΏ is good before work even when working from home. Tomorrow and Thursday I’ll be in the office π’ and then I am heading up to Piseco-Powley. Hopefully they won’t be tying up things downtown with the filming, it could be a pain today with no buses going down Capitol Hill due to the filming, although maybe interesting looking out the office windows, although my corner office in the opposite end of the building. π¬
I didn’t get propane, so I will probably want to get back to Tractor Supply on Wednesday after work β½ so I have plenty of fuel for the long weekend up in the Adirondacks. Maybe it would be fun to get some charcoal too for cooking breakfast — sure you can do a wood fire but the slow low fire of charcoal can make some pretty good breakfasts for sure. Among other things. I can’t believe I spent $90 at Walmart yesterday, but I needed undershirts among other things. π Sometimes you just need to get supplies. I might have to adjust my budget going forward, but for now I am maintaining my account balance okay while continuing on my savings plans. π One thing I am really looking to being off-grid this weekend — in the sense of having no cell reception — as so many of the weekends lately have been remote work, and I spend too much time up in the woods playing with my phone.
Today will have isolated showers between 9am and noon, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny π¦, with a high of 74 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 27th. Maximum dew point of 60 at 11am. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 78 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1988.
Solar noon π is at 12:57 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.7° from the due south horizon (-0.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour π starts at 7:53 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (297°). πΈ The sunset is in the west-northwest (304°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:36 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 28 seconds with dusk around 9:09 pm, which is 25 seconds later than yesterday. π At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter π Moon in the west-southwest (258°) at an altitude of 37° from the horizon, 237,152 miles away. π The best time to look at the stars is after 9:56 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies π and temperatures around 68 degrees. The dew point will be 58 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 18 minutes of daytime, an increase of 24 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be partly cloudy π€, with a low of 53 degrees at 5am. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 1st. Maximum dew point of 58 at 6pm. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 49 degrees. The record low of 40 occurred back in 1961.
On this day in 1967, The People’s Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb. π£ It would be one of the world’s few powers with access to the devestatingly powerful hydrogen bombs. β’ Nuclear bombs have proven to be so destructive, that they have fortunately been in remission for a little over 75 years, although we all know they are just lurking under the surface waiting for their return some day, hopefully in the distant in the future. π₯
Weekend still seems to be pretty nice start to summer. π Saturday, a chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Maximum dew point of 63 at 1pm. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Maximum dew point of 59 at 9am. Typical average high for the weekend is 80 degrees.
One month π from now will be Cow Appreciation Day π when the sun will be setting at 8:31 pm with dusk at 9:04 pm.
December 15, 2019 Morning
Good morning! Happy Bill of Rights Day 📜! The constitution is only as good as the people appointed to enforce it. 🐽 Otherwise it’s just scrap 📄 good for absorbing the pee and poop 💩 in a hog barn. Next Sunday is Days are Getting Longer βοΈ. Mornings will still be getting darker but at least we will be accelerating the sunlight in the evening enough to make it less dark. Mostly cloudy and 41 degrees in Delmar, NY. β Breezy, οΈ16 mph breeze from the west 🌬 with gusts up to 28 mph 💨💨💨. The current wind chill is 26. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 4 pm. βοΈ
Today will have a slight chance of rain and snow showers, mainly between 1pm and 2pm. Partly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 31 by 5pm. β Windy, with a west wind 16 to 21 mph increasing to 23 to 28 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 48 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 2015. 8.2 inches of snow fell back in 1968.β
I was originally thinking about going to the store 🏬 early today but early often becomes late on the weekends. 😴 I am thinking now maybe my best bet is to stop at the grocery store on the way to the Save the Pine Bush benefit and get gas at the same time. I think if I take Washington Avenue and North Lake I can avoid most of the Red Light Cameras 🚦 and it’s not far out of the way.
The sun will set at 4:22 pm with dusk around 4:54 pm, which is 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 33 degrees. The wind chill around sunset will be 20. βοΈ Blustery, 🌬 with a stiff breeze at 26 mph the west with gusts up to 46mph. Today will have 9 hours and 4 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 31 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 19 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 21st. Maximum wind chill around 12 at 12am; Breezy, with a west wind 19 to 24 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. In 2018, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of -11 occurred back in 1917.
On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed under the weight of rush-hour traffic, resulting in the deaths of 46 people. 🌉 Two of the victims were never found. The Silver Bridge was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 and named for the color of its aluminum paint. The bridge carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. Investigation of the wreckage pointed to the cause of the collapse being the failure of a single eyebar in a suspension chain, due to a small defect 0.1 inches (2.5 mm) deep. Analysis showed that the bridge was carrying much heavier loads than it had originally been designed for and had been poorly maintained. The collapsed bridge was replaced by the Silver Memorial Bridge, which was completed in 1969.
