Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Climbing the Hump, coasting to the weekend. Not going to be a real nice weekend though. Next Wednesday is April Fools Day 🤡. You know, I don’t actually miss the late nights at work that much working on the state budget. I’m quite fine working 9-5, even if I’d does mean I’m working out my truck during Coronavirus. 🚍 Strangely enough, I actually miss the routine of taking the bus to work and the quiet time it gives me to work on my blog 📝 and think while I ride to work.

Mostly cloudy and 29 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. There is maybe an inch of wet globby snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 9 am. 🌡️ Most of the snow from yesterday is gone at least in the city. But I’m sure the ground is really sloppy at this point. At least the fire 🔥 danger is low for the next few days although the long range is calling for below average precipitation for early spring before things green up. Campfires are exempt from the Pete Grannis burn ban, as long as they’re under 3 foot by 4 foot (no bonfires until after May 15th) but commonsense matters. It’s really easy to start a grass fire this time of year and have to be stomping it out.

Today will have isolated sprinkles after noon. Mostly cloudy ⛅ , with a high of 45 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 18th. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. We aren’t getting the rain their getting down in Pennsylvania as the front is stalled south of us but I’m not hopeful of much sun. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 46 degrees. The record high of 74 was set in 1910. 1.9 inches of snow fell back in 1960.❄

So I have that Zoom Meeting online conference training session 💻 at one o’clock today so I’ll probably go to Five Rivers for that. It should be relatively quiet there and afterwards I’ll go for a walk on one of the drier trails. 🚶 Not expecting much snow to be left come the afternoon. I wish we would have more sun, it would be more pleasant and provide more solar power but I can’t control the weather. I am glad Zoom Meeting has Linux software as much as I don’t like installing closed source binary programs. ❇

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:02 pm with sun having an altitude of 49.4° from the due south horizon (-21.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:37 pm with the sun in the west (267°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (274°) starting at 7:11 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:42 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west (268°) at an altitude of 9° from the horizon, 251,596 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:16 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 41 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 12 hours and 25 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 27 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 21st. Calm wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 21 degrees. The record low of 2 occurred back in 1960.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 54. Sunday, rain likely before 8am, then showers, mainly after 8am. High near 49. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Typical average high for the weekend is 50 degrees.

It doesn’t look like a real nice weekend but at least it will be fairly mild ☁ and maybe the forecast is improving. I don’t have any plans for the weekend at this time, possibly the following weekend I’ll take a week or part of a week off for camping ⛺ and trout fishing 🎣but that’s to be determined. Except for pumping gas ⛽ I doubt I’ll have much in social interaction, I can always wear some of those nitrile gloves while pumping gas I have for butchering 🔪 game. Honestly I’m not that worried 😯, they’re is only so much one can do to prevent getting Coronavirus.

As previously noted, next Wednesday is April Fools Day 🤡 when the sun will be setting at 7:21 pm with dusk at 7:50 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 42 and 26 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 52 degrees. We hit a record high of 77 back in 1986.

Good evening! Clouding up and 44 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south-southeast breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. You could actually see the stars ✨ for a while when I went for my evening walk after going to the library. 🚶 Temperatures will drop below freezing at Sunday around noontime. ☃️

I went down to the library to do some research for Save the Pine Bush. 📚 Quiet at the library because they’ve canceled all community events. Smelled a bit like ammonia from all the cleaning fluid as everything does this day. 😷 Every time you hear a cough you have to cringe a bit. But I think it’s kind of silly. Just got to live your life and if you die, so be it.

I also uploaded that graphic comparison of the routing of the Mid Crosstown Arterial that I find quite fascinating. 🚧 I don’t know about you but I’m very fascinated by dragging the slider back and forth and seeing the comparison. As I explained earlier it’s not difficult to do, once you get things geo referenced. The GIS software does all the hard work. I also have some Google Maps to show but I can’t seem to get my new and improved uploader to work properly with them. I got to play with that broken code more.

