Good morning! Mostly blue skies and 65 degrees on our way up to 74. Going to be a pretty nice autumn day with only a touch of humidity. That’s good because I just got done last night scrubbing down the mildew last night  that seemed to pop up overnight due to the hot and humid October weather. 

I was running a bit late this morning so I decided to take the local bus to work, which was running about 15 minutes late. So much for getting into the office early this morning. That’s fine, I don’t expect too hectic of a week today. 

The sun will set at 6:20 pm with dusk around 6:48 pm, which is one minute and 41 seconds earlier than yesterday. At sunset, look for mostly clear conditions and 70 degrees. The dew point will be 57 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 9 mph. Should be a pleasant evening even if it is dark at 6:20. Today will have 11 hours and 16 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low of 53 degrees at 5am. 12 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 57 at 6pm. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph. In 2016, we had clear skies. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 22 occurred back in 1943.

It looks like a good weekend is coming up, but I am going to hold off on any decisions until it gets a little closer. Sometimes it better just to take things one day at a time. Things change too quickly around here lately. 

By the end of the month or early November I need to get a state inspection and an oil change. Probably also will get my tires rotated too. I almost want to postpone this until November as it would be a lot easier to do it going forward. My oil change might be a little early but I’m not going to do it myself anymore because I always have trouble getting lose the filter and finding the right synthetic oil. 

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Election Day 2017 when the sun will be setting at 4:40 pm with dusk at 5:09 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2016, we had mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 53 and 28 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 51 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1938.