This weekly report of outdoor recreation conditions in the Adirondacks is issued each Thursday afternoon and can be heard at North Country Public Radio on Friday mornings.
Sunrise Saturday in Lake Placid will be at 5:34 am; sunset at 8:30 pm, providing 14 hours and 54 minutes of sunlight. The Moon will rise at 10:41 pm Saturday and set at 3:32 am Sunday. The Moon will be Waning Gibbous, 84% illuminated. There was a Full Moon on Tuesday and nights this weekend will be well lit by the moon.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has issued a drought watch for the entire state of New York following consultation with the State Drought Management Task Force and Federal partner agencies.
A watch is the first of four levels of state drought advisories (“watch,” “warning,” “emergency” and “disaster”). There are no statewide mandatory water use restrictions in place under a drought watch. However, local public water suppliers may require such measures depending upon local needs and conditions. The last drought watch in New York State was issued in 2002.
The drought watch is triggered by the State Drought Index, which reflects precipitation levels, reservoir/lake levels, and stream flow and groundwater levels in nine designated drought regions throughout New York. Each of these indicators is assigned a weighted value based on its significance to various uses in a region. » Continue Reading.
This weekly report of outdoor recreation conditions in the Adirondacks is issued each Thursday afternoon and can be heard at North Country Public Radio on Friday mornings.
Sunrise Saturday in Lake Placid will be at 5:27 am; sunset at 8:36 pm, providing 15 hours and 7 minutes of sunlight. The Moon will rise at 5:41 pm Saturday and set at 3:32 am Sunday. The Moon will be Waxing Gibbous, 89% illuminated. There will be a Full Moon on Tuesday, July 19th.
This weekly report of outdoor recreation conditions in the Adirondacks is issued each Thursday afternoon and can be heard at North Country Public Radio on Friday mornings.
Sunrise Saturday in Lake Placid will be at 5:22 am; sunset at 8:41 pm, providing 15 hours and 17 minutes of sunlight. The Moon will rise at 10:57 am Saturday morning and set at 11:42 pm. The Moon will be Waxing Crescent, 28% illuminated. There will be a First Quarter Moon on Monday, July 11th.
This weekly report of outdoor recreation conditions in the Adirondacks is issued each Thursday afternoon and can be heard at North Country Public Radio on Friday mornings.
Sunrise Saturday in Lake Placid will be at 5:17 am; sunset at 8:43 pm, providing 15 hours and 24 minutes of sunlight. The Moon will rise at 3:49 am Saturday morning and set at 6:47 pm. The Moon will be Waning Crescent, 5% illuminated. There will be a New Moon on Monday, July 4th – expect dark, almost moonless nights this weekend. Late Sunday night should be excellent for stargazing.
This weekly report of outdoor recreation conditions in the Adirondacks is issued each Thursday afternoon and can be heard at North Country Public Radio on Friday mornings.
Sunrise Saturday in Lake Placid will be at 5:13 am; sunset at 8:44 pm, providing 15 hours and 29 minutes of sunlight. The Moon will rise at 12:04 am Sunday morning and set at 11:47 am, Sunday. The Moon will be Waning Gibbous, 62% illuminated. There will be a Last Quarter Moon on Monday.
This weekly report of outdoor recreation conditions in the Adirondacks is issued each Thursday afternoon and can be heard at North Country Public Radio on Friday mornings.
Sunrise Saturday in Lake Placid will be at 5:12 am; sunset at 8:43 pm, providing 15 hours and 31 minutes of sunlight. The Moon will rise at 6:56 pm Saturday and set at 4:52 am, Sunday. There will be a Full Moon on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 7:02 am. Summer Solstice, will also be on Monday, at 3:34 pm. A G1 class (Minor) geomagnetic storm watch is in effect through June 16th, but any possible aurora will be diminished by the nearly full Moon.
This weekly report of outdoor recreation conditions in the Adirondacks is issued each Thursday afternoon and can be heard at North Country Public Radio on Friday mornings.
Sunrise Saturday in Lake Placid will be at 5:12 am; sunset at 8:40 pm, providing 15 hours and 28 minutes of sunlight. The Moon will rise at 12:10 pm Saturday and set at 1:12 am, Sunday. First Quarter on Sunday, June 12, 2016.
This weekly report of outdoor recreation conditions in the Adirondacks is issued each Thursday afternoon and can be heard at North Country Public Radio on Friday mornings.
