Good morning! Happy Cold Moon 🌕! Couldn’t see the moon last night because of the clouds. Next Tuesday is National Bird Day 🐧. Snow showers, mostly cloudy and 28 degrees in Delmar, NY. ❄ There is a west-northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. I heard though it’s supposed to clear out later. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 2 pm. 🌡️

I went out for my morning walk, 🚶and while it wasn’t terrible warm or nice, it got nicer as the morning progressed. 🌄 Also did my evening walk. Feeling a better today, although still some tightness in my throat. But I plan to mask up 😷 and run to the store today as I need to get some supplies. I think I just have a bit of a cold, 🤒 but the Day Quill helps. Good to use it up now, as it has an expiration of next month I guess. Always seem to get a bit of a cold this time of year. No fever or loss of smell, so I’m not real concerned. 👾 Not the topic the politicians like to publicly expose themselves about to get on camera. The pancakes for breakfast were good, 🥞 although I wasn’t happy about the coffee being weak, ☕ as I reused the beans from yesterday, as I ran out of coffee. I really need to get to the store today, as I miss my coffee and hot coca in the evening.🛍 I realize I’ve been kind of wasteful with coffee lately — been putting too much in the peculator and could be reusing the beans more. For me caffeine is just a drug, and I drink a shit ton more from home.

I also want to get to the library, 📚 as I accidentally messed up the projections library on my computer so I can’t do much in the way of map making. I was trying to process LiDAR point clouds into digital terrain models for measuring tree height, and when I added the extra software, I managed to cause a conflict in the projections library. I am going to have to purge that library and then reinstall it and all of the supporting software, and that will take a lot of bandwidth, so best do down at the library. 💻  With the sun it shouldn’t be too cold down there.

Today will have a slight chance of snow showers before 10am. Mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 31 degrees at 10am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical Northwest wind 6 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 41 degrees. The record high of 71 was set in 1984. 6.0 inches of snow fell back in 1915.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:58 am with sun having an altitude of 24.2° from the due south horizon (-46.6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 13.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:45 pm with the sun in the southwest (231°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (239°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:31 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 25 seconds with dusk around 5:02 pm, which is 46 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the east-northeast (65°) at an altitude of 10° from the horizon, 245,218 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:38 pm. At sunset, look for mostly sunny skies 🌃 and temperatures around 28 degrees. The wind chill around sunset will be 17. ☃️ There will be a northwest breeze at 14 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 5 minutes of daytime, an increase of 34 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 16 degrees at 4am. Typical for tonight. Maximum wind chill around 14 at 6pm; Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 34 degrees. The record low of -21 occurred back in 1933.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, rain likely before 10am, then a chance of showers between 10am and 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 36. Typical average high for the weekend is 31 degrees.

Based on the latest forecast, I am inclined to go up to the Adirondacks this long weekend. 🏕 It does like we might get a few or maybe several inches of snow on Friday, but I’ll park close to the road, and then drag my gear back. That way if we get a ton of snow, I can just shovel out the driveway and around the tent. I don’t really need to buy any food or supplies for camping, so I am good if I decide to head north on New Years Eve.📲 I’d prefer to camp somewhere I have cell reception but it’s hard to know where I am going to be. But with unlimited mobile data, it might be fun to be able to watch a Youtube when I’m in the tent during the long nights.

Been working on a year on review video for the blog, 🖼 basically just a picture series that goes through all of the photos that I posted over the year. It is mostly done now, I’ll probably try to get it uploaded ⬆ when I’m all the library. Also, I am working on adding some new types of interactives based on leafletjs — namely side-by-sides and overlays. Right now with the historical comparisons the blog, you can’t zoom in and out, and that’s something I’d like to change.

As previously noted, next Tuesday is National Bird Day 🐧 when the sun will be setting at 4:36 pm with dusk at 5:08 pm. On that day in 2020, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 37 and 24 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 31 degrees. We hit a record high of 64 back in 1950.

