May 17, 2019 Night

Good evening! Mostly clear and 58 degrees in Delmar. πŸŒƒThere is a west-northwest breeze at 14 mph. πŸƒ with gusts up to 24 mph πŸ’¨πŸ’¨πŸ’¨. The dew point is 46 degrees. It’s a pleasant evening but somewhat of a breeze.

Bought some groceries and supplies, went for my walk 🚢 then sat out back with the laptop for a while working on some school 🚸 budget maps. I did forget to buy a big bottle of dandruff shampoo, the last one I bought lasted nearly a year. It’s a very big bottle and quite affordable to boot. Less plastic waste. β™»

Tonight will be mostly clear πŸŒƒ, with a low of 48 degrees at 5am. Typical for tonight. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 51 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1981. Wouldn’t have been a bad night for camping had I not had the Lupine Festival. β›Ί Maybe we will have weather this nice next week.

Tonight will have a πŸŒ• with 99% illuminated. The moon will set at 5:38 am. The πŸŒ• will be tonight with a chance of showers. The sun will rise at 5:30 am with the first light at 4:57 am, which is 58 seconds earlier than yesterday. πŸŒ„ Tonight will have 9 hours and 16 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 57 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 71 degrees at 4pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 20th. Northwest wind around 9 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 73 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 2017. 2.2 inches of snow fell back in 2002.❄

Going to be a nice day tomorrow for the Lupine Festival. I better bring some sunscreen 😎 as it will be bright and sunny. I got the handouts at the copy store 🏬 and I’m ready to go for tomorrow.

Looking ahead to Sunday, a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny,β˜€ with a high near 80. South wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 61 at 4pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 70 degrees.

Warm but possibly quite nice on Sunday. I’ll have to see what it’s like before making any decisions. I hear it could be the first real humid day of the year although nothing like mid summer. 🏊

In four weeks on June 14 the sun will be setting at 8:34 pm,πŸŒ„ which is 21 minutes and 31 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly cloudy skies, rain showers and temperatures between 73 and 60 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 78 and 56 degrees. The record high of 96 degrees was set back in 1892.

Looking ahead, Memorial Day Weekend Starts πŸ•οΈ in 1 week, Flag Day πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ is in 4 weeks, Dog Days of Summer 🌻 is in 7 weeks, Labor Day Weekend Begins πŸ‘¨β€πŸ­ is in 15 weeks and Constitution Day πŸ“œ is in 4 months.

Farm Up on Cole Hill

Plans in motion to convert Cayuga Power Plant to data center – The Ithaca Voice

Plans in motion to convert Cayuga Power Plant to data center – The Ithaca Voice

The Cayuga Power Plant in Lansing will end its coal operations and reopen as a data storage center if all goes according to company plans. At a Lansing Town Board meeting Wednesday, supervisor Ed LaVigne circulated a memo from the Cayuga Operating Company announcing that the company intends to transition from being a power producer to a power consumer.

May 17, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Happy Pack Rat Day πŸ€! I was looking around my apartment at some of the junk I have. A lot of it is scrap metal, I should see if I could take it somewhere and get a few bucks or at least recycle it. It’s just so easy to accumulate stuff, often broken stuff and parts you might use someday. Next Friday is Memorial Day Weekend Starts πŸ•οΈ. Hoping for nice weather next week, I probably will leave right from work from the Adirondacks. Maybe I’ll even get to leave before five — that would be nice, it happened last year, but this year might be too busy.

Drizzle, then heavy rain, then mist heading down to the Park and Ride and 54 degrees β˜” in Delmar. There is a south breeze at 10 mph. πŸƒ. The dew point is 45 degrees. The skies will clear around 4 pm.

Today will have showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 72 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 23rd. Maximum dew point of 57 at 3pm. South wind around 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. 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 in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 80 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 2017.

The sun will set at 8:13 pm with dusk around 8:45 pm, which is one minute and 2 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ‡ At sunset, look for mostly clear skies πŸŒ„ and temperatures around 65 degrees. The dew point will be 49 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 13 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 42 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy πŸŒƒ, with a low of 48 degrees at 5am. Typical for tonight. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 51 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1981.

I don’t know about you, but I am sure tired of the rain.🌧 I was noticing this morning that the bathroom has gotten quite musty. I thing a good cleaning with lots of bleach is an order for the bathroom this weekend. Also some work on the kitchen. Before the heat kicks in on Sunday.πŸ›€ I really didn’t do much cleaning last weekend, because I was quickly running out to head up to the Adirondacks, and next week I’ll be heading out of town. I also need to get the bottles and cans out, because they haven’t gotten out last week. Maybe I should return them

At least I’ve been feeling better, during the second half of the week.😷 I don’t know why I had the headaches and achyness in the first half of the week on and off and the same thing last week, but it seems like it was going around the office. Kind of a cold without a full cold.

I’m hopefully now that I’m past this, and with the better weather, I’ll be feeling better, getting out, doing more walking 🚢and exercise and getting ready for the summer that’s coming. I did walk down to the bus stop and to the library, but I’ve not done my evening walks in a while. My big thing this summer is going to be more day hikes, and once the black flies are gone, more overnighters with the hammock (probably going to need an inexpensive, lightweight bug net).

I think I am set for the Lupine Festival, πŸ¦‹Β I just have to pick up the printed material from the print shop and just reorganize the bag to make sure I only have the supplies I need. I will run to the store, get some crayons πŸ– and food to eat tonight and while I”m there, because I’m pretty low at home, unless I get creative.🍞 I got figure out my lunch tomorrow — I guess I will get a ticket for food there but I’d rather pack my own and avoid the waste and unhealthy options. Need lots of water too, because it often is hot sitting out at the event.

As previously noted, next Friday is Memorial Day Weekend Starts πŸ•οΈ when the sun will be setting at 8:19 pm with dusk at 8:53 pm. On that day in 2018, we had sunny and temperatures between 80 and 52 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 72 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 1964.

Looking Back Towards South Troy Bridge