Sunrise Saturday in Lake Placid will be at 5:13 am; sunset at 8:36 pm, providing 15 hours and 23 minutes of sunlight. The Moon will rise at 5:10 am Saturday and set at 8:00 pm. There will be a New Moon on Saturday at 11 pm.
Aurora Alert: NOAA forecasters are estimating a 75% chance of G2 class geomagnetic storms on June 4th and 5th when a solar wind stream hits Earth’s magnetic field. There is a possibility for seeing an aurora this weekend in the Adirondacks, especially on Saturday night, although it may be obscured by clouds.
This weekly report of outdoor recreation conditions in the Adirondacks is issued each Thursday afternoon and can be heard at North Country Public Radio on Friday mornings.
Sunrise Saturday in Lake Placid will be at 5:17 am; sunset at 8:30 pm, providing 15 hours and 13 minutes of sunlight. The Moon will rise at 12:52 am Saturday and set at 11:40 am. On Saturday the Moon will will be waning gibbous, 59% illuminated.
This weekly report of outdoor recreation conditions in the Adirondacks is issued each Thursday afternoon and can be heard at North Country Public Radio on Friday mornings.
Sunrise Saturday in Lake Placid will be at 5:23 am; sunset at 8:23 pm, providing 15 hours of sunlight. The Moon will rise at 8:07 pm Saturday and set at 6:13 am, Sunday morning. There will be a Full Moon on Saturday, May 21, at 5:14 pm.
This weekly report of outdoor recreation conditions in the Adirondacks is issued each Thursday afternoon and can be heard at North Country Public Radio on Friday mornings.
Sunrise Saturday in Lake Placid will be at 5:30 am; sunset at 8:16 pm, providing 14 hours and 46 minutes of sunlight. The Moon will rise at 1:21 pm Saturday and set at 2:41 am, Sunday morning. There will be a First Quarter Moon on Friday and Saturday’s Moon will be Waxing Gibbous, 60% illuminated. The next full moon will be next Saturday, May 21st. Throughout May, Mars will reach its brightest in a decade. Learn more about the night sky here.
This weekly report of outdoor recreation conditions in the Adirondacks is issued each Thursday afternoon and can be heard at North Country Public Radio on Friday mornings.
Sunrise Saturday in Lake Placid will be at 5:38 am; sunset at 8:08 pm, providing 14 hours and 30 minutes of sunlight. The New Moon will rise Saturday morning at 6:35 am and set at 9:14 pm. Expect dark, mostly moonless nights this weekend.
Night Sky: Earth is entering a stream of debris from Halley’s Comet, source of the annual Aquariid meteor shower. The shower should peak Thursday and Friday nights (May 5-6) at 30+ meteors per hour. The best time to look before twilight on Friday morning. On Monday, May 9th, the planet Mercury transits in front of the Sun. Throughout May, Mars will reach its brightest in a decade.
It’s mud season, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is urging hikers to postpone hikes on trails above 2,500 feet until higher elevation trails have dried and hardened.
Spring conditions arrived early and are present at the lower elevations of the Adirondacks, but backcountry trails at higher elevations are still covered in slowly melting ice. These often steep trails become a mix of ice and mud making them slippery and vulnerable to erosion by hikers.
DEC asks hikers to help avoid damage to hiking trails and sensitive high elevation vegetation by avoiding trails above 2,500 feet, particularly high elevation trails in the Dix, Giant, and High Peaks Wilderness Areas, including: » Continue Reading.
This weekly report of outdoor recreation conditions in the Adirondacks is issued each Thursday afternoon and can be heard at North Country Public Radio on Friday mornings.
Sunrise Saturday in Lake Placid will be at 5:48 am; sunset at 7:59 pm, providing 14 hours and 11 minutes of sunlight. The Moon will rise Saturday morning at 2:12 am and set at 12:44 pm. There will be a Last Quarter Moon on Friday, April 29th at 11:29 pm. Saturday’s Moon will be Waning Crescent, 45% illuminated.
Auroras: On April 29th or 30th, Earth will make a solar sector boundary crossing, this is a fold in what is known as the heliospheric current sheet, a wavy structure in space that separates areas of opposite magnetic polarity. This event could trigger geomagnetic activity at the Earth’s poles. NOAA is forecasting a 60% chance of G1 geomagnetic storms, increasing our chances of seeing northern lights Friday and Saturday nights. A G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm watch has been issued for the April 30th. You can follow the aurora forecast here.
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