Good morning! Happy National Drink Wine Day 🍷! It’s pay day but I don’t drink wine unless I get it for free. I’m more of a Bud Heavy in an aluminum can next to a fire type guy. 🍻 Though as you push forty, drinking ain’t as much fun. Four weeks to St. Patrick’s Day 🍀. Cloudy and 28 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ☁ Not a session day so I can walk down to the Express bus. 🚍 There is a south-southeast breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. There is a inch of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️

Today will have a chance of snow before 11am, then rain and snow likely between 11am and 1pm, then rain likely after 1pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 40 degrees at 4pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 4th. South wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 26 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1981. 6.3 inches of snow fell back in 2000.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 35.6° from the due south horizon (-35.2° vs. 6/21). The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:52 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (248°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (255°) starting at 5:28 pm and lasts for 3 minutes with dusk around 5:59 pm, which is one minute and 17 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:33 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 39 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 42 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 43 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be scattered showers, mainly before 7pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 30 degrees at 6am. 12 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 27th. South wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. 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 4 degrees. The record low of -7 occurred back in 1878.

Tonight I want to run to the store 🏬, wash my truck 🚿 and then tomorrow morning get a hair cut 💇. Before it gets too long and shaggy like the emoji. 💈 I also need to drop off my jackets for dry cleaning. Then I have the Pine Bush dinner 🍲 on Wednesday.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 40. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 45. Typical average high for the weekend is 36 degrees. I would like to get out of town this weekend but I am sure the forecast will change and they’re probably still a lot of snow around so that complicates things. ⛄

🌹🌻🌼Only 30 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

All I can say, is that spring at least as far as the calendar 📅 is concerned is just around the corner. But if course there can be snow in the Adirondacks until the black flies start biting in mid May. 🐜 The black flies have me thinking it would be almost more fun to camp up in Rensselaerville than the Adirondacks for Memorial Day Weekend.

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 when the sun will be setting at 7:04 pm with dusk at 7:32 pm (Daylight Savings Time). 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! Happy Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛! Milk is good. But you don’t want to spill it on yourself of your carpet because it can stink when it rots. What is good for growing plants might not be so good spilled on your jacket or shirt. But that’s true with most things in life. Next Tuesday is National Drink Wine Day 🍷. I don’t drink much wine except at some of those legislative receptions I sometimes go to. Not a big drinker of alcohol these days, although I’ll have a beer or three while camping sometimes next to the fire. Rain showers and 34 degrees at the CDTA Bus Stop #10595. ☔ Calm wind.There is a inch of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 8 pm. ☃️

Kind of a gray and damp day outside. ☔ I didn’t bring my umbrella as I’m going to John Wolcott house after work and didn’t want to forget it as looking at some serious rain come Thursday. My jackets could use a dry cleaning, no session days next week so I’ll have to drop them off at the dry cleaner over the weekend. Monday next week is Presidents Day so I’ll have it off from work.

Today will have a chance of drizzle before 9am, then a chance of rain between 9am and 4pm. Patchy fog before 2pm. Otherwise, cloudy 🌧, with a high of 41 degrees at 4pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 7th. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph in the afternoon. 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 with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 33 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1981. 9.6 inches of snow fell back in 1933.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:11 pm with sun having an altitude of 33.2° from the due south horizon (-37.6° vs. 6/21). The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:42 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (245°). 📸 Neither fact matters today as their ain’t much sun.

The sunset is in the west-southwest (252°) starting at 5:19 pm and lasts for 3 minutes and 4 seconds with dusk around 5:50 pm, which is one minute and 18 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:24 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 36 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 23 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 36 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 27 degrees at 6am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 19th. West wind 8 to 15 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became light snow by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 15 degrees. The record low of -16 occurred back in 1979.

Honestly, not a great weekend for President’s Day Weekend. 😕 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 21. Sunday, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Typical average high for the weekend is 35 degrees.

🌹🌻🌼Only 37 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

I am increasingly thinking my next trip will not be until March or April. ⛺ But I think that’s fine, money 💵 remains tight and there is lots to do around home. That said, if we have a nice warm weekend in March it will be fun to get away. I’m ready for winter to be done.

As previously noted, next Tuesday is National Drink Wine Day 🍷 when the sun will be setting at 5:30 pm with dusk at 5:59 pm. On that day in 2019, we had snow showers, partly cloudy and temperatures between 26 and 13 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 35 degrees. We hit a record high of 63 back in 1981.

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Iowa caucus day. I bet Bernie Sanders win Iowa but who knows. Next Monday is Clean Your Computer Day 🧹. I bet in rural Iowa that involves fire and maybe a D5 bulldozer. 👨‍🌾 Iowa rednecks are the best and they have some mad good dirt to show for it! 💩 Light rain and 33 degrees at the Valero. ⛈ I know I wasn’t really expecting rain.  There is a west breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 9 pm. ☃️

Taking an all electric bus downtown. 🚍 Honestly it’s not that different than any other bus although it seems a bit slower at kneeling and electric motor sounds a little different when spinning up and down. Little rougher over the potholes probably because the buses a lot heavier, especially on the roof line. Lacking gears and having strong regen on the hills the stop and go smoother. Do smell a bit of ozone being produced by the motors. ⚡ In a decade it will probably be so ordinary, like the hybrid buses hard to even note these days, except when they blow a lot of black smoke when the engines are malfunctioning.

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 45 degrees at 1pm. 13 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 17th. West wind 7 to 13 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 45 degrees. The record high of 57 was set in 2016. 6.1 inches of snow fell back in 2004.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 30.8° from the due south horizon (-40.1° vs. 6/21). The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:30 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (241°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (248°) starting at 5:08 pm and lasts for 3 minutes and 8 seconds with dusk around 5:40 pm, which is one minute and 19 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the southeast (129°) at an altitude of 58° from the horizon, 243,359 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:15 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 40 degrees. There will be a west breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 24 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 29 degrees at 5am. 14 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 24th. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2019, we had cloudy 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 -13 occurred back in 1978.

While not perfect this weekend looks much better than recent. 🙂 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 33. Sunday, a chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Typical average high for the weekend is 33 degrees.

I am a bit undecided on my weekend plans at this point, 💭 a lot depends on how much snow we get this week. I kind of want to go to the Johnstown Outdoors Show but if the weekend is really nice and only a small amount of snow I might go to Madison County and truck cap camp at the horse camp ⛺. I could go to the Adirondacks if the snow banks aren’t too high but in that case it would certainly be snow tent camping dragging the tent and gear back in the woods.

🌹🌻🌼Only 45 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

As previously noted, next Monday is Clean Your Computer Day 🧹 when the sun will be setting at 5:20 pm with dusk at 5:49 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 33 and 17 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 33 degrees. We hit a record high of 53 back in 1955.