Good morning! Happy Columbus Day ! ⛵ 🍂 Cloudy but no rain yet and 43 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁️ There is a east-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear tomorrow around 5 pm.

Cool but not a bad autumn morning. ☁️ More sun though would be nice. It was a nice weekend 🍂 and I sort of wish I had headed out of town but I did get some nice hiking in at Hand Hollow Conservation Area and the State Forest of the same name, followed by a visit to the Ooms Conservation Area, an open fields birding area 🐦 above a water supply pond near the Ooms Dairy 🐮 in Columbia County. Speiglton Lake is quite pretty little Reservoir nestled in the hills although certainly parts of Hands Hollow were noisy from the Lebanon Valley Speedway and being race day. 🏎🏎 Looked like a good place to hunt on the state forest, as the woods is fairly thin and full of wildlife 🌲🌲🌲 and it’s less known as a newer state forest. Outside of Speiglton Lake there aren’t a lot of trails but most of the woods is quite accessible as long as you have a good map 🗺 to stay on public property.

After hiking I bought stuff to make good baked Macoroni and Cheese 🧀 and it came out pretty good, washed down with a bunch of beer 🍻. And I have meals 🍴 for all week and I might end up freezing it in smaller containers for more food later on so I’m not just eating the same thing over and over this week.

Columbia County with all those monied folks in those old houses is quite a trip. 🏣 So many houses with Black Lives Matters signs and Biden Harris lawn signs. I had to joke to myself that there are more people with Black Lives Matters signs then there are black people in that part of the county. 🤨 I bet though running a dairy in that area must be a bit challenging with the gentrifiers finding every reason to complain. 🐄

Columbus Day 🍂⛵ will have a slight chance of rain between 2pm and 3pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 53 degrees at 1pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 2nd. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 66 degrees. The record high of 85 was set in 1954. There was a dusting of snow in 1904.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:42 pm with sun having an altitude of 39.8° from the due south horizon (-31.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 7.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:41 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (254°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (260°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:19 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 56 seconds with dusk around 6:45 pm, which is one minute and 39 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:20 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 52 degrees. There will be a east-southeast breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 11 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 48 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain, mainly after 1am. Patchy fog after 2am. 🌧 Low of 49 degrees at 9pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 27th. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. 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 42 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1981.

So yeah its not going to be a real nice day. 🌥 I’m going over to John Wolcott house to do more filming tonight 📼, we will see how things go. With work I’m not sure if I’ll have much free time to get over there and go through his files 📂 though until November.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 56. Typical average high for the weekend is 59 degrees.

I would really like to get out of town this weekend ⛺ but I have to make sure I have good cell service 📱 for work. I’m still leaning towards Madison County at this point. Things could change – some forecasts are more pessimistic especially for Friday but I’ll continue to watch it an decide. Turns out that weather wise the past weekend would have been nicer. ☀️⛵🍂

Looking ahead, there are 7 weeks until Cyber Monday 🛍️ and Beaver Moon 🐻 🌕 when the sun will be setting at 4:23 pm with dusk at 4:54 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2019, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 33 and 19 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 42 degrees. We hit a record high of 67 back in 1933. Probably have to turn the heat back on by then. ♨

Good morning! Happy Sunday. Columbus Day ⛵ is tomorrow. Three weeks to November 🥧. Autumn we set the clocks back one hour on that day. Mostly cloudy ⛅ and 51 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a north breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 42 degrees.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 59 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 17th. North wind around 9 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 67 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1949. There was a dusting of snow in 1987.❄

I was thinking about spending the day hiking Harvey Mountain and Beebe Hill ⛰️ but it doesn’t look it it is going to be a real sunny day. It’s a bit of a drive out there so I don’t want to go out there if the weather is going to be cloudy. ☁️

Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 33% illuminated. At 8 AM, the moon was in the south-southeast (166°) at an altitude of 69° from the horizon, some 235,874 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 April 8^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The moon will set in the west-northwest (299°) at 4:00 pm. The Blue Moon is on Halloween 🦇. The darkest hour is at 12:43 am, followed by dawn at 6:37 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:05 am in the east (99°) and last for 2 minutes and 57 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:43 am with sun in the east-southeast (106°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 46 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over last night.

Tonight will have a slight chance of rain after 3am. Increasing clouds 🌧, with a low of 42 degrees at 5am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 9th. North wind around 7 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies. It got down to 44 degrees. The record low of 22 occurred back in 1964.

In four weeks on November 8 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (248°) at 4:39 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 39 minutes and 44 seconds earlier then today. In 2019 on that day, we had cold, sunny, snow showers and temperatures between 37 and 23 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 51 and 34 degrees. The record high of 75 degrees was set back in 1975.