Tonight will rain, mainly after 2am. 🌧 Low of 42 degrees at 3am. 18 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 28th. Southeast wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth 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 21 degrees. The record low of -6 occurred back in 1885.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter 🌗 Moon with 84% illuminated. The moon will rise at 10:42 pm. The Worm 🐛 Moon is on Friday, March 27. The darkest hour is at 1:06 am, followed by dawn at 6:45 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:13 am in the east (94°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 44 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:50 am with sun in the east (100°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 10 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will rain before 7am, then showers, mainly between 7am and 1pm. 🌦 High of 59 degrees at 2pm. 17 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 18th. Maximum dew point of 45 at 11am. 🏖️ Breezy, with a southeast wind 13 to 23 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning with some clearing 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 think I’ll open up my windows tomorrow. 🔳 That’s a good thing because I left a gallon of milk 🐮 on the counter top when I went to work and I can still smell the racid milk despite dumping it out. I was very sad 😔 the milk went bad, it’s the first time I’ve done that in years – I didn’t catch it in the morning when I confirmed the stove was off.

In four weeks on April 9 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (281°) at 7:30 pm,🌄 which is 32 minutes and 13 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny, thunderstorm and temperatures between 65 and 41 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 55 and 35 degrees. The record high of 77 degrees was set back in 1991.

With all this talk about Coronavirus, I’m thinking about a weekend trip to Schoharie County or maybe Madison County with a case of Corona beer 🍻 to enjoy next to a campfire 🔥 for one night of self imposed quarantine. Exposure to natural bacteria and fresh air can be quite healthy. ⛺ Snow is gone outside of the Adirondacks although things might be muddy with the warm weather and rain expected tomorrow. Might be cold with the wind, 🍃 and while I’m not that concerned because everything is wet I don’t want a shit ton of sparks ✨ going everywhere because it’s cold and windy. Pine Bush literature drop I had planned for the weekend has been canceled due to older members concerns about going door to door 🚪 in a community that’s already has a known spread of Coronavirus.

I am thinking of getting a box of plastic bags 🛄 like the grocery stores 🏬 used to have before the plastic bag ban. You can get 1,000 plastic shopping bags for under $20 — they really are dirt cheap and it would be great to carry in case you run low on bags in the store or while camping if I don’t want my reusable bags to get dirty. And then they’re great for camp trash – gone in seconds. 🔥 Goes good with the foam plates I used to use a lot while camping. Fire is more fun and easier than washing. I’ll get the plastic bags by summer. I still have plenty used plastic bags from before the ban.

Looking ahead, Easter 🐰 is a month away and Flower Moon 🌕 is in 8 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 10 weeks remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good evening! Absolutely pouring rain, wind and 48 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔It reminds me of a thunderstorm like you would have mid summer than a March rain storm. There is a south-southwest breeze at 11 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 24 mph 💨💨💨. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Thursday around 2 am. ☃️

About an hour ago I thought about going out for a walk 🚶 as the rain had stopped but I ultimately decided against it probably for good reason as I probably would have gotten soaked. I didn’t ride the exercise bike 🚲 as my neighbor was home as he works night shift Thursday through Saturday.

Work continues on the blog code update 📝 but every time I fix something I find more rot in the code. Often I find that years ago I wrote things in a way that isn’t future 🔮 proof and I ended up extending old broken code that just becomes more and more spaghetti with more if then statements.

Tonight will have showers, mainly before midnight. 🌧 Low of 39 degrees at 5am. 17 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 19th. Breezy, with a southwest wind 11 to 21 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 17 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1950.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 64% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the west-southwest (255°) at an altitude of 50° from the horizon, some 238,615 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 31^st. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Worm 🐛 Moon is on Monday, March 9. The darkest hour is at 12:08 am, followed by dawn at 6:00 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:28 am in the east (98°) and last for 2 minutes and 56 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 38 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:06 am with sun in the east-southeast (105°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 36 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers between 9am and 1pm. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 51 degrees at 3pm. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 30th. Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 34 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1919. 8.3 inches of snow fell back in 1971.❄

I didn’t get to the store tonight 🏪 but I may go tomorrow. I might also go to Glenmont to wash my truck. 🚙 It was a kind of wet night and I wasn’t sure how much salt on the roads and who wants to drive in the dark and heavy rain? Although it wasn’t raining much earlier – well except for the evening commute 🚍.

In four weeks on March 31 the sun will be setting in the west (277°) at 7:20 pm (Daylight Savings Time),🌄 which is one hour, 32 minutes and 46 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 60 and 35 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 51 and 31 degrees. The record high of 89 degrees was set back in 1998.

Looking ahead, St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 is in 2 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 5 weeks, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 9 weeks, Primary Day 🗳️ is in 16 weeks, Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 8 months and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 8 months.

🇺🇸🦅Only 79 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