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No snow camping for now

I have been looking at the snow depth charts for the North Country and doubt I’ll be doing any snow camping anytime soon. They say there is over two feet of snow along the East Branch of the Sacandaga River, meaning that the snow banks are likely in excess of four feet high in many places. Last weekend there was much less snow up there, I think I missed my opportunity to get up there before the heavy snow came.

Now the question becomes what is next? Maybe a night or two of snow camping. There are local favorites like drag my tent on a sled back to Cole Hill State Forest. I’ve done that the past two winters. It’s relatively easy but still kind of work set up and take down and I so miss the colorful lights from truck cap camping.

NY 8 along the East Branch isn’t a bad thing if I can get several sunny, not so cold, not so snowy days up north there. But that’s easier said than done in the winter. If I plan early enough I can dig out a parking spot, drag my gear back. It’s kind of noisy with the traffic but it’s nice to get away.

I’ve always had my eye on going to Balsam Swamp State Forest in Chenango County as that campground road is maintained and plowed all winter for ice fishing so it would mean all I would have to do is dig out a campsite and I could camp and fish there.

I’ve also had a lot of interest in the Finger Lakes National Forest as I believe Potomac and Picnic Area Roads are plowed year around. Again I’d have to dig out the campsite but it’s very doable. I’d probably hot tent but I’d also have the solar from the truck to keep things fully charged.

It looked like one year Brown Road was plowed to the old school house but I don’t know if Brookfield does that every year and how often they plow. It’s also still a bit of a distance from the road to the campsites at Cherry Ridge but if we got a heat wave and some rain the lake effect snow could disappear in December. Latest models offer little hope for this but as warm weather saturates the mid west some could push east, and warm things up here.

Most other locations are difficult to access if the snow is deep. Honestly even when I pitch a tent, I like having my truck nearby for power and ease of loading and unloading gear. Sure I can drag gear back but it’s a lot of work, especially if the snow is deep.

Science Lake

Heading Into Late August

As we head into late August, the sun sets progressively earlier.🌄 I don’t mind the change, I kind of like the cooler weather, and I think it’s good that we have longer nights.

Moose River Road in the Plains

The cooler weather often brings lower humidity, nice crisp days.🍂 Some are warm some cool. After months of heat and humidity, nothing beats a crystal clear day with a sweater on next to the fire. Small game hunting season starts on September 1st.

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Back camping at the same site tonight

Change is not a bad thing.

April 14, 2018 Morning

Good morning! Happy Saturday. Next Saturday is Earth Day 🌎. No kids, Rolling Coal doesn’t cause global warming. Mostly cloudy and 43 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a north breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. A big gust of breeze came by and it’s cloudy to the north with sun to the south. Temperatures will drop below freezing around 1 am. ☃️

Today will have a chance of rain, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy,⛅ with a temperature falling to around 37 by 5pm. North wind 13 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had sunny skies. The high last year was 64 degrees. Not this year though. The record high of 83 was set in 1968. 1.4 inches of snow fell back in 1950.❄ Hardly something to write back home about.

The sun will set at 7:36 pm with dusk around 8:06 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clouds ☁ and 36 degrees. There will be a north-northeast breeze at 13 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 22 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 46 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain before 2am, then freezing rain and sleet. ☔ Low of 32 degrees at 2am. Five degrees below normal. Leave your windshield wipers up and prepare to wash your car off again this week. North wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2017, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1940.

It was nice down at the Town Park last night. 🌳Rather than stare at a screen, I brought a book📖 I had purchased years ago and was re-reading about renewable energy.📘Reading really is a very enjoyable thing especially with the fresh air down at the park. Reading this older book reminded me how much things have changed over the past decade. 🔧🔩 Certainly lighting technology has changed dramatically over the years, but most of the book is still quite relevant. People don’t think about insulation and vapor barriers but in many cases it’s actually more important to an energy efficient house than solar panels or fancy light bulbs. 🔋I don’t have the knowledge or the skills to do much home building but I am definitely interested in the electrical side of things, especially low voltage. 📟 I’m trying to become more educated though over the next ten years or so.

Starting to see green popping up at the park but it still gets dark quite early – about the same time that is common in late August.🌃 One of these days I’m going to do a chart or table on the blog that shows what one day’s average is most similar to the autumn season. 🎆For example, a 60 degree day in April is similar to certain day in October or a 7:30 sunset in April is equal to 7:30 sunset in early September. Not a difficult thing to calculate per se but quite fascinating.