Looking ahead, November 🥧 is in 3 weeks, Veterans Day 🇺🇸 is a month away, First Sunday of Advent ✝️ is in 8 weeks, Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 is in 8 weeks, Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️ is in 12 weeks, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 is in 4 months and Valentines Day ❤️ is in 18 weeks.

Good evening! Mostly clear and 52 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌌 There is a south breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 46 degrees.

I just got back from my evening walk 🚶🏻 and are sitting out back. Nearly all week I’ve been doing five miles a day walking around the neighborhood.

It’s Columbus Day Weekend ⛵ but with the power outage earlier this week and lost productivity, today was super busy to say the least. But I thought it was a week. 😳 I did drop the ball on one thing 🤹🏻‍♂️ but things ultimately worked out. It’s so easy to get distracted when you are working on one thing and five others come in the door.

It looks like nothing spoiled or went bad ❄ during the 24 hours I didn’t have power midweek. I had quite a bit of ice in freezer so I wasn’t concerned although I thought the freezing and thawing of the frozen items could have been problematic. Some of the frozen cherries 🍒 I had seemed to be a bit crystallized but they were almost done and I’ll finish them off in the morning. The frozen mixed vegetables were fine 🍱 as was the fish sticks. 🐠 Milk 🥛 was still ice cold although I did finish that off this morning and bought more after my evening walk 🚶🏻.

Tonight will be partly cloudy ☁️, with a low of 50 degrees at 11pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 21st. South wind 7 to 9 mph. 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 49 degrees. The record low of 25 occurred back in 1980.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter 🌗 Moon with 48% illuminated. The moon will rise at 11:29 pm. The darkest hour is at 12:43 am, followed by dawn at 6:34 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:03 am in the east (98°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:41 am with sun in the east-southeast (105°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 40 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 77 degrees at 4pm. 15 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 4th. Maximum dew point of 56 at 4pm. South wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 69 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1939. 0.8 inches of snow fell back in 1925.❄

Sounds like a great day ☺ but like everything I might be busy with work and other things going on. I also don’t know how quickly the clouds will push in by afternoon ⛅ or if we will get thunderstorms.

In four weeks on November 6 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (248°) at 4:41 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 40 minutes and 50 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 49 and 30 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 52 and 34 degrees. The record high of 73 degrees was set back in 2015.

Looking ahead, Average Night Below Freezing 🌌 is in 5 weeks, Buy Nothing Day 🛍️ is in 7 weeks, Average High is 40 🌨 is in 8 weeks, Earliest Sunset of the Year ⌛️ is in 2 months, Bake Cookies Day 🍪 is in 10 weeks, Christmas 🎅 is in 11 weeks, New Years Day 2020 🎉 is in 12 weeks, Bubble Bath Day 🧼 is in 13 weeks, Static Electric Shock Day 🧼 is in 3 months and 38th Birthday 🎉 is in 16 weeks.

Good evening! Mostly clear and 46 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌌There is a west-northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃.

Honestly tonight would be a better night for the power to be out 🔌 for enjoying the stars ✨ but at least it’s back on and it’s nice evening. Heck of it is the power outage wouldn’t have been so bad if data service wasn’t out all last night and most of the day. 📶 I mean most of the things I do I do with my phone 📱 and I have my truck for solar power for charging the laptop. And if it was normal times and not a pandemic and I was working in the office, 🏢 the impact would have been even less.

Having nearly five gallons of salt water ice in the freezer for camping ❄ the frigerator remained ice cold 🍻 when I reached in for some milk 🥛 mid-day. I left the windows open last night to keep things extra cold in the apartment although this really isn’t a bad time of year for a power outage – not too cold that one has to worry about heat or two warm and having to worry about the ice melting and things spoiling in the freezer.

Tonight will have patchy frost after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 35 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 31st. West wind 5 to 8 mph. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 43 degrees. The record low of 27 occurred back in 2001.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter 🌗 Moon with 58% illuminated. The moon will rise at 10:32 pm. The darkest hour is at 12:43 am, followed by dawn at 6:33 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:02 am in the east (98°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:39 am with sun in the east-southeast (104°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 38 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny 🌞, with a high of 61 degrees at 4pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 12th. West wind 3 to 7 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 65 degrees. The record high of 83 was set in 1949. There was a dusting of snow in 2000.❄ Not ready to think about snow yet but it certainly can snow 🌨 in a week or two from now.

In four weeks on November 5 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (249°) at 4:42 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 41 minutes and 20 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 56 and 36 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 52 and 34 degrees. The record high of 75 degrees was set back in 1994.

