Good morning! Happy 7 PM Sunset 🌆! With the clouds it might be dark early. But I don’t know. Might clear out before sunset. I didn’t leave my porch light on. But the good news is the days are definitely getting longer now, and once it warms up a bit more, I’ll be able to go to the park after work. Next Friday is Spring 🌷. It will be nice with spring around the corner, along with nicer weather.Rain showers and 46 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. 💦 There is a south-southeast breeze at 15 mph. 🍃. Much more wind in the city. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Sunday around noontime. ☃️

Today will have showers, mainly before noon. 🌦 High of 61 degrees at 3pm. 19 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 23rd. Maximum dew point of 48 at 12pm. 🏖️ Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 23 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. I left my window open for the fresh air but I’ll probably have to close them when I get home. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 44 degrees. The record high of 70 was set in 2012. 22 inches of snow fell back in 1993.❄ I remember that snow storm, building snow caves in the after math. It was kind of fun. But at least outside of the Adirondacks, the snow is done it seems. Wait for me to be wrong with a late March or early April blizzard. Weather patterns can and do change.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:06 pm with sun having an altitude of 44.7° from the due south horizon (-26.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. No shade today unless of course your Punxsutawney Phil. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:23 pm with the sun in the west (261°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (267°) starting at 6:57 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:27 pm, which is one minute and 11 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:01 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 52 degrees. Breezy, 23 mph breeze ⛅ from the west with gusts up to 38mph. Today will have 11 hours and 50 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 3rd. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 34 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 39 degrees. The record low of -6 occurred back in 1948.

Today in 1991, the Justice Department announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. ⛽ Some argue that wasn’t a big enough fine but at least it was another 20 odd years until the Deep Water Horizon.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 49 degrees at 4pm. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 26th. Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 59 degrees. The record high of 75 was set in 1946. 17 inches of snow fell back in 2017.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, sunny, with a high near 44. ☀ North wind 8 to 13 mph. Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees.

Still undecided about my weekend plans. 🤔 I do like the idea of going out to Madison County ⛺ but I know things will be real muddy and there will be still some snow and ice around. But it might be fun. The next few weekends with the Pine Bush Hike and my niece’s birthday party means I’ll be busy, and now I don’t have the Pine Bush lit drop on Saturday, I have more time to decide. Not sure what I would do there besides camp, maybe explore some of the state forests out that way. I’ll have to think about it more.

As previously noted, next Friday is Spring 🌷 when the sun will be setting at 7:08 pm with dusk at 7:36 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 55 and 27 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 46 degrees. We hit a record high of 78 back in 2012.

Good evening! Rain showers and 53 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a south-southwest breeze at 14 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 43 degrees. Yes, it’s nice to come home 🏡 and enjoy the fresh air with my windows open. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Thursday around 4 am. ☃️ At some point I may have to turn my heat on for a few days but hopefully not long at this point.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear 🌧, with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 3rd. Breezy, with a southwest wind 14 to 20 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had light rain in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 34 degrees. The record low of -10 occurred back in 1939.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 97% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the east (96°) at an altitude of 8° from the horizon, some 226,309 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 29^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The darkest hour is at 1:06 am, followed by dawn at 6:48 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:16 am in the east (95°) and last for 2 minutes and 54 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 43 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:54 am with sun in the east (101°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 16 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over last night.

I went over to John Wolcott house yesterday and we found some old slides 📷 from the pig 🐽 farm on Rapp Road where Crossgates wants to build 🏢 the apartment complex and Costco. I also got some documentation from him to review. Other than that not a lot of great discoveries 🔎 mostly what I expected.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 46 degrees at 5pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 19th. North wind 5 to 11 mph. Should be another nice day but no to keeping the windows open tomorrow. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 70 was set in 1977. 4.1 inches of snow fell back in 1941.❄

Hump Day tomorrow and the weekend will be here before you know it. ⛄ It looks like the snow will be gone relatively soon and winter is fading away early. Maybe the Ground Hog was right 🐻after all.

Seems almost certain now that Biden will be the democratic nominee. 👴 And almost as soon as the election is over he will be forgotten. That said, I still think it’s good the democrats are running someone against President Trump as you never really know what can happen during an election.

In four weeks on April 7 the sun will be setting in the west (280°) at 7:28 pm,🌄 which is 32 minutes and 18 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 68 and 34 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 55 and 34 degrees. Spring is coming and I’m sure we will have some nice warm day. The record high of 87 degrees was set back in 2010.

Looking ahead, St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 is in 1 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 4 weeks, Good Friday ✝️ is a month away, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 8 weeks, Mothers Day 👩‍ is in 2 months, Primary Day 🗳️ is in 15 weeks, Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 34 weeks and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 34 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 72 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Definitely a dark morning with the time change and the clouds. Next Tuesday is St. Patrick’s Day 🍀. Better watch out for the drunk drivers then, much more dangerous then the time change. It’s quite cloudy and 50 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Thursday around 3 am. ☃️

I woke up this morning a bit congested 👃 but after a few cups of coffee ☕I feel pretty good. I know all they ever tell you on the radio 📻 these days is if you feel the least bit sick to stay home. 😷 But if I did that I’d never make it to work as sinus congestion is pretty much the norm for me in the winter. I tell you can smell on the buses how much more aggressively they are cleaning them. I guess that forty million the governor wanted is getting put to good use.