I was going to have a beer out back but I don’t think the accessory battery has been fully charged in a while,⛔ so the protective relay has shut off the lights to the truck cap.🔋 I really need to get that solar panel mounted so it trickle charges all week long. 🚒Plus I’ve really cut back on drinking because it’s expensive and I have so little extra money to piss away🍺 and plus I wanted to work on wiring up the board I’m building.

Soldered on the pin headers for another Arduino Nano and are in the process of building another board for driving another of those MAX 7219 displays like the one that is now in my office. 💻I have the parts to build several more and this one will be an improved model with a 32kb external eeprom to allow many more random strings and quotes.⚡ I’m thinking of skipping the case on this one and mounting the display directly to the wall. I quit soldering last night when I discovered I had a dead short that I’m struggling to find.🔬 I’m going to keep unsoldering and testing leads to find where I’ve accidentally either burnt off insulation or caused a solder bridge. 🔎It’s not apparent where the problem is from studying the connections with the big magnifying glass built-in with my helping hands unit.

I think today is going to be a pretty busy day with work, but I’m hopeful I will be home before the freezing rain comes.💦 I think the risk of rain has fallen around here at least for today. But I’m going to watch the forecast like a hawk and as things evolve I’ll plan my day accordingly.👀 I struggle to accept that we are still dealing with winter crap now that calendar winter is in the rear view mirror and summer is closer than Ground Hog Day.

Still thinking but not 100% certain if after the Pine Bush hike if I will go up to the Adirondacks to fish and camp. ⛺ Depends a whole lot on the weather. At this point, what’s one more week if I can get a full weekend of camping out of it or maybe even a three day weekend.🎣 By then the sun will be setting later too which is a good thing.

As previously noted, next Saturday is Earth Day 🌎 when the sun will be setting at 7:44 pm with dusk at 8:14 pm. On that day in 2017, we had rain, drizzle, mist, cloudy skies and temperatures between 57 and 47 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 61 degrees. We hit a record high of 89 back in 1923.

April 3, 2018 – Next Sixteen Weeks

Now that the first week of April is  underway, 🌞 the weather is rapidly starting to warm up with average nights now above freezing,🌼 and many days typically getting up into the mid-50s. Particularly notable this time of year is how quickly things warm up, and how much more daylight we are picking up in the evening.🌷 That will slow a bit as May starts to roll around but soon the weather will be getting quite a bit nicer. 🌻

Week Date Dawn Sun-
rise		 Sun-
set		 Dusk Day Avg High Avg Low Record Hi Record Low
0 Apr 3 6:04 am 6:32 am 7:24 pm 7:52 pm 12:51 53 33 79 (1981) 16 (1954)
1 Apr 10 5:51 am 6:20 am 7:32 pm 8:01 pm 13:11 56 35 86 (1922) 21 (1974)
2 Apr 17 5:39 am 6:09 am 7:40 pm 8:09 pm 13:30 59 38 91 (2002) 21 (1971)
3 Apr 24 5:28 am 5:58 am 7:48 pm 8:18 pm 13:49 62 40 81 (2001) 25 (1965)
4 May 1 5:17 am 5:48 am 7:56 pm 8:26 pm 14:07 65 43 86 (2001) 28 (2008)
5 May 8 5:08 am 5:39 am 8:03 pm 8:35 pm 14:24 67 45 91 (1936) 26 (1968)
6 May 15 4:59 am 5:32 am 8:11 pm 8:43 pm 14:39 69 47 93 (1900) 31 (1977)
7 May 22 4:52 am 5:25 am 8:18 pm 8:51 pm 14:52 71 49 97 (1911) 33 (2002)
8 May 29 4:47 am 5:21 am 8:24 pm 8:58 pm 15:03 73 51 93 (1931) 34 (1956)
9 Jun 5 4:43 am 5:18 am 8:29 pm 9:04 pm 15:11 75 53 97 (1925) 39 (1990)
10 Jun 12 4:42 am 5:17 am 8:33 pm 9:08 pm 15:16 77 56 95 (2017) 38 (1972)
11 Jun 19 4:42 am 5:17 am 8:36 pm 9:11 pm 15:19 79 58 94 (1995) 38 (1950)
12 Jun 26 4:44 am 5:19 am 8:37 pm 9:12 pm 15:17 81 59 99 (1952) 39 (1979)
13 Jul 3 4:48 am 5:23 am 8:36 pm 9:11 pm 15:13 82 61 102 (1911) 44 (1978)
14 Jul 10 4:53 am 5:27 am 8:33 pm 9:08 pm 15:06 82 61 100 (1936) 47 (1963)
15 Jul 17 5:00 am 5:33 am 8:29 pm 9:03 pm 14:56 83 62 99 (1900) 45 (1974)
16 Jul 24 5:07 am 5:40 am 8:23 pm 8:56 pm 14:43 83 62 96 (1941) 45 (1985)