Also, today in 2000, was an the end of an era at the infamous Chernobyl Power Plant. 🔱Reactor No. 4 was the site of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, and the power plant is now within a large restricted area known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Both the zone and the former power plant are administered by the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management. β’οΈ The three remaining reactors remained operational after the accident; all three were eventually shut down by 2000, and the plant remains in the process of decommissioning as of 2019. Nuclear clean-up is scheduled for completion in 2065.
As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until National Bird Day 🐧 when the sun will be setting at 4:35 pm with dusk at 5:07 pm. Birds the word! On that day in 2019, we had rain and temperatures between 40 and 29 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 31 degrees. We hit a record high of 64 back in 1950.
March 15, 2017 Night
Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 20 degrees in Delmar. Breezy, 18 mph breeze from the west-northwest with gusts up to 30 mph. The current wind chill is 2. The skies will clear tomorrow around 4 pm. At times you can really hear the wind whipping around. Cold, especially when you consider there are only four days of calendar winter left.
Today was a decent day at work, but I had a lot of catching up with the office being closed yesterday. Nothing too major, though I didn’t get out right a five. Even at 6:15 the bus service wasnt too bad but Delaware Ave was a total cluster. Nothing in this world is more frustrating than a bad commute when you’re hungry and tired. All I wanted to get was home after a long day.
Everything went smoothly until the evening commute when Delaware Avenue got all backed up from cars parked half way out in the street with the snow banks then the bus getting stuck in the snow trying to navigate the narrow road. I was sure that the bus was going to need a tow. Driver ended up backing up onto a snowbank to try to let another bus pass by. Then there was gridlock as neither bud could pass. Finally we got out, once somebody dug out their car but it took nearly and hour and a half for a normally 25 minute commute. It was pretty awful.
I don’t mind winter but they really shouldn’t allow parallel parking on narrow city streets after a snow storm or at least go after motorists who fail to dig out a spot and park close enough to the curb. I’m glad today is the snow emergency but I wish they had called it earlier. They either need to make more residents of the city either forfeit their car or at least park in satellite lots outside of the city. Many cities like Plattsburgh ban on street parking during the snow. They have municipal lots instead. This happens every time Albany gets a shit ton of snow.
Sidewalks are decently plowed in Delmar but they’ll need at least one more pass with today’s blowing snow and the inevitable plows pushing banks back into the sidewalk. At least Delmar leaves sidewalk maintenance to the professionals and they generally do a good job. I can’t say that is true with Albany though.
My truck has some snow on it but because I dug it out twice yesterday, it’s not going to be a big deal come Saturday. Because I parked on the grass, away from the snow plow, I didn’t get plowed in. I wouldn’t be surprised with warmer temperatures and rain come Sunday
Tonight will have a chance of snow showers, mainly before 1am. Widespread blowing snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 14 degrees at 5am. 12 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 0 at 4am; West wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2016, it got down to 44 degrees with periods of rain and thunderstorm. The record low of 4 occurred back in 1980.
Waning Gibbous Moon tonight with 77% illuminated. The Last Quarter Moon is on Monday night with a chance of snow showers expected. The Full βPinkβ Moon is on Tuesday, April 11th. The sun will rise at 7:05 am with the first light at 6:37 am, which is one minute and 45 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tonight will have a exactly 12 hours of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will have areas of blowing snow before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 27 degrees at 3pm. 17 degrees below normal. West wind 14 to 18 mph. A year ago, we had rain, thunderstorm and a high of 64 degrees. The record high of 82 was set in 1990. 13.4 inches of snow fell back in 1956.
Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. Saturday, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 37. Rather cold. But I might get out cross country skiing. I bet the Normans Kill Gorge would be fun. Or Thacher Park? Typical average high for the weekend is 45 degrees.
In four weeks on April 12 the sun will be setting at 7:34 pm, which is 32 minutes and 6 seconds later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 51 and 36 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 57 and 36 degrees. The record high of 84 degrees was set back in 1977.
Looking ahead, Average High is 60 is in 5 weeks, Pack Rat Day is in 9 weeks, Flag Day is in 13 weeks, Summer is in 14 weeks and Inaugeration Day 2021 is in 201 weeks. Hopefully we can dump Trump by then.
