Good evening! Light snowand 32 degrees during the great Christmas Eve black out in Delmar. ❄ There is a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around noontime. 🌡️

As I didn’t want to sit in the darkness inside and because I really didn’t have any dinner when the power went out, 🌌 I sat out back for a while with my camp stove and heater and warmed up some dinner and hot coca.☕ Not a really cold night but I was getting tired and decided head back in and retire to bed. 💤 Pretty night when the moon came out and it started to snow. I stayed up too late last night and want to get to sleep soon.

I saw the power crew go by and it looks like points north and east of Cherry and Delaware still have power do I expect it to be on before long. But I also expect to be asleep by then.⌛ I tried to turn off the lights and unplug the strip over my bed so I won’t be awaken when the power returns.

Because it was so dark before the moon came up – close to full moon – I decided to hang Christmas lights on my truck to get into the spirit. 🎄 I’m going to leave them on all night but I expect it’s possible that the low voltage relay will kick in by morning but that’s fine, the starting battery is isolated and even the accessory battery should start charging by morning when the sun gets high enough to push power out to the solar panel.🔌 Might even be enough sun to reset the relay by morning by itself.

Power outage couldn’t have happened at a worse time for me, as I was sorting out electronic components into boxes on my floor, 🔩as they have become rather disorganized and hard to locate things. I’ve been buying these flat clear tackle boxes for that purpose of sorting them out and finally I’m getting around to having one box for LEDs, one for resistors and capacitors, one for microprocessors and other miscellaneous sensors. 📦Well I moved it out of the way with my flash light finishing up what I could. I guess at least I wasn’t cooking.

Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 25 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around December 7th. Maximum wind chill around 18 at 6am; Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2017, we had cloudy skies, clearing in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 17 degrees. The record low of -22 occurred back in 1969.

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 91% illuminated. The moon will set at 9:54 am. The Last Quarter Moon is on Friday night with partly cloudy skies. The Wolf Moon 🌝 is on Sunday, January 20th. The sun will rise at 7:23 am with the first light at 6:51 am, which is 23 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 14 hours and 56 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 15 seconds over last night.

Christmas Day will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 34 degrees at 1pm. One degree above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around December 22nd. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph. Sounds like a really nice day. Maybe I should plan some hiking. A year ago, we had cloudy skies with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 33 degrees. The record high of 66 was set in 1889. 19.2 inches of snow fell back in 2002.❄

If I do go for a hike tomorrow, I am a bit undecided where.🏃 Probably not too far as I want to hook up the under cabinet lighting I got them for Christmas. I should plan a couple hours for that before Christmas dinner at the folks house. I think the next big adventure will be the long weekend for New Years Eve. 🎇

My parents had a nice Christmas Eve party with my niece, and my sister and my inlaw. Lots of good food and hanging around opening gifts. 🎁 It seemed like a lot of fun for all involved. It was nice seeing my parents, I hadn’t seen them since my trip. My niece seemed to like the star I built her. There is a lot I don’t like about Christmas which is why I don’t celebrate it personally but I family occasions are special. And this year thanks to the black out I actually hung up some Christmas lights on my truck. I guess I did string some warm white lights into my apartment that I bought for camping but honestly they’re not really strung for the holiday. If anything, they’re for Quinn the Eskimo.

I’m having some problems with the auto renewal on my phone, 📲 so I may not post any updates until later when I get to my parents house for Christmas dinner. I think the auto renewal is fixed but I won’t know until morning. If not I’ll have to fix it tomorrow, so I won’t have internet until it’s fixed. But then I won’t have to pay for my phone service for another six months. I’m thinking about buying the full year plan and paying the $500 up front but that’s a lot of money to have locked up in a service contract to save $15 total over the six months of service I buy twice a year. ☎ I don’t have internet at home so I’m very dependent on having my phone for connection to the interwebs.

A picture perfect weekend on tap for the final weekend of the year. 😎 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 40. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 30. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees. Figuring I have New Years Eve off, I’m really thinking about a 3 night camping trip starting right after the Save the Pine Bush hike. Maybe the Adirondacks as I think there will be snow at Charles Baker in Brookfield and I don’t want to go back to Betty Brook in Schoharie in the winter in case there is ice, and because that valley is so deep and dark in the winter.

