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March 7, 2020 Night

Good evening! Mostly clear and 32 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west-northwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour. Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 8 am. 🌡️

It was a good day, spent a lot of time in the woods walking 🚶, observing nature and so forth. Five Rivers in the morning, Schodack Island in the afternoon. My knees and leg have been a bit achy all day, in part from the cramp in the morning and also I think the Lyme disease 🐜.

Went shopping and got most of the supplies that I needed. 🍏 Probably too many – I shopped at Aldi and Walmart. I didn’t have enough reusable bags when I was in Walmart so I had to kind of overpack one of the bags. 🛄 I think the whole banning plastic bags is so silly but liberals like it. Honestly if when I move to a state with free plastic bags, I’ll be quite happy to use them again and chuck them in the burn barrel with the rest of the burnable trash. 🔥 Probably ventilated with a handgun 🔫 that I wouldn’t need a permit for in a free state. 🆓

I don’t get the need for the plastic bag bans when they’re talking about developing vast areas of land for solar farms. ◻With folks proposing 100 acre and even 1,000 acre solar farms what’s the big deal with sitting a 100 acre landfill that could provide disposal capacity for a region for a half century or more? 🚮OH, and I took my junk mail and waste paper to the recycling dumpster at the Park and Ride. Greeny of the year. ♻ LOL 😂.

I washed Big Red. 🚘 Wasn’t super dirty but I wanted to get the mud off it and residual salt off it before it warms up. Filled up the gas tank ⛽ as gas has come down in price due to everybody’s silly fears of a Corona Recession. Democrats really want a recession so they can replace the president, although nobody serious seems to be advancing in the primary. 🛄

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 19 degrees at 4am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around February 24th. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 7 degrees. The record low of -2 occurred back in 1989.

Tonight will have a nearly Full 🌝 Moon with 96% illuminated. I saw it rising around 5 pm at Schodack Island State Park. At 9 PM, the moon was in the southeast (129°) at an altitude of 55° from the horizon, some 228,683 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by August 28th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Worm 🐛 Moon is on Monday, March 9. The darkest hour is at 12:07 am, followed by dawn at 5:53 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:21 am in the east (96°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 41 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:59 am with sun in the east-southeast (103°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 25 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 57 degrees at 3pm. 16 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 12th. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 9 mph. Should be a nice day. Tempted to open some windows for fresh air in the morning. Definitely on Monday. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 34 degrees. The record high of 68 was set in 2012. 6.5 inches of snow fell back in 2013.❄

In four weeks on April 4 the sun will be setting in the west (279°) at 7:25 pm (Daylight Savings Time),🌄 which is one hour, 32 minutes and 28 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 47 and 30 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 53 and 33 degrees. The record high of 79 degrees was set back in 1950.

Looking ahead, Average High is 50 🌸 is in 3 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is a month away, Average High is 60 🌼 is in 6 weeks, Flower Moon 🌕 is in 2 months, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 10 weeks, Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ is in 11 weeks, Strawberry Moon 🌕 is in 3 months, and Summer ️⛱️ is in 15 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 75 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Center Square And Beyond

Building Shadow Analysis Program

Building Shadow Analysis Program

Earlier this week I wrote a small PHP script for analysis of the shadow cast by buildings on the surrounding landscape. To obtain sun position and altitude, it relies on SunCalc PHP which must be included in the script. It goes throughout the year, churning out how much of a shadow a building will produce each hour, in feet and direction. Additionally, the script will calculate the maximum point the shadow will be cast as a set of coordinates.

<?php
// The current values entered into this script currently are for the Empire Plaza.
$latitude =  42.64915; 
$longitude = -73.75950; 
$height =  610;

$start = strtotime("January 1, 2020 12 AM");
$end = strtotime("December 31, 2020 11 PM");

include("suncalc.php");

// Compass as a Reference
$compass = array(
			'north', 'north-northeast', 'northeast',
			'east-northeast', 'east', 'east-southeast',
			'southeast', 'south-southeast', 'south',
			'south-southwest', 'southwest',
			'west-southwest', 'west', 'west-northwest',
			'northwest', 'north-northwest');

function newPos($lat, $lng, $dist, $dir) {
    // Earth Radius in KM
    $R = 6378.14;
    