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Plant

November 27, 2017 9 AM Update

Good morning! After the long weekend, the work week returns. The good news: four weeks to Christmas. That’s a Monday, so it’s also a long weekend. Mostly cloudy and 39 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west breeze at 14 mph. The skies will clear around 11 am. Cool but clear later on today.

Today will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high of 40 degrees at 11am. Three degrees below normal. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 42 degrees. The record high of 66 was set in 1896. 4.8 inches of snow fell back in 1940.

The sun will set at 4:24 pm with dusk around 4:55 pm, which is 27 seconds earlier than yesterday. At sunset, look for mostly clear conditions and 36 degrees. Breezy, 17 mph breeze from the west-northwest. Today will have 9 hours and 21 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 35 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of 18 degrees at 5am. 10 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 13 at 5am; Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2016, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 20 degrees. The record low of 6 occurred back in 1951.

I ended up catching the later bus to work today, because my sinuses were really plugged when I first got up, and struggled to get moving this morning. I think I will be fine today at work. I don’t know if was coming in from the cold weather that plugged them up or if I picked up another bug along the way. I guess I should have stayed home but if I stayed home every time I felt a little sick from my mildewy apartment, I would never be at work. 

It was a nice trip this past weekend, and by taking NY 30 to Delanson Church Road, past Mariaville to US 20 I avoided almost all of the holiday traffic coming home. I wish I could have had somewhat better weather but indeed, it’s late November. You can’t expect real warm and sunny days this time of year. I’m still hopeful that later in the next few weeks I can get back up north. So far next weekend looks pretty nice but things can change. Next Monday might be a good one to take off to extend the weekend. If the forecast remains true for the next seven days. 

I accidentally posted a bunch of pictures yesterday, that were supposed to be posted over time. There is a bug in the code of my blog, Still I have several more to go through and post over time.  I think I made some nice videos and will have more maps and interactive content to post this week. People complain that I whine too much about our country going to all hell in a hand basket but I don’t care. Hopefully with winter coming I can dig through some data and make up more maps and charts. I’ve been busy lately, and spending more time working on electronics then coming up with interesting infographics. 

Today is cyber Monday but I’ve not seen any M.2 SSD drives at an affordable price for my laptop, at least not at the price I want. I’ve heard there is a real or imaginary shortage of flash memory, which is keeping prices up. Plus with my smartphone and growing interest in electronics, I use my laptop less and less, and I’m not really sure how much faster QGIS would be on an SSD as it’s mostly CPU intensive once booted.

That said, I’m looking at electronics soldering irons as my soldering gun will be much too hot for electronic work. I also want to buy some perf board and non-lead solder and solder wick to start permanently assembling my electronics projects. I’m going to master non-lead solder as that’s the future even if it’s harder to work with as it doesn’t flow as well. Plus it’s less toxic when the electronics are discarded and burnt. 

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Christmas when the sun will be setting at 4:27 pm with dusk at 4:59 pm. On that day in 2016, we had drizzle then mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 43 and 21 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 33 degrees. We hit a record high of 66 back in 1889.

March 30, 2017 – Next Sixteen Weeks

While this will shock no one, as we head into the month of April, the weather generally gets nicer in the Albany area. Record breaking lows rise up to the teens then to the thirties later on, and we are now beyond the below zero weather at this point. Average temperatures are now in the 50s, rising to the 60s by mid-month. Warm days that reach the 90 degree mark are not unheard of in April. Dusk by the first week of April, becomes around 8 PM then later as each day progresses. I should be able to go to the park after work, starting in April, which is great.

