Good morning! Final day of November 2020. Happy Cyber Monday 🛍️ and Beaver Moon 🌕! I don’t need any of your shit marketers. Three weeks to First Day of Winter ☃️. Rain and 41 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ Calm wind. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Friday around noontime. ☃️

Kind of a lazy morning. 😴 With the clouds and my general drowsiness from taking the sleeping pill 💊 I skipped my morning walk. I’ll be the first to admit it was kind of a mistake though, as now the rain has set in I don’t think an evening walk 🚶🏻 will be practical without getting soaked. Not sure how busy today will be but projects always seem to pop up. My gear ⚙ is unpacked and I’m ready for the work week ahead. Tomorrow I’ll probably work down at the library. 📚 At some point I want to return beer cans ♻ and refill the propane tank 🏮.

Today will rain. The rain could be heavy at times. 🌧 High of 54 degrees at 6pm. 13 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 29th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 6pm. 🏖️ Warm but not great outdoors weather. Light and variable wind becoming north 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 33 degrees. The record high of 67 was set in 1933. 7.1 inches of snow fell back in 1972.❄

While there is some things I could probably do at the library Wi-Fi today 📶, including a work Zoom Meeting, I want to experiment with doing it from home using my phone. It’s a pretty cold and rainy day and my camera would likely fog up if I used my laptop at the library. I am curious how well the Zoom app will work on my phone 📱 and how much bandwidth it will use. That said, if I upgrade to the Wi-Fi Hotspot plan I will unlimited phone data, with a 10 or 20 gig cap on my hotspot data. But that’s still a shit ton more affordable than a permanent wired connection and it gives me more options for travel so I’m not stuck working from home. As it’s month to month, I can drop the Hotspot plan once things get back to normal and I can just walk down to the library and am working in the office where there is WI-FI. 🏢 The ten or twenty bucks a month can come out of money I ordinarily spend on bus fare when working downtown. 🚍

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:45 am with sun having an altitude of 25.6° from the due south horizon (-45.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 12.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:40 pm with the sun in the southwest (233°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (241°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:24 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 20 seconds with dusk around 4:54 pm, which is 21 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon in the east-northeast (62°) at an altitude of 3° from the horizon, 248,648 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:31 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 52 degrees. The dew point will be 49 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 9 hours and 18 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 26 seconds over yesterday.

John Wolcott called and canceled the filming 📹 tonight, as they are going into isolation with his advanced age. I totally get it. I’ve gotten through many of his files 📂 and learned a lot about Albany history, and recorded many hours of his history. Maybe we will do more through Zoom in the future although that can be hard without me having internet at home.

Tonight will have showers, mainly before 10pm. 🌧 Low of 51 degrees at 5am. 24 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 18th. Maximum dew point of 55 at 8pm. 🏖️ South wind 9 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 17 degrees. The record low of -5 occurred back in 1875.

Doesn’t look like a super nice weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Typical average high for the weekend is 40 degrees.

I doubt I’ll be going out to my parents house with the impending lock down, 🤷🏻‍♂️ so I’ll have to find other projects to keep me busy this weekend. Maybe I’ll do some walks around town or get some books 📚 out of the library. The drive through pick up is easy for sure. I should work on some electronics projects too. 🔬

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until 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.

I am thinking with things on the likely locked down 🔒 for the holidays, I might plan camping trips for Christmas and New Years as I have both eves off for long weekends and could even potentially tag additional days off if I remote work 💻. I think a Christmas Eve camping trip would be fun. 🎄 Decorate up the campsite, listen to Christmas music 🤶🏻🎶 especially if there is a reasonable amount of snow 🌨 and it’s not too cold.

Good morning! Happy Buy Nothing Day 🛍️! Yes, November is almost over. I have today off from work, it’s a holiday. Next Friday is Average High is 40 🌨. Mostly cloudy and 46 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a west breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. There are 9 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at Sunday around 3 am. ☃️

I am heading up to the Adirondacks for the weekend ⛺ although I’m not rushing as today isn’t a really nice day but tonight should be mild and tomorrow nice after the rain pulls out. ☔ I will have my tent with me although I’m not sure if I will set it up to hot tent. No snow anywhere in the Adirondacks and temperatures well above freezing so that creates additional camping opportunities. ❄

I am just started getting packed now 💼 although I honestly don’t have that much gear I need for two nights in the woods. Definitely will want the heater especially if it’s cold and damp tomorrow morning until the sun comes out. 🌞

Today will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a high of 52 degrees at 12pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 6th. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 57 degrees. The record high of 66 was set in 1896. 4.8 inches of snow fell back in 1940.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:44 am with sun having an altitude of 26.2° from the due south horizon (-44.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 12.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:42 pm with the sun in the southwest (234°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (242°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:26 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 19 seconds with dusk around 4:55 pm, which is 28 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the east (92°) at an altitude of 19° from the horizon, 252,229 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:32 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 50 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 9 hours and 22 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 36 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 38 degrees at 5am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 22nd. Calm wind. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 6 occurred back in 1951.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers before 8am. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 48 degrees at 12pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 16th. Light west wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 47 degrees. The record high of 68 was set in 1990. 6.0 inches of snow fell back in 1985.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, sunny, with a high near 48. South wind 7 to 9 mph. 🌞Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees.

