Looking Down Long Path

This is the one short relatively steep section heading up to the Cotton Hill Lean To, right after splitting of the snowmobile trail which takes a seperate route up the hill.

Taken on Saturday March 20, 2010 at Dutch Settlement State Forest.

March 3, 2020 Night

Good evening! Absolutely pouring rain, wind and 48 degrees in Delmar, NY. β˜”It reminds me of a thunderstorm like you would have mid summer than a March rain storm. There is a south-southwest breeze at 11 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 24 mph 💨💨💨. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Thursday around 2 am. β˜ƒοΈ

About an hour ago I thought about going out for a walk 🚶 as the rain had stopped but I ultimately decided against it probably for good reason as I probably would have gotten soaked. I didn’t ride the exercise bike 🚲 as my neighbor was home as he works night shift Thursday through Saturday.

Work continues on the blog code update 📝 but every time I fix something I find more rot in the code. Often I find that years ago I wrote things in a way that isn’t future 🔮 proof and I ended up extending old broken code that just becomes more and more spaghetti with more if then statements.

Tonight will have showers, mainly before midnight. 🌧 Low of 39 degrees at 5am. 17 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 19th. Breezy, with a southwest wind 11 to 21 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 17 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1950.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 64% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the west-southwest (255Β°) at an altitude of 50Β° from the horizon, some 238,615 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by August 31st. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Worm 🐛 Moon is on Monday, March 9. The darkest hour is at 12:08 am, followed by dawn at 6:00 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:28 am in the east (98Β°) and last for 2 minutes and 56 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 38 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:06 am with sun in the east-southeast (105Β°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 36 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers between 9am and 1pm. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 51 degrees at 3pm. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 30th. Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 34 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1919. 8.3 inches of snow fell back in 1971.❄

I didn’t get to the store tonight 🏪 but I may go tomorrow. I might also go to Glenmont to wash my truck. 🚙 It was a kind of wet night and I wasn’t sure how much salt on the roads and who wants to drive in the dark and heavy rain? Although it wasn’t raining much earlier – well except for the evening commute 🚍.

In four weeks on March 31 the sun will be setting in the west (277Β°) at 7:20 pm (Daylight Savings Time),🌄 which is one hour, 32 minutes and 46 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 60 and 35 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 51 and 31 degrees. The record high of 89 degrees was set back in 1998.

Looking ahead, St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 is in 2 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 5 weeks, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 9 weeks, Primary Day 🗳️ is in 16 weeks, Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 8 months and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 8 months.

🇺🇸🦅Only 79 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

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