Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Cool but not too bad. Partly cloudy and 42 degrees in Bethlehem, NY.  There is a west-northwest breeze at 13 mph. It could be a little sunnier though, but I expect a nice trip back to Syracuse. I got the windows close and the heat turned on low in my apartment, in case we get any real cold days in the next few weeks.

The laptop situation sucks but it looks like my old laptop is working okay. I got my voltage meter out and hopefully will be able to find the short or bad capacitor or whatever. It was a budget laptop, so if I end up having to replace it, I guess it is what it is. I can still use the monitor, hard drive, and keyboard with a new laptop if I end up getting it.

Cloudy today. Looking at a high of 53 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 36 at 10am. Northwest wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Last year, mostly cloudy with a high around 51. The record high of 74 was set in 1973. There was a dusting of snow in 1962.

The sun will set at 5:57 pm with dusk around 6:26 pm, which is 1 minutes and 27 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 10 hours and 37 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 41 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have isolated showers before 9pm. Low of 37 degrees at 6am. Typical for tonight. Northwest wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. One year ago, mostly cloudy with a low around 39. The record low of 19 occurred back in 1981.

Today in 1977, pursuant to National Holiday Law, Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.

Next Monday is Halloween when the sun will be setting at 5:48 pm in Delmar with dusk at 6:17 pm. The average high temperature is 54 degrees, with a record high of 73 in 1946.

There are 14 days, 11 hours and 28 minutes until the polls close in NY State on Election Day. It will be here before you know it.