Looking ahead, Thanksgiving 🦃 is in 7 weeks, 7:15 AM Sunrise ⌛️ is in 9 weeks, Christmas Eve 🎅 is in 11 weeks, New Years Eve 🎆 is in 12 weeks, Bubble Bath Day 🧼 is in 3 months, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 14 weeks, Wolf Moon 🌕 is in 16 weeks, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 is in 18 weeks and National Drink Wine Day 🍷 is in 19 weeks.

Good evening! Rain showers and 56 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ Breezy, ️22 mph breeze from the west 🌬 with gusts up to 44 mph 💨💨💨. The dew point is 44 degrees.

I don’t mind not having power 🔌 but not having data service for my phone all afternoon although now it’s working again. Not sure if the network was totally overloaded but it was frustrating 😤 getting emails in but not able to respond. 📧 I sat out back for a while but it started to rain so I came inside.

I ended up running in office 🏢 downtown to get to emails because it was bad to be totally off the grid at work all afternoon. Not good for remote working. ⛽ I was very low on gas so I ended up getting gas at the expensive gas station in Albany because Glenmont was still dark on my way home. I was planning on going to the store 🛒 and get some groceries but everything is still dark in Glenmont. Not a lot of trees down but there was no stop lights 🚥 on Delmar bypass.

Tonight will have isolated showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 43 degrees at 6am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 6th. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had light drizzle in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 45 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1964.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 69% illuminated. The moon will rise at 9:45 pm. The darkest hour is at 12:44 am, followed by dawn at 6:32 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:00 am in the east (97°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:38 am with sun in the east-southeast (104°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 35 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 58 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 20th. Northwest wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 65 degrees. The record high of 80 was set in 2017.

I thought by now we we would have power 🔌 but at least I have data service. 📶 I can plug things into my truck with the solar come morning. 🌅 But I’m sure by morning I’ll have power. That said I’m using my usual battery 🔋 lantern 🏮 for light in my bedroom and it’s plenty bright. I didn’t do my evening walk 🚶🏻 although it probably wouldn’t have been good with the weather at any rate.

With the latest forecast I decided to stay in town this weekend as it only looks like the hurricane 🌀 will be pushing in earlier than expected and Sunday into Monday will be quite wet.

In four weeks on November 4 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (249°) at 4:44 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 41 minutes and 51 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 51 and 29 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 53 and 34 degrees. The record high of 76 degrees was set back in 1994.

Looking ahead, Average High is 55 🍂 is in 3 weeks, Day After Election Day 🛀 is in 4 weeks, Veterans Day 🇺🇸 is in 5 weeks, Earliest Sunset of the Year ⌛️ is in 9 weeks, Tea Party Day 🐍 is in 10 weeks, Festivus 🍖 is in 11 weeks, Bacon Day 🥓 is in 12 weeks, Make Your Dream Come True Day 🏡 is in 14 weeks, Inauguration Day ✅ is in 15 weeks, Clean Your Computer Day 🧹 is in 18 weeks and Presidents Day 👴 is in 19 weeks.

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 54 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁️🌃 There is a south breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 48 degrees.

It was a pleasant evening sitting out back. 🌌 Maybe not the clearest night but it’s mild and pleasant for sitting out back. I went for my evening walk 🚶🏻 and now I’m sitting out back for a while. I ended up being at work later then expected so I didn’t make it over to John Wolcott’s house 🏡.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy ☁️, with a low of 51 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 18th. Maximum dew point of 48 at 9pm. South wind around 8 mph. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 27 occurred back in 1986.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 77% illuminated. The New Moon 🌚 is on Thursday, October 22. The darkest hour is at 12:44 am, followed by dawn at 6:31 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:59 am in the east (97°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:37 am with sun in the east-southeast (103°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 32 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 67 degrees at 1pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 29th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 1pm. Breezy, with a south wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 67 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1963.

In the morning I’ll head down to the library 📚 and work down there for a Zoom Meeting 📹. Midday 🕛 I’m thinking about getting my flu shot. 💉 Seems like a good day to get it without many crowds and it’s more important now than before as nobody wants to get the flu with Coronavirus all around.

In four weeks on November 3 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (250°) at 4:45 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 42 minutes and 19 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 53 and 30 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 53 and 35 degrees. The record high of 75 degrees was set back in 1990.

Looking ahead, Election Day 2019 🗳️ is in 4 weeks, Average High is 50 🍂 is in 5 weeks, Regular Deer Season in Southern Zone 🦌 is in 6 weeks, December 🎄 is in 8 weeks, First Sunday of Advent ✝️ is in 2 months, Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 is in 2 months, Bill of Rights Day 📜 is in 10 weeks, Days are Getting Longer ☀️ is in 11 weeks, Cold Moon 🌕 is in 12 weeks, National Bird Day 🐧 is in 13 weeks, 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 16 weeks, Ground Hog Day 🐻 is in 17 weeks and Save the Pine Bush Turns 43 🦋 is in 4 months.