April 9, 2023 Night
To imagine I was angry that I forgot to buy tofu this week while shopping. π
I realized how much I’ve changed in my forties. I’ve always been a bit on the dour side of things but I can’t imagine half the ways I’ve changed in my forties. The world is changing quickly but so am I too.
Good evening! Clear π and 49 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. Just saw a shooting star π.
That shooting star was bright as it burned on up in the atmosphere. π« Things are changing in the world today π, although not all things are bad like the preservation of the lands off Cheese Hill Road as forever wild as an addition to Rennselearville State Forest. Found some more ticks on me after exploring more of the Hillcross Farm Parcel but I think I got them all off. π
Tonight will be clear π, with a low of 28 degrees at 5am. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 23rd. Calm wind. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 36 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1974.
I was thinking once it warms up and gets green out, I want to hammock camp βΊ at the Hillcross Farm Parcel, now that it’s state land and sit down by the pond one summer evening and look at the stars over the Catskill Mountains.
Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous π Moon with 84% illuminated. The moon will rise at 11:48 pm. The Pink πΈ Moon is on Wednesday, April 26. The darkest hour is at 12:58 am, followed by dawn at 5:56 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:25 am in the east (79Β°) and last for 2 minutes and 57 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 41 seconds earlier than yesterday. π The golden hour ends at 7:03 am with sun in the east (85Β°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 49 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over last night.
Going to be a very mild week coming up, πΈ first real preview of spring. Should be nice, so excited about sleeping with the windows open but not until tomorrow night. π³ Now that the evenings are longer it will be nice in the park, π to say nothing about sitting out back.
Tomorrow will be sunny π, with a high of 65 degrees at 4pm. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 27th. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 49 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1922. 5.7 inches of snow fell back in 1961.β
Tomorrow my truck gets serviced π§ with a whole bunch of stuff due for 100k. It’s running decently well this year and I want to get more years out of it if at all possible. π» Going to paint or at least prime over the really rusted parts of the undercarriage and wheel wells probably next weekend.
Already giving a little thought about my next vehicle, once again thinking about a small car or Prisus for easier parking π Ώ and saving money on longer trips but mostly because I don’t want to spend a fortune on a new vehicle and may want to switch over to more tent camping and backpacking as my health improves. π Big trucks are so expenses these days, or maybe I’ve just grown more cost sensitive in my advanced age. Priorities in your forties are different and a decade really is just a blink of an eye πβπ¨.
In four weeks on May 7 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (294Β°) at 8:03 pm,π which is 31 minutes and 48 seconds later then tonight. In 2022 on that day, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 59 and 45 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 69 and 45 degrees. The record high of 92 degrees was set back in 1930.
Looking ahead, Average High is 60 π· is Next Sunday, 8 PM Sunset π is in 4 weeks, Mothers Day π©β is in 5 weeks, Fathers Day π¨ is in 9 weeks, Last Sunset After 8:30 PM π is in 14 weeks, 6:30 Sunrise π is in 22 weeks, Constitution Day π is in 23 weeks, October π is in 25 weeks, Average High is 65 π is in 26 weeks, Average High is 40 π¨ is in 8 months, Earliest Sunset of the Year βοΈ is in 8 months, 7:15 AM Sunrise βοΈ is in 35 weeks and Christmas Eve π is in 37 weeks.
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5:45 am sunrise – Thursday, May 4
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5:00 am sunrise – Saturday, July 29
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6:30 am sunrise – Saturday, August 26
Weather Update – April 9, 2023
It’s good to be heading back home π‘
Not a long drive but a busy week ahead. This afternoon I am going to visit the folks for Easter dinner π² and then go grocery shopping π for the week and wash my truck. π»
Tomorrow my truck gets serviced – a big list of things that need to be done for preventative maintenance as 100k some of which should have been done last year but I didn’t drive much. π
Work this week in the office π’, but who knows how things will progress. I could have to work next weekend or there will be late nights but I expect they’ll do a budget extenter π tomorrow for another week. I’m thinking the week of April 17th will be crunch time in the office. I’ve been wrong before, I thought last Monday the budget would be done after an all nighter. π€·ββοΈ
Next weekend I plan to stay in town, do a spring hike possibly out to Blodgett Hill, πΆ a 20 mile loop. Enjoy the warm spring weather π· especially the nights sleeping with the windows open.
Today. Feels like … March 21st. |
Sunny.
North wind around 7 mph.
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47 degrees | 7:32 sunset |
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Tonight. Feels like … March 14th. |
Clear.
West wind around 6 mph.
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25 degrees | 6:22 sunrise |
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Monday. Feels like … April 11th. |
Sunny.
Northwest wind around 8 mph.
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57 degrees | 7:33 sunset |
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Monday Night. Feels like … April 16th. |
Partly cloudy.
West wind 6 to 10 mph.
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37 degrees | 6:20 sunrise |
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Tuesday. Feels like … April 19th. |
Partly sunny.
West wind 13 to 17 mph.
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61 degrees | 34 max dew point | 7:35 sunset |
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Tuesday Night. Feels like … May 16th. |
Mostly cloudy.
Breezy.
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48 degrees | 6:19 sunrise |
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Wednesday. Feels like … April 26th. |
Partly sunny.
Breezy.
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64 degrees | 44 max dew point | 7:36 sunset |
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Wednesday Night. Feels like … May 19th. |
Mostly clear.
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49 degrees | 6:17 sunrise |
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Thursday. Feels like … May 23rd. |
Sunny.
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73 degrees | 51 max dew point | 7:37 sunset |
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Thursday Night. Feels like … May 19th. |
Mostly clear.
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49 degrees | 6:15 sunrise |
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Friday. Feels like … June 4th. |
Sunny.
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76 degrees | 48 max dew point | 7:38 sunset |
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Friday Night. Feels like … May 16th. |
Partly cloudy.
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48 degrees | 6:14 sunrise |
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Saturday. Feels like … May 19th. |
Partly sunny.
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72 degrees | 49 max dew point | 7:39 sunset |
Daily Update – April 9, 2023
Good morning! Happy Easter. π°
The lord has risen and children have learned lifelong unhealthy habits with fistfuls of overly sweet chocolate, once granted to celebrate the end of lent but now mostly because its good for the marketers profits.
Sunny and 47 degrees at the Rensselaerville State Forest. π There is a north-northwest breeze at 6 mph. π. Finally not so cold the day I’m taking down camp. βΊ The relaxed breeze really helps with the warmth of the sun.
I took camp down and walked back to the Hillcross Farm Parcel of Rennselearville State Forest. π Just to spend more time taking in the mountains β° and pulling ticks off my body. Between today and yesterday I have pretty much fully explored the new state land and feel fairly confident I can make some really nice maps up. πΊ
Yesterday turned out to be much colder than I certainly expected. π¬οΈ Sunny but gusty winds made it difficult for it to get warm. The sun angle is high as we are in April but the melting snow and moisture from the wet ground made it quite chilly. Friday’s red flag π© warning β was a joke out in this country but then again I was less than a mile from the end of the Red Flag zone. But Friday was super windy for sure, even worse than today.
Besides hiking all around Hillcross Farm Parcel yesterday π¦ I also hiked out to the Mount Pisgah Hill overlooking more of the Catskills. And that definitely is a hill to climb. It’s just impressive looking as you head up the summit.
More healthy, delicious camp meals yesterday. π Salmon, brown rice, lentils, asparagus, onions and broccoli π₯¦ for dinner. I broke out the blueberries I bought as a midday snack and finished off the yogurt with them. It was warm and less windy last night so the fire π₯ I had was nice.