    // distance in feet to KM
    $d = (($dist * 0.3048) / 1000);

    // Degree to Radian
    $lat1 = $lat * (M_PI/180);
    $lng1 = $lng * (M_PI/180);
    $brng = $dir * (M_PI/180);

    // Really Complicated Math (TM) that works based on the HAVERSINE formula from 
    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7222382/get-lat-long-given-current-point-distance-and-bearing
    $lat2 = asin(sin($lat1)*cos($d/$R) + cos($lat1)*sin($d/$R)*cos($brng));
    $lng2 = $lng1 + atan2(sin($brng)*sin($d/$R)*cos($lat1),cos($d/$R)-sin($lat1)*sin($lat2));

    # back to degrees
    $lat2 = $lat2 * (180/M_PI);
    $lng2 = $lng2 * (180/M_PI);

  return "$lat2,$lng2";
}

$output = "Month,Day,Hour,Sun Angle,Sun Position,Sun Pos Name,Shadow Length,Shadow Direction,Shadow Dir Name,Orginal Lat, Original Lng, Maximum Shadow Lat, Maximum Shadow Lng\n";
for ($time = $start; $time &amp;lt; $end; $time += 60*60) { // get sun position for time $timeObj = new DateTime(); $timeObj-&amp;gt;setTimestamp($time);
	
	$sc = new AurorasLive\SunCalc($timeObj, $latitude, $longitude);
	$sunPos = $sc-&amp;gt;getSunPosition($timeObj);

	// don't include any time when sun is below the horizon
	if ($sunPos-&amp;gt;altitude*(180/M_PI) &amp;lt; 0) continue; // add month, day, hour $output .= date('n,j,G,',$time); // get sun altitude $output .= $sunPos-&amp;gt;altitude*(180/M_PI).',';
	
	// get sun position
	$output .= 180+$sunPos-&amp;gt;azimuth*(180/M_PI).',';
	$output .= $compass[round((180+$sunPos-&amp;gt;azimuth*(180/M_PI))/ 22.5) % 16].',';	
	
	// shadow length
	$output .= $height/tan(deg2rad($sunPos-&amp;gt;altitude*(180/M_PI))).',';
	
	// shadow direction
	$shadowDir = $sunPos-&amp;gt;azimuth*(180/M_PI) + 360;
	if ($shadowDir &amp;gt; 360) $shadowDir -= 360;
	
	$output .= $shadowDir.',';
	$output .= $compass[round($shadowDir/ 22.5) % 16].',';

	// building latitude and longitude
	$output .= "$latitude, $longitude,";
	
	// maximum extent of shadow
	$output .= newPos($latitude, $longitude, $height/tan(deg2rad($sunPos-&amp;gt;altitude*(180/M_PI))), $shadowDir).",";	
	
	$output .= "\n";	
}

echo $output;

Here is an example output:

Month,Day,Hour,Sun Angle,Sun Position,Sun Pos Name,Shadow Length,Shadow Direction,Shadow Dir Name,Orginal Lat, Original Lng, Maximum Shadow Lat, Maximum Shadow Lng
1,1,8,4.370562595888,127.16997476055,southeast,7981.2630997694,307.16997476055,northwest,42.64915, -73.7595,42.662350867593,-73.783180446551,
1,1,9,12.464234785715,138.47001937172,southeast,2759.6833421566,318.47001937172,northwest,42.64915, -73.7595,42.654806428356,-73.766311948646,
1,1,10,18.826346377511,151.18871989968,south-southeast,1789.1660233981,331.18871989968,north-northwest,42.64915, -73.7595,42.653442385927,-73.762710054908,
1,1,11,22.92597731207,165.29270254371,south-southeast,1442.2476816852,345.29270254371,north-northwest,42.64915, -73.7595,42.652969571748,-73.76086316453,
1,1,12,24.317973645092,180.27827074558,south,1349.8710413416,0.27827074557518,north,42.64915, -73.7595,42.652845989302,-73.7594755931,
1,1,13,22.827705402895,195.24737437252,south-southwest,1449.1706789769,15.247374372522,north-northeast,42.64915, -73.7595,42.652978239559,-73.758081165062,
1,1,14,18.641667869753,209.31025239405,south-southwest,1808.2272087538,29.310252394054,north-northeast,42.64915, -73.7595,42.653467170112,-73.756204500047,
1,1,15,12.211118961179,221.98033545934,southwest,2818.7133569306,41.980335459338,northeast,42.64915, -73.7595,42.654887013398,-73.752480800429,
1,1,16,4.0670753820534,233.23837174035,southwest,8579.0650125467,53.238371740354,northeast,42.64915, -73.7595,42.663205632648,-73.733908619093,
1,2,8,4.3645441749857,127.03353849744,southeast,7992.3115188513,307.03353849744,northwest,42.64915, -73.7595,42.662327567958,-73.783255965565,
1,2,9,12.476443037614,138.33095911417,southeast,2756.8958218911,318.33095911417,northwest,42.64915, -73.7595,42.654788550435,-73.766323694576,
1,2,10,18.860737296743,151.04916237459,south-southeast,1785.6561891219,331.04916237459,north-northwest,42.64915, -73.7595,42.653428213262,-73.762717935368,
1,2,11,22.985140372821,165.15894624042,south-southeast,1438.1068136859,345.15894624042,north-northwest,42.64915, -73.7595,42.652956261035,-73.760871335783,
1,2,12,24.401639825801,180.15947237405,south,1344.6352402431,0.15947237405339,north,42.64915, -73.7595,42.652831682677,-73.759486067027,
1,2,13,22.932215921968,195.15131682951,south-southwest,1441.810083379,15.151316829514,north-northeast,42.64915, -73.7595,42.652960530629,-73.7580970562,
1,2,14,18.761308368827,209.23956034287,south-southwest,1795.8375075952,29.239560342872,north-northeast,42.64915, -73.7595,42.653440556697,-73.756234277101,
1,2,15,12.340240887742,221.93268535805,southwest,2788.302504508,41.932685358049,northeast,42.64915, -73.7595,42.654829364851,-73.752562956502,
1,2,16,4.2013827926665,233.20922777897,southwest,8303.8756666826,53.209227778967,northeast,42.64915, -73.7595,42.662764126188,-73.734739101558,

Egg Highlighted

January 30, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy Thursday. Getting my teeth cleaned this morning.🦷 Lucky me. Next Thursday Save the Pine Bush Turns 42 🦋. Been a long time since Dick Patrick and Mayor Erastus Corning had their public hearing on the Lone Pine Development during the 1978 blizzard when all of state government was shut down but not the city’s planning board hearing at the old Herman Bleecker library downtown. 🌲

Bright and sunny and 18 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 Calm wind. 🍃 Things will start to thaw out at around 1 pm. 🌡️ Without the wind and the bright sun pushing thirty degrees altitude by noon time, not too bad. Indeed the latest forecast predicts weather a few degrees above normal by late afternoon. ♨ Seems like the old heater has kept up fine in my apartment and it’s quite comfortable inside. That said, I think I’ll drive to the dentist just because if I miss the bus I can either drive home or wait inside my truck for the next bus 🚍 so I’m not stuck out in the cold ❄.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 35 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 15th. Light and variable wind. I’ll take that for late January. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 28 degrees. The record high of 56 was set in 2013. 11 inches of snow fell back in 1966.❄

Hopefully I’ll survive my dentist appointment. 🦷 I really should floss more and I am a bad person for that but I do brush my teeth regularly and the past few years I’ve been getting biyearly cleanings so hopefully I won’t be buck tooth too soon. I haven’t been drinking as much milk lately 🐮 – maybe a gallon a week in favor of apple juice 🍏 which is terrible for my teeth but I get tired of milk and apple juice at least is healthier than beer or soda. I do drink a lot of florinated water 💦 too. I support science and urban water florination and yes the milk I drink is pasteurized as I don’t own my own cow 🐮 and it only takes a little amount of bacteria of the wrong type in the bulk tank to make you very sick, and despite the iodine teat dip and properly stripping teats, cows do lay in the grass, mud and manure all day.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:09 pm with sun having an altitude of 29.6° from the due south horizon (-41.2° vs. 6/21). I’m thinking tomorrow will be thirty degrees noontime altitude but only if it’s sunny out will it matter much. I heard the mercury could teach fifty on Monday and The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:24 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (239°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (246°) starting at 5:03 pm and lasts for 3 minutes and 10 seconds with dusk around 5:35 pm, which is one minute and 18 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the south-southwest (204°) at an altitude of 47° from the horizon, 251,535 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:10 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around the freezing point. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 9 hours and 53 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 16 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 17 degrees at 6am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around February 11th. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Works for me. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to -3 degrees. The record low of -26 occurred back in 1948.