Red and Yellow

Week Date Dawn Sun-
rise		 Sun-
set		 Dusk Day Avg High Avg Low Record Hi Record Low
0 March 30 6:10 am 6:38 am 7:19 pm 7:48 pm 12:41 51 31 86 (1986) 7 (1970)
1 April 6 5:57 am 6:26 am 7:27 pm 7:56 pm 13:01 54 34 82 (1921) 14 (1943)
2 April 13 5:45 am 6:14 am 7:35 pm 8:04 pm 13:20 57 37 87 (1977) 19 (1874)
3 April 20 5:34 am 6:03 am 7:43 pm 8:13 pm 13:39 61 39 93 (1941) 19 (1875)
4 April 27 5:22 am 5:53 am 7:51 pm 8:22 pm 13:58 63 41 91 (1962) 26 (1963)
5 May 4 5:12 am 5:43 am 7:59 pm 8:30 pm 14:15 66 44 91 (1944) 28 (1985)
6 May 11 5:03 am 5:35 am 8:07 pm 8:39 pm 14:31 68 46 90 (1911) 29 (2010)
7 May 18 4:55 am 5:28 am 8:14 pm 8:47 pm 14:45 70 48 94 (1962) 29 (1981)
8 May 25 4:49 am 5:23 am 8:21 pm 8:54 pm 14:57 72 50 94 (1981) 30 (1956)
9 June 1 4:45 am 5:19 am 8:26 pm 9:01 pm 15:07 74 52 94 (1918) 35 (1945)
10 June 8 4:42 am 5:16 am 8:31 pm 9:06 pm 15:14 76 54 93 (2011) 38 (1951)
11 June 15 4:41 am 5:16 am 8:35 pm 9:09 pm 15:18 78 57 96 (1988) 42 (1985)
12 June 22 4:42 am 5:17 am 8:36 pm 9:11 pm 15:19 80 59 95 (1954) 37 (1940)
13 June 29 4:45 am 5:20 am 8:36 pm 9:11 pm 15:16 81 60 96 (1944) 44 (1981)
14 July 6 4:50 am 5:24 am 8:35 pm 9:09 pm 15:10 82 61 97 (1886) 47 (1962)
15 July 13 4:56 am 5:29 am 8:31 pm 9:05 pm 15:01 83 62 96 (1894) 45 (1939)
16 July 20 5:03 am 5:36 am 8:26 pm 8:59 pm 14:50 83 62 97 (1991) 49 (1974)

Along the Ravine

March 5, 2017 Morning

Good morning! Happy Sunday. Next Sunday Starts Daylight Savings Time. Sunny and 16 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a northwest breeze at 14 mph. The current wind chill is 2. Much too cold. But warming up next week. And with the slackening wind and bright sunshine, shouldn’t feel so cold today. 

Today will be sunny, with a high of 31 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees below normal. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies and a high of 35 degrees. The record high of 71 was set in 1964. 8.6 inches of snow fell back in 1917.

Cold in the apartment this morning. Gas heat didn’t keep up with the wind and dropping mercury last night. I did put on the electric heat which is helping now. Reheated the rather awful tasting quiche I made yesterday and it came out better reheated then before. I got to learn or at least spend more time becoming a good cook. I think all of the those vegetables and chopped up meat balls and ham didn’t quite work together for my tastes. Made up some more maps and I am soon going to head over to the shower. 

Doing a little more cleaning and once things further warm up I will go to the store and car wash. Then probably go hiking at Hannacroix Preserve then out to mom and dad’s house for Sunday dinner. I also have another map project to do today but have get some more data from the library to do it. Also need to download more data so I can make more charts for next week. 

The sun will set at 5:50 pm with dusk around 6:19 pm, which is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. I was noticing last night that it wasn’t pitch black until after 6:30. Just wait until next Sunday with the time change. Today will have 11 hours and 28 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low of 8 degrees at 2am. 14 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 19 at 6pm; Calm wind. In 2016, it got down to 24 degrees under partly clear skies. The record low of -21 occurred back in 1948.

Today in 1970, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations. Now if we could get the world to destroy the existing stock. I doubt that will happen nor will we ban toxic plastics, nuclear power or take serious action on climate change. In 1933, during the height of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a “bank holiday”, closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions. He would be declared a socialist by the Republicans nowadays. 

As previously noted, next Sunday is Daylight Savings Time when the sun will be setting at 6:59 pm with dusk at 7:27 pm (Daylight Savings Time). That will be nice if we have warm, sunny weather and I can go the park after work. On that day in 2016, we had partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 62 and 25 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 43 degrees. We hit a record high of 69 back in 2012. Spring 2012 was super warm and early. I remember climbing a snow free Storm King Mountain that year.