October 2, 2016 Night

Good evening! Cloudy and 59 degrees in North Syracuse. There is a west-southwest breeze at 6 mph. The dew point is 58 degrees. While the estimated time for nicer weather keeps changing, now it looks like skies will clear Tuesday around 1 am.

I’m still up as I’ve been having trouble with the washing machine.Β Fortunately, I didn’t break it, the water was shut off so nothing actually washed. Once the owner turned the water up, I was back in business, but I’m still up for a while, waiting for the wash to get complete.

Definitely nice hiking at Green Lakes today,Β although I hope once the sun comes outΒ the leaves will be real pretty and I can get some nice pictures once the skies are blue again. Maybe later in the week. Traffic kind of sucks in the morning though.

Tonight will be scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 55 degrees at 4am. 11 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 58 at 11pm. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1945. Waxing Crescent Moon was tonight with 14% illuminated.Β The First Quarter Moon is next Sunday at 4:33 am. The Full β€œHunter” Moon is in 2 weeks at 4:23 am.

Tomorrow will continue to have scattered showers, mainly before 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high of 65 degrees at 2pm. Typical for Tomorrow. Maximum dew point of 57 at 10am. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. The record high of 83 was set in 1967. The sun will rise at 7:04 am with the first light at 6:36 am, which is 1 minutes and 8 seconds later then yesterday.

Looking ahead,Β the Hunter Moon is in 2 weeks, First Day of Sunset Before 6 PM in Albany is in 3 weeks, National Candy Corn Day Day is in 4 weeks, Daylight Savings Time Ends is in 5 weeks, First Day on Average with Low of Freezing is in 6 weeks and Christmas is in 12 weeks.

Google County Maps Reminder

Today when I was at Green Lakes State Park, I didn’t know the area very well. Fortunately, I had my Onondaga County GPX Track file on my phone that I was able to pull up in the US Topo Maps app. it was handy.

You can preview Google County Maps – Region 7 North atΒ https://andyarthur.org/google-county-maps-dec-region-7-north.htmlΒ or see the whole state coverage https://andyarthur.org/google-county-maps

KML for Google Earth: https://andyarthur.org/data/lands/kmz.zip
GPX Tracks for GPS: https://andyarthur.org/data/lands/tracks.zip
GPX Waypoints for GPS: https://andyarthur.org/data/lands/waypoints.zip

October 2, 2016 Morning

Good morning! Happy Sunday. Cloudy, damp and 57 degrees out hiking in the fields of Green Lakes State Park in Fayetteville. Calm wind. The dew point is 55 degrees. The skies will clear Tuesday around 7 am.

The colors are starting to come out a bit, although the trees are still mostly green with some yellow popping in locations. Columbus Day will be close to peak color, although it may be fairly late in these lower elevations. On a cloudy day like this you get better pictures if you set the white balance set properly on the camera, although that can be fixed on post processing if the photos aren’t over exposed. I’m afraid I didn’t get a good picture of the buck that ran out in the field. 

Joggers on the trails are pretty annoying but it is still pretty quiet on the open meadows that dominate the hilltops up here. 

Today will have a chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 69 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 59 at 4pm. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. The record high of 85 was set in 1927. The sun will set at 6:41 pm with dusk around 7:10 pm, which is 1 minutes and 46 seconds earlier than yesterday. 

As we head towards the winter solstice, our days quickly get shorter. Today will have 11 hours and 37 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.I remember back to the 26th when we had 12 hours of light and day. Thank God for coal fired power plants, electric lamps, and headlights. 

Tonight will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers. Low around 53, with a low of 53 degrees at 6am. Another mild evening. Nine degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 59 at 6pm. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1945.

There are 2 weeks until the Hunter’s  Moon when the sun will be setting at 6:18 pm with dusk at 6:46 pm. The average high temperature is 60 degrees, with a record high of 88 in 1947. Autumn always comes and goes so quickly.