In four weeks on January 21 the sun will be setting at 4:55 pm,🌄 which is 28 minutes and 5 seconds later then tonight. It will be nice with the later sunsets. In 2018 on that day, we had cloudy skies, snow showers and temperatures between 43 and 29 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 30 and 14 degrees. The record high of 61 degrees was set back in 2006.

Looking ahead, New Years Eve 🎆 is in 1 week, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 3 weeks, Martin Luther King Day 🖤 is in 4 weeks, Presidents Day 👴 is in 8 weeks, Average High is 40 ☀️ is in 10 weeks, April Fools Day 🤡 is in 14 weeks, Tax Day 💰 is in 16 weeks, Earth Day 🌎 is in 17 weeks, Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ is in 5 months, Memorial Day 🇺🇸 is in 22 weeks, July 🏊🏿 is in 27 weeks, Last Sunset After 8 PM 🌆 is in 33 weeks and Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ is in 8 months. Too soon to be thinking about autumn again.

Good morning! It’s Quinn the Eskimo Eve, or whatever you are celebrating eve. Hopefully at least you got a real tree. 🎄 I choose wilderness, although I guess you can say being born in feed through in a barn is a wilderness in its own way. Nowadays I’m sure people would frown upon somebody having a baby in a barnyard although I’m sure there is a group of back to the land folks promoting it. Probably better than all the plastic at the hospital as straw can be mucked out and returned to the fields. Next Monday is New Years Eve 🎆. Goodbye 2018, on to 2019 and consuming even more plastic. The straw, the muck, and even eating the raw meat and tree bark of the Eskimos seems almost more appealing than the modern science driven world of 2019.

Light snow and 31 degrees in Delmar. ❄ Calm wind. Things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️ Looks like we might have a white Quinn the Eskimo day assuming that it doesn’t melt away later. Things aren’t as cold as they once were, a fact especially well known to the Inuit.

Today will be light snow likely, mainly before 11am, then a chance of snow showers after noon. Cloudy 🌨, with a high of 38 degrees at 2pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around December 10th. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 72 was set in 2015. 13 inches of snow fell back in 1966.❄

The sun will set at 4:27 pm with dusk around 4:59 pm, which is 36 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for snow 🌨 and temperatures around 36 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 13 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 26 degrees at 4am. Eight degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around December 4th. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2017, we had , clearing in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 17 degrees. The record low of -22 occurred back in 1969.

I’m heading out to my parents house for Christmas Eve shortly. I built a few small presents, 🎁 I’m also going to do some donations in the name of people too. I don’t like the consumeristic world of today says the boy with the big jacked up truck. Hey at least the fresh fallen snow is pretty ❄and hopefully the roads won’t be too icy. I do have 4×4 which won’t help me not slide but it will help me make it up the steep icy hills.

As previously noted, next Monday is New Years Eve 🎆 when the sun will be setting at 4:32 pm with dusk at 5:04 pm. On that day in 2017, we had sunny skies and temperatures between and degrees. Typically, the high temperature is degrees. We hit a record high of back in .

Good evening! A mix of sleet, rain and snow and 33 degrees in Delmar. ❄ There is a north-northwest breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 3 am. ☃️ That part won’t be so much fun, although I’ll be fast asleep by then.

Tonight will rain, snow, and sleet before midnight, then rain and snow likely between midnight and 2am, then a chance of snow after 2am. Low of 30 degrees at 6am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around November 23rd. I know, warm. North wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. I doubt it will be a problem by morning, but I don’t care, the bus will be running. In 2017, we had partly cloudy skies, clearing in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 8 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1942.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔 with 67% illuminated. The moon will set at 1:21 am. The Cold Moon 🌕 is on Friday night with partly cloudy skies. The sun will rise at 7:19 am with the first light at 6:47 am, which is 41 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 14 hours and 56 minutes of darkness, an increase of 20 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of rain showers after 1pm, mixing with snow after 4pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 40 degrees at 2pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around December 5th. Fairly mild. Breezy, with a northwest wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies with more clouds in the afternoon. The high last year was 27 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1984. 11.1 inches of snow fell back in 1970.❄

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 37. Typical average high for the weekend is 34 degrees.