I briefly checked the fluids in my truck and they’re all good. ⛽ I haven’t had to add oil since the November oil change at the dealership. I’ve also noticed that the lifter that was clicking has stopped. Maybe the sludge in the engine has fixed the problem. I do doing synthetic oil changes and lately been going to the dealer with the long hours and good price for regular maintenance. Maybe I will be able to get several more years out of the truck. I still will need to get new 35 inch tires probably at the end of the year and probably an alignment and that ain’t cheap but it’s been six years by the end of next year since I jacked up my truck. 🚘

Nothing to celebrate this weekend except maybe the Ground Hawg not seeing his shadow. 🐻 Saturday, a slight chance of snow showers before noon, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between noon and 1pm, then a slight chance of rain showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. ☁ Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees.

🌹🌻🌼Only 49 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

49 days of winter left, 49 days of winter left. Take one down, pass it around….

As previously noted, next Thursday is Save the Pine Bush Turns 42 🦋 when the sun will be setting at 5:14 pm with dusk at 5:44 pm. On that day in 2019, we had rain and temperatures between 37 and 25 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 33 degrees. We hit a record high of 55 back in 1991.

Old Stage Road

January 29, 2020 Night

Good evening! Clear and 20 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a north breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is 8. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ Things will start to thaw out at Friday around 11 am. 🌡️

It was pretty bitterly cold ❄ after going out with some of my colleagues after work and having some drinks and wings 🍻 and then waiting for the bus to go home. 🚍 The 49 cent wings – ten for $4.90 are a great deal 🍗 and are really good tasting at Public House 42. Plus my colleagues picked up the tab for my birthday 🎂 which was really nice of them to do. I offered to pay but they were really nice. I don’t go out much but it was nice especially at the new Pinto and Hobbs where it was pretty quiet. I hate drinking beer where the crowds and noise are so loud you can’t hear a person five feet away. Even Public House 42 was pretty quiet, they were playing Peter Paul and Mary for a walk.

Tonight will be clear 🌃, with a low of 6 degrees at 4am. Nine degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around -1 at 5am; North wind 3 to 8 mph. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 1 degrees. The record low of -12 occurred back in 1965.

There was at least one if not two homeless people on the street last night at the bus stop. 🚏Seemed like an awful cold night to be on the street. I’ve spent a few single digit nights in the wilderness in the single digits but that’s with warm clothes, a rip roaring fire 🔥 and my propane heater in a hot tent 🎪. The homeless action network was giving out blankets and tarps to the people and probably asking them if they wanted to go to the shelter. One was asking if anybody had keys 🔑 or a knife🔪 to open 🔓 the bag that they were blanket they got came in. I said no because I didn’t know if my key would be sharp enough and I didn’t want to have it stolen and not be able to get in my own house. 🏡 The guy flagged down the homeless van and got in any they helped him open it.

Just reminds me how privileged I am even if it seems like I have very little money 💵 in my bank account at the end of the month. My rent check was withdrawn yesterday. That’s good, I hopefully won’t get evicted for at least another month. 🏡 Done so much damage to my landlords building 🏢 although not all of it is my fault – it’s had moisture problems since I moved in and things were old and thread bare ready to wear through. Plus my muddy boots and gear didn’t help. That said, over the past 12 1/2 years I’ve paid like $80k in rent, always on time and only called the landlord over a handful of times. 💰The rent check cleared while I was drinking to remind me how poor I truly am.💸 At least it was my birthday.