One thing I can say, it’s nice waking up and having the windows open 🐦 and hearing the birds chirp in the morning and the fresh air. And the rumble of the passing cars and trucks. 🚛 I think this will be the last morning in a while for open windows, but I am sure we will have enough warm up in a few weeks. And certainly April weather will be upon us before you know it. That will really help with the sinuses.

Sat out back for a while last night, 🌃 which was nice but it was cloudy out, and it wasn’t that quiet because my neighbors had a big fire going. I probably should have gone over, introduced myself and joined in some fun. Too bad I don’t have any alcohol to think.

Today will have a chance of showers, mainly after noon. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 62 degrees at 3pm. 20 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 23rd. Another real mild day! Spring is coming. Maximum dew point of 47 at 6pm. South wind 7 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 38 degrees. The record high of 72 was set in 1977. 5.7 inches of snow fell back in 1964.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:06 pm with sun having an altitude of 43.5° from the due south horizon (-27.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:19 pm with the sun in the west (259°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (266°) starting at 6:54 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:24 pm, which is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:58 pm. At sunset, look for rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 58 degrees. The dew point will be 47 degrees. There will be a south-southwest breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 41 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing 🌧, with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 3rd. Southwest wind 9 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had light rain in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 34 degrees. The record low of -10 occurred back in 1939.

People ask if I was smart to put $1,000 in that IRA last week to avoid taxes but I look at it as I still have 15 plus years to retirement and closer to 20 before I can touch the IRA. 💵 Any blip in the market is only on paper and I had to contribute a full $1k to open the account. Next week I’ll return to contributing to the IRA as I did previously with the Roth IRA. There will be ups and downs in the market but when contribute every two weeks it smooths out gyrations of the markets. 📊

Today in 1969, in Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant. While he may not have been a CIA agent he certainly had the tacit support of the government.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees. Saturday I’m doing some door 🚪 knocking for Save the Pine Bush. Still not sure if I’m going to Schoharie this weekend. Probably not though.

🌹🌻🌼Only 9 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼 Next weekend is the last weekend before calendar spring.

As previously noted, next Tuesday is St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 when the sun will be setting at 7:04 pm with dusk at 7:32 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 36 and 26 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 45 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1990.

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Next Friday is 7 PM Sunset 🌆. Partly cloudy and 30 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ⛅ There is a east-southeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. A pretty decent morning although clouds are already pushing in.

Taking a well running but old hybrid bus 🚍 to work today. I really like it when they run the hybrid buses on the express route as they ride really smoothly in highway speed driving 🚥 especially when they slow at the traffic lights. It’s not a hard stop ⛔ like with the normal air brakes. Looking forward to seeing more electric buses in the future.

Today will have a chance of light rain, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy 🌞, with a high of 47 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 22nd. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 22 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1974. 10.5 inches of snow fell back in 1887.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:07 pm with sun having an altitude of 42° from the due south horizon (-28.9° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:14 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (257°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (264°) starting at 5:49 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 6:19 pm, which is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the east (100°) at an altitude of 42° from the horizon, 230,904 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:53 pm. At sunset, look for rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 45 degrees. Not a half bad Friday night – although next week will be Daylight Savings Time so the evenings will be even nicer. There will be a northeast breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 30 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday. Not long before more day than night.

Tonight will have a chance of rain and snow showers before 9pm, then a chance of snow showers between 9pm and 1am. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 24 degrees at 6am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 11th. North wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 4 degrees. The record low of -6 occurred back in 1950.

Today in 1857, Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case. 🏫150 years later the Republicans still talk about it and Democrats just point out what a terrible decision it was in the context of slavery, that particular institution that lead to a war. I can see both sides of the debate, I think sometimes people aren’t as open minded about at is as they should be.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny 🌞, with a high of 40 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 5th. North wind 10 to 14 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 26 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1974. 10.3 inches of snow fell back in 1967.❄

Tomorrow I plan to hike out to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center 🐸 bright and early. ☀ Then organize my camping gear. 🏕Then maybe go to Schodack Island State Park and finally buy groceries at Aldis in the evening 🛍 and wash my truck 🧽 and do some cleaning at home.

Looking ahead to Sunday, sunny, with a high near 57. South wind 5 to 9 mph becoming west in the morning. Don’t forget to set your clocks back, Sunday will fly by especially with such spring like weather. Typical average high for the weekend is 41 degrees.

Sunday morning I am joining some people for a walk in the Albany Pine Bush. 🚶 I might go right after that up to Thacher Park for another walk, maybe wearing my muck boots so my feet don’t get totally soaked up there, although they aren’t all that great for any kind of hiking, but they do keep my feet dry. Then out to the folks house for Sunday dinner. I wonder if they are doing barbecue? 🍔 Might be nice enough for that.

🌹🌻🌼Only 13 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼 Less then two weeks until it’s officially the equinox and we can start thinking about mud 🐽 and nicer weather maybe.