November 12, 2015 update
ο»ΏGood morning, America. Happy Thursday. A pseudo-Monday as yesterday was a day off for state workers, but then again, many people had to work yesterday. Tomorrow is a real-Friday, which proceeds a cold, wet, and election Saturday. In many ways, yesterday was kind of a waste because it was so cold and wet. I had wanted to get out of town, but I only got as far as the supermarket. The same seems true for the weekend β Sunday might be nice, but Saturday looks to be downright cold and miserable. I guess itβs November. But look at it this way β we have avoided the snow so far.
At the 9 o’clock hour we are up one more degree to 49 degrees. Rain showers have picked up a bit but still it’s mostly a drizzle rather than the heavy rain expected this evening. The next really decent day holds off until Sunday through Tuesday.
I donβt know if you had heard the news but I guess some drug addict or thief has been stealing catalytic converters off pickups and cars at the Elm Avenue Park and Ride, literally 7/10th of a mile down the street from where I live. I heard about the story on Tuesday, but they just mentioned a park and ride in Delmar, and I didnβt read any farther. It sucks, because I know some of people who had their catalytic converters stolen. Most of them ride the 719 bus. Comprehensive insurance covers a lot of the loss, but people shouldnβt have to pay for the damages caused by criminals.
I figured it was one of the Park and Rides, but not necessarily the one just down the street form where I live. I realized I hadnβt started up my truck since Monday, so I better get out and check it. It was fine. I guess the thief just hit up the Park and Ride. Stealing in a suburbanite neighborhood with half the neighbors being Republicans with No SAFE Act signs on their lawns, probably is not a good place to be stealing catalytic converters β if you canβt run faster then 1,250 feet per second or so. I hate to waste buck shot on your typical criminal, itβs pretty expensive at least by my standards. A week from Saturday starts deer season in the Southern Zone, so Iβm sure everybody is well stocked up.
Finally put the screens in my windows and got them all sealed up for the winter. Now I can turn on the heat, which I did with the electric radiator upstairs for a few minutes yesterday. The gas heat downstairs is cheaper to operate, but it takes time to heat upstairs, and I didnβt really feel the need to heat the downstairs. I just wanted to get some of the dampness off from the cold rain of yesterday.
This weekend doesn’t look particularly good as Saturday will be so cold with the wind. Which is disappointing as I really wanted to get out of town. Sunday looks okay but it’s one day. I still am hoping somehow vaguely in mind of taking a North Country but only if the work and weather would cooperate.
September 25, 2015 evening
Good evening. Currently 56 degrees under bright moonlight. The nights are definitely getting cooler as fall progresses. Frogs continue to sing their song as I sat over at my neighbor’s campfire. Tomorrow should be around 70 degrees and mostly sunny. Sunrise tomorrow is at 6:46 AM and sunset at 6:46 PM for exactly 12 hours of daylight.
Went down to the Elm Avenue Park for a while after dark when my laptop battery went dead. The battery is starting to go and will need replacement soon. Just wasting time on this dark evening, watching the Pennsylvania Elk Camera and researching my fall trip to West Virginia.
Off to bed early as tomorrow I’m going to the Indian Lake Moose Festival and leaf peeping at Moose River Plains with Mom and Dad. Going to be a long but fun day, hopefully with good color especially in the higher elevations. Certainly there are hints of color in the Albany area and hopefully much more in the Adirondacks. Should be great weather.
September 9, 2015 evening
Good evening. After the front came through with a very brief blast of heavy rain, the temperature dropped and now we are at 70 degrees. The dewpoint remains a sticky 67 from the rain but it will drop off by morning with dewpoints in the low 60s or even high 50s. Tomorrow will only have a high of 74 but bring a rain coat because by afternoon heavier rain will set in. Possibly an inch or so of much needed rain, with the Adirondacks getting less.
Went down to the library, catching the bus there but walking home. Still achy but my ankle is doing better. Last night in my socks I slipped on the stairs in my apartment but I don’t think I did any further damage. Next week I go to the orthopedic doctor and hopefully then I’ll be free to walk without the boot. I’ve been sore in other places lately and sleepy, so I got to think about getting a Lyme Disease test. Everybody else in my family has had Lyme, so I’m sure as a outdoorsman I’ve gotten it too. So many deer ticks climb on me when I’m at Elm Avenue Park.
Other than that, life has been pretty much the same. Buses have been mostly on time and the commute has been good. I heard on the radio that Citizens for Public Transportation had been speaking up about their concerns with all the schedule changes and a lack of notice, but except for cutting the one 719 morning run, I’ve been happy, especially with the restoration of 45 minute evening service on the 18. Work has been work, kind of slow but things are getting done. Went to the farmers market and bought some sweet corn and mushrooms – first time since my injury. Didn’t cook the corn tonight but the will enjoy some tomorrow. Weekend is inching closer but I plan to stay in town.
Sleep well, good night!