The Snow ❄ Moon is on Sunday, February 9. The darkest hour is at 12:09 am, followed by dawn at 6:44 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:14 am in the east-southeast (114°) and last for 3 minutes and 10 seconds. Sunrise is 57 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:56 am with sun in the east-southeast (121°). Tonight will have 14 hours and 7 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 16 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 32 degrees at 3pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around January 31st. Light and variable wind. With the sun it will feel even warmer. Next week might be closer to 50 on Monday. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 28 degrees. The record high of 56 was set in 2013. 11 inches of snow fell back in 1966.❄

Tooth cleaning appointment in the morning. 🦷 I should have done a better job at flossing over the past six months but I’ve been busy and I’m sure I’ll get yelled out gently by my dental hygienist. He’s actually a good guy and very friendly and just tries to nudge me to better dental health. Figuring I didn’t take care of my teeth for a long time it’s good I’m at least getting regular cleanings now.

In four weeks on February 26 the sun will be setting in the west (259°) at 5:40 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 19 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny, snow showers and temperatures between 24 and 15 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 38 and 20 degrees. The record high of 63 degrees was set back in 1976.

After I got home I researched the Rensselaer Biotech facility that is supposed to be one of those mechanical biological treatment facilities 🚮that shreds mixed garbage and supposedly breaks it down into compostable materials and recoverable metals. I think the biggest concern is it will process mixed waste rather than source separated organics. I’d rather see much higher prices on mixed waste and that sent to landfills with a priority on source separated organics recovery and dual stream recycling. ♻ Having more bins is a pain but it may be necessary for clean waste recovery.

Looking ahead, February Save the Pine Dinner 🦋 is in 3 weeks, Average High is 40 ☀️ is in 5 weeks, April Fools Day 🤡 is in 9 weeks, Pink Moon 🌕 is in 10 weeks, Tax Day 💰 is in 11 weeks, Earth Day 🌎 is in 12 weeks, Latest Sunset 🌆 is in 21 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 51 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 113 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Icles

First Big Camping Trip of the Year, A Look Back

Every year, I usually kick off the camping season with a big road trip somewhere. Here are some of the trips I’ve done in years past:

2016: Finger Lakes National Forest

April 2016 was a relatively cold month after a relatively warm winter. The first night I camped at Stony Pond in Nelson. It got down to 15 degrees.

I visited the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge then camped off of Chicken Coop Road at the Finger Lakes National Forest.

Took the tarps down so I won't have to deal with wet ones in the morning

Rather cold weather up on Hector Backbone, so I strung up tarps to block the wind and built big campfires.

Rainy afternoon

Rather gray as things hadn’t really greened up yet.

Foster Pond

But in lower elevations, especially along Cayuga Lake, things where starting to bud up, like as seen with this picture of Taughannock State Park.

Spring will arrive

2015: Balsam Pond, Long Pond and Chenango County

Rained a bit during the day but camping was great Balsam Pond.

Quiet, battery powered.

Beautiful sunrise on Balsam Pond.

After sunset

Nice afternoon fishing on Whitney Point Reservior, but I didn’t get many bites.

Nice morning

2014: East Branch of Sacanadaga River

In 2014, I camped on the East Branch of Sacandaga River. It was a pretty night.

I used my solar panel a bit under the sunny skies to keep the accessory battery charged.

2013: Balsam Pond, Long Pond and Chenango County

In many ways my 2013 trip was similiar to my 2015 trip. I camped at Long Pond, which was very much so still frozen this year.

Down By Long Pond

Hiked up the Berry Hill Firetower.

I worked with AI to develop my dream homestead [Expires May 13 2024]

Visited Rogers Environmental Education Center.

East Towards Sherburne

2012: Crane Mountain and Harrisburg NY

Hike both Crane Mountain and Hadley Mountain and camped off of Harrisburg Road in the Adirondacks.

Crane Pond Mountain with Eleventh Mountain Behind It

My truck didn’t have a cap then, so I camped in a tent.

GE Sillicone Mound

It was fun camping in my then new truck.

Cloverleaf

February 27, 2019 Morning

Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day! Hump Day! HUMP DAY! Two weeks to 7 PM Sunset 🌆. The more you know. Clawdy, oh so clawdy and 10 degrees in Delmar. ☁ There is a north breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. There is some snow on the ground, not a lot, more coming this evening. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at Friday around noontime. 🌡️

Another chilly and cold late February day. The bright blue skies are gone, I’ll have to turn the lights on when I get to the office.💡 So be it. At least the winds of earlier in the week are gone. 💨At least the bus was on time, and I figure at some point the weather pattern will change and things will warm up. But not today. And we are getting some snow this afternoon to boot.❄Maybe it will be good for the weekend to do some skiing, although a lot depends if we get snow or rain on Saturday. Otherwise it will be all ice.