Good morning! Happy Saturday. A cold weekend ! Next Saturday is Boxing Day 🥊. Mostly sunny and 5 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind.There are 21 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around noontime. 🌡️

Today I’m heading out to Schodack Island to cross country ski 🎿 and watch the birds 🐦. But first I want it to warm up a bit. It’s a cold morning for sure but sunny. 🌅 Then I plan to go to Aldi’s and get some groceries. 🛒

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 24 degrees at 3pm. 11 degrees below normal. Calm wind. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 18 degrees. The record high of 54 was set in 1895. 7.8 inches of snow fell back in 2008.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:54 am with sun having an altitude of 24° from the due south horizon (-46.9° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 13.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:39 pm with the sun in the southwest (230°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (238°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:25 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 26 seconds with dusk around 4:56 pm, which is 24 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the south (187°) at an altitude of 33° from the horizon, 244,168 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:33 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 23 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 9 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 10 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 18 degrees at 6pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 24th. Maximum wind chill around 20 at 7pm; Calm wind. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 6 degrees. The record low of -19 occurred back in 1951.

They still haven’t gotten the sidewalks done on Elm Avenue or Delaware Avenue so I ended up walking on Cherry Avenue. 🚶🏻 I am still a bit annoyed it but it was a big snow storm but I don’t like how they prioritize it over the sidewalks. At least I got a good 40 minutes outside tromping through the snow. 👢 No wind and with the thermal underwear it wasn’t too cool.

Working from home and now with the sidewalks full of snow 🌨, I feel so cooped up these days. I even did the days Zoom Meetings from home 📹 using my cellphone. It actually used less data than I expected but next week I’m upgrading to the unlimited mobile data / 20 GB Hotspot so I can make it through the winter when it’s too cold and dark to work at the library or park.

I have to renew my driver’s license again. I can do it online but I’m annoyed it’s $94.50 after just re-registered my truck. I do my eyes 👀 checked in a year but I should probably go to the eye doctor this year because I haven’t in two and a half years now. I ordered my last batch of contacts online and as the price has come down online and my prescription rarely changes I ordered a bigger than normal order. 💵 Do I wait until the pandemic is over to get my eyes checked or do it now when it’s easier when working from home? I’ll have to think about it more.

Today in 1974, Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States 👴🏼 under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution. America 🇺🇸 didn’t get an errection with Rockefeller unlike Albany when he got elected.

As previously noted, next Saturday is Boxing Day 🥊 when the sun will be setting at 4:28 pm with dusk at 5:00 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 41 and 27 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 33 degrees. We hit a record high of 59 back in 1895.

Good morning! Happy Bake Cookies Day 🍪! A good cold snowy ☃ day for baking cookies. Next Friday is Christmas 🎅. Partly cloudy and 9 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a north-northwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is -2. There are 21 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at Sunday around noontime. 🌡️

I am up early but it doesn’t seem likely I’ll be going for my morning walk ❄, but I guess that’s okay as it’s cold outside. Hopefully by the evening. I can be cranky about the incompetence of town leaders but what can I do about it, a less than humble boy 🧒🏻 from the sticks. Maybe I’ll ride my exercise bike 🚲 later and go for the walk around 5 pm, by when hopefully most of snow will be cleaned up.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 30 degrees at 2pm. Five degrees below normal. North wind around 8 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 60 was set in 1921. 17.0 inches of snow fell back in 1887.❄ Seems small after yesterday’s snow storm.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:53 am with sun having an altitude of 24° from the due south horizon (-46.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 13.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:39 pm with the sun in the southwest (230°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (238°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:25 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 26 seconds with dusk around 4:55 pm, which is 23 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the south-southwest (199°) at an altitude of 27° from the horizon, 241,320 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:32 pm. At sunset, look for mostly sunny skies 🌃 and temperatures around 27 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 7 mph. Tomorrow will have 9 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 10 seconds over today.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 4 degrees at 6am. 16 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around -3 at 4am; Northwest wind 3 to 7 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 6 degrees. The record low of -13 occurred back in 1973.

Project SCORE, the world’s first communications satellite 🛰 is launched today in 1958. Didn’t do much communicating compared to satellites today. A decade or so before the first GPS satellites. 💫 Of course it’s hard to imagine a modern economy today without satellite data or GPS technology to provide both timing and location data.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 30 degrees at 2pm. Five degrees below normal. Light and variable wind becoming south around 5 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 18 degrees. The record high of 54 was set in 1895. 7.8 inches of snow fell back in 2008.❄

I am thinking about going skiing 🎿 at Schodack Island State Park tomorrow with the binoculars and look at the winter birds. 🕊 Then maybe pick up some supplies at Aldi’s. 🛒 I should try to get an early start tomorrow while the sun is still shining.

