Good morning.
Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 48. Sunrise is 7:25 and sunset is 4:28, for 9 hours, 3 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 5.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1943, Soviet authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia.
Whitewater’s recent snow, only a small accumulation, is already gone. Those of us who like snow (and, in my case, snow shoeing) will have to wait. We can be patient; winter has only begun. (Remember: big snow is good snow!)
In the meantime, here’s an artist who works in, and with, snow:
Update — NASA spacecraft, the Parker Solar Probe, is safe after closest-ever approach to the sun:
Previously: NASA spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to Sun.