Got an inch or so of snow last night but not until late, as most of the evening was just rain. Trump won New Hampshire, I spent the evening at the Colonie Town Planning Board with Save the Pine Bush. Another week, another warehouse in the Pine Bush. Walking this morning inside the Concourse.

Good morning! What day is it? A Sloppy Hump Day, of course. Rain, slop and 34 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a south-southeast breeze at 10 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 20 mph 💨💨💨. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at Sunday around 9 pm. ☃️ Saving money on the heat again. Really won’t need it for the next few days except maybe for reasons of comfort. The dampness can make things feel extra cold, but there is warm soups/meals and the electric blanket for that.

I was hoping to get in early to walk the Concourse 🏃 but it turned out the earlier express was running about 20 minutes. Obnoxious, I know. I did get some steps in walking the Plaza — 👮 there were a ton of police there — probably some kind of protest today. But not as many as I wanted to get. Not fun waiting out in the rain. I though the real-time bus info was wrong 🚌 ⌚ but it wasn’t, and after a while I waited a bit inside, where it at least wasn’t raining and wet and miserable out like earlier. Almost wish I had driven in to avoid this crap, 💩 but the hell with warming up my truck and digging off the ice and slush, when I bus that will do it for me for only $2.60 round trip. The shuttle is free to my suburban office, it’s just the fare to the Empire Plaza.

Today will have a chance of rain or drizzle before 3pm, then rain, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog after 3pm. 🌧 High of 38 degrees at 5pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 25th. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 54 was set in 1999. 7.6 inches of snow fell back in 1948.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:08 pm with sun having an altitude of 28.1° from the due south horizon (-42.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 11.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:15 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (237°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (244°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:58 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 14 seconds with dusk around 5:28 pm, which is one minute and 16 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the east-northeast (69°) at an altitude of 15° from the horizon, 247,437 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:03 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 37 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 43 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 2 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain, mainly before 4am. Patchy fog before 4am. 🌧 Low of 37 degrees at 6pm. 22 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 15th. South wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. In 2023, we had light snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of -12 occurred back in 1963.

And in case it’s not wet enough yet. ☔ Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Sunday, rain likely before 1pm, then rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Typical average high for the weekend is 33 degrees.

Looking ahead, there are 3 weeks until Valentines Day ❤️ when the sun will be setting at 5:26 pm with dusk at 5:54 pm. I think that’s the date state budget requests are do, lol. On that day in 2023, we had partly sunny, mild and temperatures between 50 and 30 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 36 degrees. We hit a record high of 63 back in 1946.