Looking ahead to Sunday, a slight chance of snow showers before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of snow showers after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. ⛅ Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Typical average high for the weekend is 35 degrees.

As previously noted, next Friday is Christmas 🎅 when the sun will be setting at 4:27 pm with dusk at 4:59 pm. At least we are getting more sunshine in the afternoon. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 39 and 20 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 33 degrees. We hit a record high of 66 back in 1889.

Not sure if I’m getting up to the Adirondacks next weekend. 🎄 I want to but I’m not sure if that’s a realistic goal with the weather. Maybe Christmas Day through Sunday. But it’s going to be real cold. ❄ I don’t know.

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Looks like it’s going to be a cold and snowy week coming up. Next Monday is First Day of Winter ☃️. Cloudy and 34 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 9 pm. ☃️

It looks this week will have some snow 🌨 but the question remains how much. Nothing yet this morning but maybe some later on today. Only time will tell. Do we get just a dusting or a few inches from the storm on Wednesday evening? I am not really sure but I’m leaning towards less snow ⛄ and more cold. Even if we get snow I’m not seeing it last because I think there is a warming trend ahead. But what do I know, I’m biased as I want to camp during Christmas holiday 🎄 in the Adirondacks.

Today will snow have snow showers, mainly before 11am. Cloudy 🌨, with a high of 35 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around December 17th. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 46 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1901. 12.5 inches of snow fell back in 1956.❄

As I was running 🏃🏻 a bit late, I did my morning walk over at the Swift Preserve. Spotted a red tail hawk which almost grabbed a chipmunk 🐿 there but he got away. 🐦 No bluebirds today but a bunch of house sparrows were hanging out in the preserve today. It’s nice having that little area so close to home, even if it’s just some wetlands that a developer wasn’t allowed to develop.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:51 am with sun having an altitude of 24.1° from the due south horizon (-46.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 13.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:38 pm with the sun in the southwest (231°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (239°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:23 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 25 seconds with dusk around 4:54 pm, which is 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:31 pm. At sunset, look for cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 35 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 9 hours and 4 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 31 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers between 10pm and 11pm. Partly cloudy 🌃, with a low of 24 degrees at 6am. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 9th. Northwest wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1874.

Today in 1994, started construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.🌊 The Three Gorges Dam has been the world’s largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW) since 2012. ⚡ In 2014, the dam generated 98.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) and had the world record, but was surpassed by the Itaipú Dam, which set the new world record in 2016, producing 103.1 TWh. 🏛️Also, today was a notable date in civil rights history, with the release of the Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (1964), a landmark United States Supreme Court case holding that the Commerce Clause gave the U.S. Congress power to force private businesses to abide by Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in public accommodations. 🖤

Maybe some snow melting this weekend. ☀ Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 32. Sunday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 30%. 🏔️ Typical average high for the weekend is 35 degrees.

As previously noted, next Monday is First Day of Winter ☃️ when the sun will be setting at 4:25 pm with dusk at 4:57 pm. On that day in 2019, we had cold, partly cloudy and temperatures between 24 and 8 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 34 degrees. We hit a record high of 62 back in 2018.

Good morning! Happy Sunday. I know with remote work 💻 the days all kind of blend together, especially now that I’m working from home mostly. But at least on the weekends I get to sleep in. 😴 And indeed I did today. Three weeks to Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️. Cloudy and 49 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌥 There is a southwest breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 3 am. ☃️

Last night I was up until about two AM. 🕒 I really got digging into the QGIS 3D Mapping feature, trying to figure out all that I could do with it. 🗺 I haven’t been up that late in years but the previous day was such a haze in the me after taking that extra sleeping pill by mistake. Feeling pretty good today though.