In four weeks on January 13 the sun will be setting at 4:45 pm,🌄 which is 22 minutes and 13 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had snow, mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 44 and 20 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 30 and 14 degrees. The record high of 71 degrees was set back in 1932.

Got my wash done, bought too many groceries, spending too much money, and didn’t wash my truck or replace the broken washer blade. There always is tomorrow after work. I figured washing the truck with them applying salt to the roads at this point is kind of pointless.🚘 The rain is washing off a lot of the muck at any rate.

When I got back home I baked up some nicely spicy chicken breast and stuffing. Not fancy but with the Montreal Chicken spice I bought cooks up nicely. 🍗 I spent some time reading, working on code and wasting time on Facebook. Lots of little projects.

Back to work tomorrow, I should probably rest up well. 💤I did turn down the heat before bed, and I have to say my bed is so much softer than those sleeping pads. I need to set the alarm on my phone too. ⏰ I don’t expect a really busy week, some end of the year stuff. The next two weeks after this week are just three work days with the holidays which is nice. Maybe I can camp and travel if there ain’t too much snow. ⛺

Looking ahead, Festivus 🍖 is in 1 week, Daylight Savings Time 🌆 is in 12 weeks, St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 is in 13 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 16 weeks, Palm Sunday 🌴 is in 17 weeks, Easter 🐰 is in 18 weeks, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 20 weeks, Mothers Day 👩‍ is in 21 weeks, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 5 months, Fathers Day 👨 is in 6 months and Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆 is in 7 months.

Good morning! Happy Sunday. Next Sunday is Festivus 🍖. Cloudy and around freezing n Delmar. ☁ Calm wind. It should be a few degrees above freezing before the rain pushes in this morning in Albany area but the outlying areas may get snow. I’m glad I decided to home yesterday. I don’t like winter driving.

Today will have a chance of rain and snow between 10am and 1pm, then rain and sleet likely after 1pm. Cloudy ☁ , with a high of 36 degrees at 3pm. 💦 I think we will dodge the bullet here but the outlying areas will get icy. Temperature wise, typical for today. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies with more clouds in the afternoon. The high last year was 31 degrees. The record high of 55 was set in 1971. 9.5 inches of snow fell back in 1981.❄

I was originally planning on going out to my parents house today for their Christmas Decorating Party 🎄with my niece but that’s been canceled with the weather. Instead, I’ll probably go to the laundromat and then the grocery store for a few supplies for the week and wash the mud off my truck before parking it for the week. Maybe later on head down to the library and post some pictures and videos from my trip then come home and get things ready for the work week.

The sun will set at 4:23 pm with dusk around 4:55 pm, which is 18 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 In a month, that will be 25 minutes later. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 35 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 23 seconds over yesterday. Only a few more days of days getting shorter.

Tonight will rain, snow, and sleet likely before 1am, then a chance of snow and freezing rain between 1am and 4am, then a chance of rain and snow after 4am. Cloudy ☁, with a low of 30 degrees at 6am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around November 23rd. North wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible. In 2017, we had partly cloudy skies, clearing in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 8 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1942.

My hands are a bit cracked and sore from the cold over the past week 👏although I assume that the hand lotion is helping. I would have used more while camping but the lotion was kind of frozen. Likewise, still working on getting shaved well as the peach fuzz isn’t coming off well as I didn’t shave much while camping as the shaving cream froze. Winter camping is fun.

I’m kind of glad to be back to work tomorrow. Office life is routine, 💻 the bus takes me back and forth to work. It’s kind of an easy life, means that I can save and work for a better tomorrow. 🎉I still find it hard to believe 2019 is just around the corner. Next weekend is a four day weekend with Christmas as is the following weekend,🎁 giving me lots of time to do things at home or persue other adventures once we get some fresh snow. 🏂

As previously noted, next Sunday is Festivus 🍖 when the sun will be setting at 4:26 pm with dusk at 4:58 pm. Enjoy your meatloaf and feats of strength. On that day in 2017, we had rain, drizzle, freezing rain, freezing drizzle, mist, cloudy skies and temperatures between 36 and 25 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 33 degrees. We hit a record high of 64 back in 1990.