As previously noted, next Friday the Average High is 40 🌨 when the sun will be setting at 4:22 pm with dusk at 4:53 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 36 and 19 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 40 degrees. We hit a record high of 63 back in 1998.

Good evening! Foggy 🌁 and 49 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at Sunday around 4 am. ☃️

It was a nice Thanksgiving 🦃 with the family. Small little thing but it was nice to spend some time with them before the lock down. 🔒 The COVID numbers are looking bad all around but hopefully when the vaccine starts flowing in a couple of weeks the tied will be stemmed. Social distancing may help but it’s really hard to avoid all human contact even when working from home. Got home and did my evening walk 🚶🏻 and sat out back for a while.

Tonight will have patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy , with a low of 43 degrees at 2am. 15 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 7th. Light and variable wind. In 2019, we had light rain in the evening, which became light snow by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 31 degrees. The record low of 8 occurred back in 1957.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 90% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the south-southwest (195°) at an altitude of 54° from the horizon, some 252,209 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 June 6^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Blue 🌝 Moon is on Monday, November 30. The darkest hour is at 11:44 pm, followed by dawn at 6:30 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:02 am in the east-southeast (119°) and last for 3 minutes and 18 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:46 am with sun in the southeast (126°). Tonight will have 14 hours and 37 minutes of darkness, an increase of one minute and 39 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 52 degrees at 1pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 6th. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 57 degrees. The record high of 66 was set in 1896. 4.8 inches of snow fell back in 1940.❄

Heading up to the Adirondacks tomorrow through Sunday. ⛺ Not totally sure yet where but I have a short list. I want to leave by around ten tomorrow and stop to buy some hot coca. ☕ Tomorrow doesn’t seem like a really nice sunny day so I’ll probably not rush up north. If I do any hiking up a mountain it will be on Sunday I think on my way home.

In four weeks on December 24 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (238°) at 4:26 pm,🌄 which is 2 minutes later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 42 and 25 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 33 and 18 degrees. The record high of 72 degrees was set back in 2015.

Looking ahead, 7:15 AM Sunrise ⌛️ is in 2 weeks, Christmas Eve 🎅 is in 4 weeks, Boxing Day 🥊 is a month away, New Years Eve 🎆 is in 5 weeks, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 7 weeks, 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 2 months, Wolf Moon 🌕 is in 9 weeks, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 is in 11 weeks and National Drink Wine Day 🍷 is in 12 weeks.

Good afternoon! Happy Thanksgiving. 🦃 Hopefully you’re not one sick 🤮 turkey with COVID-19 and are enjoying your day. Rain and 53 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a south breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 49 degrees. There are 9 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at Sunday around 3 am. ☃️

I am pretty good although I slept in 😴 because I woke early and ended up listening to the news before falling back asleep again. 📻 Then I got working on a bunch of different projects on my computer. I am trying to stay off the internet – the amount of doom scrolling 📜 one can do is a terrible waste of time.

Thanksgiving Day 🦃 will have a chance of showers, mainly before 4pm. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 54 degrees at 1pm. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 1st. Maximum dew point of 50 at 1pm. South wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 58 degrees. The record high of 67 was set in 1979. 9.6 inches of snow fell back in 2014.❄

As I noted yesterday heading out to the parents house for a socially distant Thanksgiving around tray tables. 👨‍👧‍👧↔️🧔🏻🍗🍽️ It will be fun to do before everything really shuts down as the pandemic really climbs the next few weeks. I’m already planning to work primarily from home this winter 🏡💻, having figured out how to do it with my phone as a hot spot.

Solar noon 🌞 was at 11:44 am with sun having an altitude of 26.3° from the due south horizon (-44.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 12.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:42 pm with the sun in the southwest (234°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (242°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:26 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 18 seconds with dusk around 4:56 pm, which is 31 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌝 Moon in the east-southeast (103°) at an altitude of 23° from the horizon, 252,133 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:32 pm. At sunset, look for rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 54 degrees. The dew point will be 49 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 9 hours and 24 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 39 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy , with a low of 42 degrees at 6am. 🌫 14 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 9th. Calm wind. In 2019, we had light rain in the evening, which became light snow by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 31 degrees. The record low of 8 occurred back in 1957.

I have the groceries I need and will be heading up to the Adirondacks tomorrow for a few days. ⛺ I do think I want to stop for hot coca ☕ on the way up there and maybe a few other supplies but I want to get up there pretty early as the sun sets early 🌇 this time of year. Do some short hiking from camp, listen to a lot of podcasts and retire to bed 🛏 fairly early. I could hot tent but I don’t think it neccesary for this weekend.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, a slight chance of showers before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. West wind 5 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 48. Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until 7:15 AM Sunrise ⌛️ when the sun will be setting at 4:22 pm with dusk at 4:53 pm. On that day in 2019, we had rain showers, mostly cloudy, mild and temperatures between 52 and 35 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 38 degrees. We hit a record high of 64 back in 1966.