As previously noted, next Friday is 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 2019, we had partly sunny, sleet and temperatures between 44 and 21 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 43 degrees. We hit a record high of 70 back in 2012.

Good evening! Partly clear at the freezing point in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. A pretty good evening for early March. Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 7 am. 🌡️

This evening I pushed forward most of the code to make the new parts of the blog working. 💻 The aerial photo 📷 comparison component will be launched in the morning, check ☑ it out tomorrow.

I avoided going to the store for yet another day 🏬 but I’ll figure out how to make sue through Saturday. I want to eat up more at home so I can make it through the spring time money 💵 crunch with taxes and the big car insurance bill.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 29 degrees at 4am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 24th. Calm wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 9 degrees. The record low of -21 occurred back in 1948.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 83% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the southwest (216°) at an altitude of 67° from the horizon, some 232,968 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 29^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Worm 🐛 Moon is on Monday, March 9. The darkest hour is at 12:08 am, followed by dawn at 5:57 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:25 am in the east (97°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 40 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:02 am with sun in the east-southeast (104°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 31 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of rain, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 46 degrees at 1pm. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 19th. East wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 22 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1974. 10.5 inches of snow fell back in 1887.❄

In four weeks on April 2 the sun will be setting in the west (278°) at 7:23 pm (Daylight Savings Time),🌄 which is one hour, 32 minutes and 37 seconds later then tonight. April is definitely not that far away nor is trout fishing 🎣. I am thinking for an April trip I’ll go to Madison and Chenango County for a few days and camp ⛺ and fish. Probably not until the week after Easter due to my busy work schedule. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 53 and 22 degrees. A pretty typical day. Typically, you have temperatures between 52 and 32 degrees. The record high of 77 degrees was set back in 2010.

Looking ahead, Palm Sunday 🌴 is a month away, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 2 months, Flower Moon 🌕 is in 9 weeks and 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 3 months.

🇺🇸🦅Only 11 weeks remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good morning! Happy Thursday. Partly sunny and 37 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. There is a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. A pretty decent day for mid-March, didn’t mind my walk down to the Park and Ride at all. Crazy, fast driver again today, no waiting around today. 🚃 Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 11 pm. ☃️

Feeling better this morning, 👃 my nose isn’t as plugged as it was and I’m not as achy. Maybe it’s just the better weather. 😎 If it’s Coronavirus, it’s pretty mild and not impacting me much. More likely it’s just an a ordinary rhinovirus. I should wash my hands better — after reading that book about butchering small livestock 🔪 I’ve learned how hard it is to clean one’s hands really well. 🙌 I don’t know or maybe I just like the fact it’s not a session day so I can go for my walk, and the fresh air makes me feel heathy. The past few nights I’ve not been doing my evening walking or riding the bike, which means my jeans feel a bit tight with the extra calories I’m consuming at work. 👖 It’s just tempting to have danish 🍩 with my coffee when I’m at work or finish off the pot of whatever I’ve cooked at home.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 46 degrees at 1pm. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 19th. Further evidence that the weather is only going to improve from here on out. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 28 degrees. The record high of 71 was set in 1964. 8.6 inches of snow fell back in 1917.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:08 pm with sun having an altitude of 41.6° from the due south horizon (-29.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. Your shadow is getting sholder. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:13 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (257°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (263°) starting at 5:48 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 6:18 pm, which is one minute and 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the east-southeast (109°) at an altitude of 53° from the horizon, 233,369 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:52 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 43 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 27 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 28 degrees at 3am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 22nd. Calm wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 9 degrees. The record low of -21 occurred back in 1948.

Never got to the store last night, 🚽 but I found enough toilet paper for now and I opened up some cans for veggies. I think if I play around I can find enough things in the pantry so I won’t need to go to the store before Saturday. 😋 If I had been responsible I would have gone shopping yesterday, but I was lazy and got busy working on the updating the blog code.💻

Blog renovations continue, and I think I’ve discovered another reason why my blog is slow at times — the redirects for the images and maps are written in a way that is slow. 🔀 I thought I had fixed that issue years ago, but I discovered another issue that is requiring the PHP interprator when it should be a simple redirect. That said, the new content uploader is almost done, as is the comparison mapper code. I am hoping to launch the updated code this weekend.

Today in 1970, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations. 💥 In 1933, during the height of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a “bank holiday”, closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.🏦

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Typical average high for the weekend is 41 degrees. Sounds like a nice weekend but the wind on Saturday might make it feel chilly. Still planning on staying in town this weekend, unpacking my camping gear from my truck — prepping for the upcoming camping season, and loading up a load of bottle and cans to take to the recycling center later in the month. ♻ Once the cans, glass, and accumulated plastic bottles are to the recycling center, I should be ready for camping for the year with plenty of cold beer, fire, and nights in wilderness. 🏕

🌹🌻🌼Only 14 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

One month 📅 from now will be Palm Sunday 🌴 when the sun will be setting at 7:26 pm with dusk at 7:55 pm (Daylight Savings Time). The average high temperature is 32 degrees, with a record high of 61 in 1895.