April 17, 2019 6 PM Update

Last year …

On Wednesday 04/18/18 we had cloudy skies ☁ with high of 47 and a low of 33, which is 13 degrees below normal.

On Thursday 04/19/18 we had cold ☁, partly cloudy skies 🌀 and rain showers 🌦 with high of 44 and a low of 34, which is 16 degrees below normal.

On Friday 04/20/18 we had cold 🌦 and mostly cloudy skies πŸŒ₯ with high of 47 and a low of 31, which is 14 degrees below normal.

On Saturday 04/21/18 we had sunny skies 🌞 with high of 60 and a low of 34, which is a degree below normal.

On Sunday 04/22/18 we had sunny skies 🌞 with high of 65 and a low of 29, which is four degrees above normal.

On Monday 04/23/18 we had sunny skies 🌞 with high of 69 and a low of 30, which is seven degrees above normal.

On Tuesday 04/24/18 we had partly sunny skies 🌞 and rain showers 🌦 with high of 70 and a low of 45, which is eight degrees above normal.

Cold but beautiful

April 17, 2019 Night

Good evening! Mostly clear and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. πŸŒƒ Calm wind. Being such a relatively nice night, I’m sitting out back in the moonlight, listening to the spring peepers 🐸 which seem quieter tonight compared to some nights. Air kind of smells faintly like barnyard, it’s spring so the farm down the road must be spreading manure or at least working the dirt in the fields.

Today was another busy but good day at work. πŸ’Ό Definitely less crazy than yesterday. I’m glad I have Good Friday off as lately I’ve been tired as my sleep has been pretty poor. 😴 I was hoping getting to bed early would help but I still find myself waking up a lot at night. I just find myself increasingly discontent and worried about both my future and that of the world. 🌎 I’m trying to do more and more everyday though to improve my own life even if I can’t fix the many problems of the world I see around me.

The Save the Pine Bush Dinner was pretty good, listening to Lou Ismay give what may be his last presentation to Save the Pine Bush was interesting. 🎀 He’s gotten older for sure but he did much for the environment and the Albany community over his many years running the SUNY PYE Club. Lasagna was fairly good although this month I didn’t get to take any home. No delicious smelling lunch at work although I usually do end up cooking something good most days.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Increasing clouds πŸŒƒ, with a low of 44 degrees at 5am. Six degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around May 4th. A fairly mild night. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2018, we had mostly clear in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1948.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon πŸŒ” with 99% illuminated. The moon will set at 6:05 am. The Pink Moon πŸŒ• will be tomorrow. I hope you have your rose colored glasses to wear. πŸ‘“ The sun will rise at 6:09 am with the first light at 5:40 am, which is one minute and 36 seconds earlier than yesterday. πŸŒ„ Tonight will have 10 hours and 28 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 43 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, mainly before 8am. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 58 degrees at 2pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around April 15th. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. That wind will make it feel much colder. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 47 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 1976. 2.7 inches of snow fell back in 1887.❄

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap for Easter. 😞 Saturday, rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers likely after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. High near 67. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 59 at 6am. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 48 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 61 degrees.

I haven’t packed my camping gear yet β›Ί so I have no real plans for the weekend except maybe Easter dinner at the folks house. 🐰 In two weeks though I really hope to be out camping again. The weather has moderated a lot, the snow is almost entirely gone from the East Branch area, and now it’s just a matter of waiting for some sunny days.

In four weeks on May 15 the sun will be setting at 8:11 pm,πŸŒ„ which is 31 minutes and 8 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 77 and 56 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 69 and 47 degrees. The record high of 93 degrees was set back in 1900.

Looking ahead, May πŸ•Š is in 2 weeks, Pack Rat Day πŸ€ is a month away, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 7 weeks, Primary Day πŸ—³οΈ is in 10 weeks, Altamont Fair Opens 🎑 is in 17 weeks, State Fair Opens 🎑 is in 18 weeks, September 11th πŸ‡Έ is in 21 weeks, Constitution Day πŸ“œ is in 5 months, More Night then Day 🌌 is in 23 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 πŸ‘΄πŸ» is in 92 weeks.

Across Crane Pond to Crane Pond Hill

Eastern hellbender will become Pennsylvania’s state amphibian – pennlive.com

It’s official: Eastern hellbender will become Pennsylvania’s state amphibian – pennlive.com

Pennsylvania is getting an official amphibian, a nocturnal salamander that can grow to be more than two feet long.

The House voted 191-6 on Tuesday to grant the honor to the Eastern hellbender, and Gov. Tom Wolf’s office said he plans to sign it.

The path to legislative recognition was not smooth, as the Eastern hellbender faced a stiff challenge from Wehrle’s salamander.