Today will snow likely, mainly after 4pm. Before then, cloudy 🌨, with a high of 19 degrees at 2pm. 19 degrees below normal. Half as warm as it should be. Okay, math may not work that way. North wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable. I think I’ll be slip sliding my way back home on the bus, although I didn’t bring my boots.👢  Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny. The high last year was 56 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 1997. 3.6 inches of snow fell back in 2013.❄

The sun will set at 5:42 pm with dusk around 6:11 pm, which is one minute and 15 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for snow to be starting 🌨 and temperatures around 19 degrees. Not a good day to drink before driving home, for sure. Take the bus or an Uber. There will be a east breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 10 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will snow, mainly before 3am. 🌨 Low of 18 degrees at 6pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical night around February 16th. East wind around 6 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Not a big snow storm, I’m sure the roads won’t be awful come the morning. In 2018, we had mostly clear in the evening, which became mostly sunny by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 32 degrees. The record low of -10 occurred back in 1950.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 28 degrees at 2pm. 10 degrees below normal. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Not real great for melting snow but the sun and breeze will help. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 60 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1903. 9.7 inches of snow fell back in 1948.❄

Yesterday, much to my surprise, I got to go home by around 5:30. That said, I was pretty tired and after dinner I went to bed around eight. 😴I would have ridden the excerise bike or done my evening walk but I was just so exhausted. The previous night I awoke much too early and came the next day I paid the consequences. When I don’t get enough sleep I’m not only tired but I also tend to get migraines. 😩

I’ve been looking at JC Penny again for pants and because I left their site and came back I got a good coupon. 😍I’m thinking again about ordering those pants for work, I really should have more pants in my collection for the long session weeks that are coming. I don’t have to have a fresh pair of pants everyday but I kind of prefer it especially in case they get dirty. 👖

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of snow before 1pm, then rain and snow likely between 1pm and 4pm, then snow likely after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Sunday, a chance of snow showers before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 35. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Typical average high for the weekend is 39 degrees. Definitely not a real nice weekend but at least it will melt away the snow we expect to get tonight.

In four weeks on March 27 the sun will be setting at 7:15 pm (Daylight Savings Time),🌄 which is one hour, 33 minutes and 4 seconds later then today. In 2018 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 48 and 26 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 49 and 30 degrees. The record high of 78 degrees was set back in 1998.

The past two years we’ve had pretty mild late February into March but this year seems to be an exception. 🌷I’m hoping this extended period of cold means that once the ridge breaks down we will have a warm spring. I really want to shut off the heat and open the windows, to say nothing about doing some travel and nights in the wilderness. ☺

Looking ahead, 7 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 2 weeks, Arbor Day 🌳 is in 2 months, May 🕊 is in 9 weeks, Memorial Day 🇺🇸 is in 3 months, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 14 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 99 weeks.

Why Are You Photographing Me?

January 30, 2019 Morning

Good morning! What day is it? A sunny and fresh snow on a Hump Day, of course. Six weeks to 7 PM Sunset 🌆. Partly sunny and 16 degrees in Delmar. Calm wind. Doesn’t feel that cold out with the sun plus I left the heat turned up in my apartment in preparation for the couple of days of cold weather to come. After last night’s snow storm are 9 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ Things will start to thaw out at Sunday around 11 am. 🌡️ Going to be really nice then.

I took the local bus to work this morning 🚌 as I slept in a bit later than normal because I did not sleep well. 😩As expected, yesterday was an awful day at work but I made it through it. Roads are pretty good this morning and the bus is running relatively close to on schedule though. I’ll make it through today with toothpicks holding my eyes open and move forward to tomorrow. At least there should be a lot of sun and blue light in my office, for the first part of the day.

