Good morning! Tomorrow starts Autumn. And two weeks to Hunter’s Moon. Cloudy with some fog around and 68 degrees in Albany, NY on our way up to 82 later. It’s a bit ironic that this day before the autumn equinox, that the average temperature drops to 70. There is a north breeze at 6 mph. The dew point is 62 degrees.

Another big articulated bus is taking me downtown. Only two passengers today, because today is Rosh Hashanah and many schools and state agencies are closed for the holiday. I have to work today, but so be it. I am thinking of taking off next Monday. I guess they have to get the articulated buses downtown somehow, and if swinging by the Elm Avenue Park and Ride does the job, so be it. Still it seems so absurd.

Today will be mostly sunny once the fog burns off, with a high of 82 degrees at 3pm. 12 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 10am. I hope you have air conditioning on this late September day, it will be quite muggy out. North wind 6 to 8 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies with more clouds in the afternoon. The high last year was 80 degrees. The record high of 95 was set in 1895.

The sun will set at 6:53 pm with dusk around 7:21 pm, which is one minute and 47 seconds earlier than yesterday. At sunset, look for partly clear conditions and 78 degrees. The dew point will be 60 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 10 minutes of daytime, an decrease of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low of 57 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 60 at 6pm. North wind 5 to 7 mph. In 2016, we had mostly cloudy skies, clearing in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 53 degrees. The record low of 31 occurred back in 1962.

At lunch today I am going to run up to the auto parts store and get more butt connectors and shrink wrap. That way I can “fix” the CB relay so it automatically turns on the floor lights when I turn off the truck, for ease while camping. It should be a quick swapping around of the wires after work.

Today I am going to request off Monday, and most likely head up to Moose River Plains from Friday after work until Monday afternoon. It’s going to be hot, but I can do some swimming in the Cedar River Flow and maybe cool off in the Moose River. I think the colors will be good this weekend at the plains, and it will be hot enough, that even the evening can be spent in camp without bundling up.  Not so humid up north too, so I should enjoy it. Maybe light off the rest of the fireworks I have, shoot some guns, drink some beer, relax.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Hunter’s Moon when the sun will be setting at 6:28 pm with dusk at 6:56 pm. On that day in 2016, we had heavy fog, then later mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 72 and 45 degrees. It was warm last year. Typically, the high temperature is 64 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1941.