Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Three weeks to April Fools Day 🤡. In other words, one house budget week this week in Albany land. Mostly cloudy and 38 degrees in Delmar. ☁ There is a west-southwest breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. There are 4 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 11 pm. ☃️

Today will have a slight chance of showers after 1pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny 🌦, with a high of 43 degrees at 2pm. One degree above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around March 12th. Breezy, with a west wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 70 was set in 1977. 4.1 inches of snow fell back in 1941.❄

The sun will set at 6:57 pm with dusk around 7:25 pm, which is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for possible rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 41 degrees. Breezy, 23 mph breeze from the west with gusts up to 36mph. 🌀Today will have 11 hours and 44 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a slight chance of rain and snow showers before 9pm, then a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 28 degrees at 4am. Four degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around March 22nd. Saves on the heating! Breezy, with a west wind 21 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. In 2018, we had cloudy in the evening, which became mostly sunny by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 24 degrees. The record low of -12 occurred back in 1948.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 42 degrees at 3pm. One degree below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around March 10th. Well, that’s an improvement over February weather. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 39 degrees. The record high of 69 was set in 2012. 30.4 inches of snow fell back in 1888.❄

Today in 1993, Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.🏤I have very little positive to say about her, I thought her hateful rhetoric is a lot of the reason that our country is as troubled as it is today. The one upside about her service is that crime fell enormously during her years in office, a trend that has continued to this day.

Yesterday I went to John Wolcott’s house 🏡 for several hours to continue looking through old documents of his. Those news 📰 clips I posted on my personal Facebook profile about Albany tearing down the buildings Erastus Corning fought to save to build a park behind city hall in his memory is telling about the city and how things work there.

I wanted to get out to the car 🚙 wash yesterday but that didn’t happen. I really want to get the salt and mud and off it but now with the time change I’m thinking that I can do it after work💭 although probably not on tonight as I expect to be there late and it’s Brooklyn Night and I plan to have a few beers 🍻 there after work tonight.

Pretty happy with the jacket and pants 👖 that I got from JC Penny for work. They are definitely comfortable which is a big thing for me. I like the style and fit of the pants although they are a bit darker than the jacket but I expect the color will lighten after a few washes. None of them are an exact match as I don’t wear suits as I like having machine washable pants. Maybe I’m not that stylish of a businessman.

I have a blister on my foot 👣, from rubbing in my ski 🎿 boots. I wanted to go for my evening walk 🚶 but I decided against that as I didn’t want to make the blister pop or get worse. I started out, I started to walk

The time ⌚ changed and I updated my microprocessors. Unfortunately I forgot to update one of the lines of code so the lights didn’t come on automatically this morning. But I think I fixed thst. I also tweaked the code to place a delay and a double sending of commands around the Bluetooth connection between the lamp on one side of my bedroom from the other. Fixed some other bugs and added additional color modes to the lights.

Looking forward to going to the park after work one it warms up with the time change. That’s one of my favorite things to do once spring come after work. 🌸That said, I doubt that I will be out of work that early this week and there is still a lot of melting and drying out of the ground before I start heading down to the park after work.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 44. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Typical average high for the weekend is 44 degrees. Maybe I should plan something for the weekend.

Might be a bit sloppy for camping ⛺, it all depends on how much snow is left. And there is always the possibility that I have to work part of weekend. I’m kind of hopon as are done with the snow and ice at this point but there is still a month and a half where there is a realistic possibility but I don’t expect any extended cold periods or for that matter, a need to turn up the heat🔥 downstairs above 50.🌷

In four weeks on April 8 the sun will be setting at 7:29 pm,🌄 which is 32 minutes and 16 seconds later then today. In 2018 on that day, we had cold, mostly sunny, snow showers and temperatures between 39 and 19 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 55 and 35 degrees. The record high of 88 degrees was set back in 1929.

Looking ahead, April Fools Day 🤡 is in 3 weeks, Tax Day 💰 is in 5 weeks, Earth Day 🌎 is in 6 weeks, Memorial Day 🇺🇸 is in 11 weeks, July 🏊🏿 is in 16 weeks and Last Sunset After 8 PM 🌆 is in 22 weeks.

Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 26 degrees in City of Albany. Calm wind.The skies will clear Thursday around 6 am. Getting to bed early tonight as with the weather tomorrow I expect a challenging commute. 

I went to Brooklyn Night at the Egg tonight after work today and ate lots of hot dogs, pretzels and beer. Good food but I made sure to drink water now that I’m home so I don’t wake up to a hang over. When I wake in the morning it will be a winter wonderland. 

It’s going to be a very interesting commute tomorrow but with boots and hats, bus time and some luck with the bus tomorrow I’ll make it work. I might get stuck at the office tomorrow but I’ll watch the conditions and try to leave before the last bus makes it out to the suburbs in the evening. Adults don’t get snow days unless of course your a non essential state worker, which I’m not. Tomorrow is a legislative session day  and the business of governing has to go on tomorrow. If I called out for the day, I’d have to use vacation time and honestly I’ll be fine. If I have to spend the night at work, won’t be the first time that has happened.  Don’t worry, I’ll live tweet my commute from hell. At least in the office I doubt we’ll lose power or heat. And they have wireless Internet there. 

Tonight will have a chance of snow, mainly after 3am. Areas of fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low of 19 degrees at 6am. Six degrees below normal. Light east wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2016, it got down to 40 degrees with periods of rain. The record low of -6 occurred back in 1948.

Waning Gibbous Moon tonight with 90% illuminated. The moon will . The Last Quarter Moon is next Monday. The Full “Pink” Moon is on Tuesday, April 11th. The sun will rise at 7:08 am with the first light at 6:40 am, which is one minute and 44 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tonight will have 12 hours and 6 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of blowing snow after 2pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Areas of dense freezing fog. High of 26 degrees at 3pm. 17 degrees below normal. Northeast wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 11 to 17 inches possible. A year ago, we had rain and a high of 47 degrees. No rain tomorrow. The record high of 75 was set in 1946. 12.9 inches of snow fell back in 1958. That record is going down tomorrow. 

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. Saturday, a chance of snow before 4pm, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Sunday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 30%.Typical average high for the weekend is 45 degrees.

In four weeks on April 10 the sun will be setting at 7:32 pm, which is 32 minutes and 12 seconds later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 47 and 23 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 56 and 35 degrees. The record high of 86 degrees was set back in 1922.

Looking ahead, Patriots Day is in 5 weeks, May Day is in 7 weeks and Memorial Day is in 11 weeks. I’m sure by Memorial Day Weekend it will stop snowing. Or so I hope, we got wet snow one year when I was camping at Moose River Plains.