Good evening! Going home time. Drive safely and odds are better that you will make it home alive. Mostly cloudy and 47 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south-southwest breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear tomorrow around 2 am.

Not a terrible Hump Day at work. A fair number of things going on in the office I have to admit my variable message sign and clock thingy is not just a conversation starter but also a distraction. 💻Especially the countdown to five o’clock. That said, I put it where I can’t see it from my computer even though it’s powered by the computer. Mostly just the normal things for a Wednesday in the office.

Traffic moving out of the city is moving well,🚌🚗🚗🚒🚓🚕 and has been over the past few months since they fixed the timing on the traffic light. 🚥I don’t really care unless things are really too backed up.

The sun will set at 7:33 pm with dusk around 8:02 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clouds ☁ and 46 degrees. There will be a south-southwest breeze at 9 mph.

Still too cold to go down to the park after work, but at least the days are getting longer come the second half of the month.🌲 Eventually I hope for nice enough weather to head to the park.

It was a nice enough of an evening to walk down to the old train station to catch the bus home. 🚏That awful shady looking Tractor toy store is still up and running on Stueben Street although it’s open only weird hours. It looks well stocked and nice but who goes downtown on a weekday to buy expensive John Deere brand name toys?🚜 Are die cast manure spreaders that popular with city kids? Maybe brand name farm toys are big nowadays or they can sell them at enough profit for such a store to succeed. But being Albany, I just have questions.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy ☁, with a low of 34 degrees at 5am. Two degrees below normal. South wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2017, we had mostly cloudy skies. It got down to 47 degrees. The record low of 13 occurred back in 1874.

Tonight will have a Waning Crescent Moon 🌘 with 16% illuminated. The moon will rise at 4:54 am. The New Moon is on Saturday night. The Pink Moon 🌝 is on Saturday, April 28th. The sun will rise at 6:19 am with the first light at 5:50 am, which is one minute and 40 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 10 hours and 43 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 47 seconds over last night.

This evening I probably should go grocery shopping 🍎and once again wash the salt off my truck. 🚿My pantry really is getting bare. 🍝Then maybe my evening walk and then some soldering.🔬

Tomorrow will rain likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy ☔ , with a high of 57 degrees at 6pm. Typical for tomorrow. Normal temperatures for once. Light south wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies with more clouds in the afternoon. The high last year was 61 degrees. The record high of 84 was set in 1977. 3.3 inches of snow fell back in 1962.❄

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Sunday, rain likely.💦 Cloudy, with a high near 42. Cold and wet. 💦Chance of precipitation is 60%. Typical average high for the weekend is 58 degrees.

In four weeks on May 9 the sun will be setting at 8:05 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 34 seconds later then today. In 2017 on that day, we had rain, sleet, cloudy skies and temperatures between 50 and 39 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 67 and 45 degrees. The record high of 93 degrees was set back in 1979.

Looking ahead, Average High is 60 🌼 is in 1 weeks, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 5 weeks, Independence Day 🇺🇸 is in 12 weeks, Halloween 🛥️ is in 29 weeks, Day After Election Day 🛀 is in 30 weeks, Veterans Day (Sunday) 🇺🇸 is in 7 months, Boxing Day 🥊 is in 37 weeks and Inauguration day 2021 👴🏻 is in 145 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 43 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