Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Looks like it’s going to be a cold and snowy week coming up. Next Monday is First Day of Winter ☃️. Cloudy and 34 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 9 pm. ☃️

It looks this week will have some snow 🌨 but the question remains how much. Nothing yet this morning but maybe some later on today. Only time will tell. Do we get just a dusting or a few inches from the storm on Wednesday evening? I am not really sure but I’m leaning towards less snow ⛄ and more cold. Even if we get snow I’m not seeing it last because I think there is a warming trend ahead. But what do I know, I’m biased as I want to camp during Christmas holiday 🎄 in the Adirondacks.

Today will snow have snow showers, mainly before 11am. Cloudy 🌨, with a high of 35 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around December 17th. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 46 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1901. 12.5 inches of snow fell back in 1956.❄

As I was running 🏃🏻 a bit late, I did my morning walk over at the Swift Preserve. Spotted a red tail hawk which almost grabbed a chipmunk 🐿 there but he got away. 🐦 No bluebirds today but a bunch of house sparrows were hanging out in the preserve today. It’s nice having that little area so close to home, even if it’s just some wetlands that a developer wasn’t allowed to develop.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:51 am with sun having an altitude of 24.1° from the due south horizon (-46.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 13.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:38 pm with the sun in the southwest (231°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (239°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:23 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 25 seconds with dusk around 4:54 pm, which is 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:31 pm. At sunset, look for cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 35 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 9 hours and 4 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 31 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers between 10pm and 11pm. Partly cloudy 🌃, with a low of 24 degrees at 6am. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 9th. Northwest wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1874.

Today in 1994, started construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.🌊 The Three Gorges Dam has been the world’s largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW) since 2012. ⚡ In 2014, the dam generated 98.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) and had the world record, but was surpassed by the Itaipú Dam, which set the new world record in 2016, producing 103.1 TWh. 🏛️Also, today was a notable date in civil rights history, with the release of the Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (1964), a landmark United States Supreme Court case holding that the Commerce Clause gave the U.S. Congress power to force private businesses to abide by Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in public accommodations. 🖤

Maybe some snow melting this weekend. ☀ Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 32. Sunday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 30%. 🏔️ Typical average high for the weekend is 35 degrees.

As previously noted, next Monday is First Day of Winter ☃️ when the sun will be setting at 4:25 pm with dusk at 4:57 pm. On that day in 2019, we had cold, partly cloudy and temperatures between 24 and 8 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 34 degrees. We hit a record high of 62 back in 2018.

Good morning! Happy 7:15 AM Sunrise ⌛️! Two weeks to Christmas Eve 🎅. Mostly cloudy and 37 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a west-northwest breeze at 15 mph. 🍃. There is a inch of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 8 pm. ☃️

Didn’t sleep very well last night 🌃, but breakfast and coffee is cooking now. 🥞 Pancakes as usual. 🐮 Ran out of milk, I was going to get it after my evening walk but I didn’t. 🚶🏻 I wasn’t sure I wouldn’t be able to make my morning walk as I didn’t get a real early start but I’m walking. My headphones 🎧 aren’t working real well but so be it. Mild morning so I’m just wearing the vest. Feels more like early April than December.

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 43 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 28th. Northwest wind 10 to 16 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 52 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 1966. 6.1 inches of snow fell back in 2014.❄

I am working downtown today at least for a few hours 💼, and I’m obviously not thrilled about riding the bus 🚍 during a major uptick of pandemic, where they are reminding us to sign in and out for contact tracing purposes. 👾HI, we’re from the government and we want you to know we are putting under arrest as you might have a virus that you may die from. 📞 That Missouri beef farmer I follow on YouTube had a good quarrentine from his deer 🦌 blind I heard. At one level I will be glad when the vaccine is widely available.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:49 am with sun having an altitude of 24.4° from the due south horizon (-46.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 13.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:38 pm with the sun in the southwest (231°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (239°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:23 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 23 seconds with dusk around 4:53 pm, which is 3 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:30 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 43 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 7 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 48 seconds over yesterday.

This evening I am doing more of the interview with John Wolcott 📞over a Zoom although I will just be doing the audio because I haven’t upgraded my phone yet for the extra data. Two weeks though. Lately though I’ve already started to burn through a lot of data on my phone 📱 because it’s too cold to work from the library. I will definitely need the extra data come January when work is busier and it’s too cold to work down at the library parking lot.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 27 degrees at 2am. Four degrees above normal, whichn0 is similar to a typical night around December 2nd. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2019, we had clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 26 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1988.

Today in 1978, Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 🕊 for their work ending the Arab-Isreali conflict. Also, in 1817 Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state. 🏴󠁵󠁳󠁭󠁳󠁿

Showers this weekend. ☔ Saturday, a slight chance of showers after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 45. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 37 degrees.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Christmas Eve 🎅 when the sun will be setting at 4:26 pm with dusk at 4:58 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 42 and 25 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 33 degrees. We hit a record high of 72 back in 2015.