March 8, 2018 Night

Good evening! Snow flurries and 29 degrees in Delmar, NY. ❄ There is a west breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 10 am. 🌡️

Tonight will have a chance of snow showers, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy ❄ , with a low of 20 degrees at 5am. Three degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 15 at 3am; Southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2017, we had partly cloudy skies. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of -14 occurred back in 1943.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter Moon with 53% illuminated. The Blue Moon 🌝 is on Friday, March 30th. The sun will rise at 6:17 am with the first light at 5:49 am, which is one minute and 42 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 12 hours and 21 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of snow showers before noon, then scattered rain and snow showers between noon and 1pm, then scattered rain showers after 1pm. Cloudy ☔ , with a high of 38 degrees at 2pm. Three degrees below normal. Southwest wind 7 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 46 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 2016. 6.9 inches of snow fell back in 1961.❄

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. West wind 8 to 16 mph. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Typical average high for the weekend is 42 degrees.

In four weeks on April 5 the sun will be setting at 7:26 pm (Daylight Savings Time),🌄 which is one hour, 32 minutes and 22 seconds later then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had rain, drizzle, mist, cloudy skies and temperatures between 53 and 41 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 54 and 33 degrees. The record high of 82 degrees was set back in 1928.

Looking ahead, Columbus Day 🛥️ is in 7 months and Thanksgiving 🦃 is in 37 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 77 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

WNYT NewsChannel 13

WNYT NewsChannel 13

Florida can get away with this because they are a lot closer to the equator so they're winter days aren't nearly as short and dark as in New York 🌎.

March 8, 2018 9:06 pm Update

The last day for “Speed Zone Ahead” signs is December 22, 2018.😮🚔⏳

Before then the MUTCD says they must be replaced with an yellow caution sign indicating the upcoming speed with an arrow.

Tree stands account for six times as many deaths as guns

Tree stands account for six times as many deaths as guns

"Tree stands may now pose a greater danger to hunters than guns, although hunters have reduced the number of shooting incidents each year for the last five. The state Department of Environmental Conservation released its annual evaluation of hunter injuries, deaths and incidents for last year, and in keeping with a trend, the number of people injured while hunting is considerably lower than historical levels, although there were more incidents in 2017 than in 2016. And while shooting-related incidents are showing a downward trend, the number of people getting hurt or killed due to tree stand incidents may be on the rise."