This morning I went for a short hike to Swift Preserve 🐦 and saw a couple of bluebird which was kind of neat. It’s actually amazing how much nature you can find in that little pocket park/preserve. It’s just undeveloped wetland that the developer couldn’t develop after modern wetlands laws 🐸 but nature thinks it’s a great refuge in suburbia. And it’s less than a quarter mile from my house 🏡 – so close but tiny at 19 acres I often forget about it.

Later on I plan to go to up to Troy for a informal outdoor meeting of sorts, 🌲🌳👩‍👩‍👧‍👧 that is a socially distant meeting. After the meeting I hope to go hiking at Peebles Island 🏝. Hopefully this time of year it won’t be too crowded and there will some sun ☀. Had a little bit of sun this morning and it’s pretty mild.

Today will have patchy drizzle before 2pm. Mostly cloudy ⛅, with a high of 51 degrees at 12pm. 14 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 9th. Southwest wind around 11 mph becoming west in the afternoon. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, which became cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 40 degrees. The record high of 58 was set in 1984. 14.0 inches of snow fell back in 1915.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:51 am with sun having an altitude of 24.2° from the due south horizon (-46.6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 13.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:38 pm with the sun in the southwest (231°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (239°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:23 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 24 seconds with dusk around 4:54 pm, which is 11 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:31 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 46 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 5 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 35 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 32 degrees at 4am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 16th. West wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light northwest after midnight. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 35 degrees. The record low of -5 occurred back in 1898.

Back in 1962, NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit. 💫

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️ when the sun will be setting at 4:34 pm with dusk at 5:06 pm. On that day in 2020, we had mostly cloudy, mild, rain showers and temperatures between 47 and 39 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 31 degrees. We hit a record high of 61 back in 1913.

Good morning! Happy Average High is 40 🌨! First Friday of December, 5 weeks until New Years Day 2021. Two weeks to Bake Cookies Day 🍪. Santa 🎅🏿 would approve, especially with a cold glass of milk 🥛 produced by an Upstate NY dairy farm 🐮 . Mostly cloudy and 39 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 9 pm. ☃️

Mild but gray this morning. 🌥 A few breaks of the clouds to the southwest but warm enough to be just wear the vest and the long sleeve shirt this morning. No snow yet locally 🌨 but some of the higher elevations have a dusting according to NOAA estimates and pictures I’ve seen on social media. A year ago was much more snowy ☃ but it didn’t last. I’m hopeful it won’t be too snowy this next week and I can get out of town next week.

Yesterday despite my ambitious plans 🏡 I ended up working from home and just reading 📖 in the evening about farming 🚜 and watching some YouTube videos I previously downloaded. Today at lunch time I’m going to run to the store, do a quick wash of my truck 🚚 and then I’ll go to the library in my warmed up truck for the Zoom Meeting 👥 and get podcasts and any YouTube videos that I might want to watch at home.

Today will have a slight chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 47 degrees at 1pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 19th. South wind 7 to 9 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 36 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1998. 6.0 inches of snow fell back in 1901.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:47 am with sun having an altitude of 25.1° from the due south horizon (-45.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 12.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:38 pm with the sun in the southwest (232°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (240°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:23 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 22 seconds with dusk around 4:53 pm, which is 12 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:30 pm. At sunset, look for rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 45 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 9 mph. Tomorrow will have 9 hours and 11 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 8 seconds over today.

Tonight will have a slight chance of rain showers before 3am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 35 degrees at 3am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 3rd. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. In 2019, we had clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of 2 occurred back in 1989.

Tomorrow will have a chance of rain and snow before 8am, then a chance of rain between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of rain and snow after 2pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 40 degrees at 10am. Typical for temperatures. North wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 38 degrees. The record high of 65 was set in 2001. 9.0 inches of snow fell back in 1902.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 35. 🌞 Northwest wind 11 to 14 mph. Typical average high for the weekend is 40 degrees. Cool but sunny. No ambitious plans for Sunday but I’ll probably bundle up and head out somewhere with the binoculars to look at the wildlife 🕊️🦉 and the winter birds.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Bake Cookies Day 🍪 when the sun will be setting at 4:23 pm with dusk at 4:55 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny skies with snow showers and temperatures between 36 and 14 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 35 degrees. We hit a record high of 60 back in 1921. A few years before my time.