Today will have increasing clouds 🌞➡☁, with a high of 22 degrees at 1pm. Nine degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around -9 at 6pm; Breezy, with a light west wind increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Watch for snow showers between 3pm and 5pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of blowing snow after noon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible but still could impact our evening commutes. A year ago, we had light snow. The high last year was 28 degrees. The record high of 56 was set in 2013. 11.0 inches of snow fell back in 1966.❄

The sun will set at 5:06 pm with dusk around 5:36 pm, which is one minute and 19 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 12 degrees. The wind chill around sunset will be -7. ☃️ Breezy, 21 mph breeze ⛅ from the west with gusts up to 34mph. Yuck. Today will have 9 hours and 56 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 19 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of -5 degrees at 5am. 20 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around -16 at 11pm; West wind 7 to 15 mph. I’ll definitely have to leave the cabinets open and the heat up tonight if I want a warm shower come the morning. 🚿 In 2018, we had light snow in the evening, which became mostly sunny by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 15 degrees. The record low of -26 occurred back in 1948.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 12 degrees at 1pm. 20 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around -15 at 6am; West wind 7 to 14 mph. A year ago, we had light snow. The high last year was 30 degrees. The record high of 58 was set in 1913. 6.9 inches of snow fell back in 2000.❄

Yesterday was a tough and crazy day at work. I got 53 work emails in one day, responding back to 33 of them.📨 I had to run over to the Capitol a few times, write many memos and postage requisitions. Some days at work are less pleasant than others. Hopefully I’ll get caught up on work sooner than later. Maybe I should have stayed late last night, but I was so tired after the insanity around the place yesterday.🤪

Despite the crazy day at work, I left at 5:10 and got home a little before six which wasn’t so bad with the snow. The bus was running a little bit late but I still got home earlier than I expected.😁 Normally, it’s closer to 5:40 – 5:45 PM with regular traffic. And despite the snow last night, this mornings commute wasn’t too bad at all, as the roads were pretty good.

My birthday dinner was fish sticks and corn. 🐟 I even cracked open a beer. I could have gone out but I was really tired. I’m not complaining, I got the super-sized bag a few weeks ago do its very economical. This morning I had waffles. Cleaned the counter up well but I still have a problem with ants. I got to get some ant bait, probably tomorrow when I go out to John Wolcott’s house. I hope I can get Big Red out of park in the cold. I think the next time I have Big Red in the shop for his oil change that I no longer do myself I will see if they can replace it at least get working the sensor again.🅿 It’s fine when it’s a bit warmer, so I don’t know.

I mounted the old hard drive in the DVD slot on my laptop. 💾 Worked great although I think I might have gave cracked some of the bezel clips when I removed the bezel from the DVD drive. I know they do sell them on eBay for not that much money so if I decide to get one — I’ve seen them listed for as low as $5 including shipping. I don’t necessary need a new one, just one without broken clips to replace the broken one, and also one to put on the DVD drive for when I swap them — although I can’t remember the last time I actually used the DVD drive.💿

I had a nice evening walk, lots of snow outside for sure. I was really surprised how much snow was on the ground when I went for my evening walk last night around 8:30 PM, ❄ almost 6 inches at that point. Didn’t get much more snow though late into the night, maybe a another two inches. It was deep walking through the snow, especially the sections of the sidewalk out past Adams Station Apartment Complex later in the night. 👢

Looking ahead, there are 6 weeks until 7 PM Sunset 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 6:59 pm with dusk at 7:27 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2018, we had snow and temperatures between 34 and 30 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 43 degrees. We hit a record high of 70 back in 2012.

Lots of sun this weekend, and actually relatively nice and warm on Sunday for a change. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 27. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 37. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees. I want to get some glue so I can fix my ski boots and skis again before heading out on Sunday to maybe do some cross country skiing, maybe in the backcountry of Partridge Run. ⛷Should be a great time skiing, assuming the snow isn’t too sloppy with the warmer weather although in the hill-towns I can’t imagine it will be that high above freezing.

In four weeks on February 27 the sun will be setting at 5:42 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 12 seconds later then today. The later sunset will be nice, especially as dusk is much later. In 2018 on that day, we had sunny and mild day with temperatures between 56 and 28 degrees.  An early taste of spring. I do remember that last year, I walked outside to the Capitol. Typically, you have temperatures between 38 and 20 degrees. The record high of 61 degrees was set back in 1997.

Looking ahead, 7 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 6 weeks, May 🕊 is in 13 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ⛱️ is in 18 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 103 weeks. I am almost looking forward to the black flies at this point.

Setting Sun