September 18, 2016 Night

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Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 70 degrees in North Syracuse. Calm wind. The dew point is 66 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around noontime. Not a terrible day but it sure was muggy out for several hours today. Walking down by the lake this morning was pretty nice. There are some nice views of Syracuse there. I might start doing that as a hike a few times a week before work each day. Other then that, we had showers on and off and it was super humid and somewhat warm for late September. A fairly uneventful day, but I got a few things checked off my list for the day.

Tonight will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low around 64, with a low of 64 degrees at 6am. 14 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 10pm. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. The record low of 32 occurred back in 1959. Waning Gibbous Moon tonight with 81% illuminated. The moon will . The Last Quarter Moon is on Friday at 9:56 am with mostly cloudy expected. The Full “Hunter“ Moon is in 4 weeks at 4:23 am.

Tomorrow will be cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high of 81 degrees at 3pm. 10 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 10am. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. The record high of 90 was set in 1946. The sun will rise at 6:49 am with the first light at 6:20 am, which is 1 minutes and 6 seconds later then yesterday.

Looking ahead, First Day with More Night then Day in Albany is in 1 weeks, Harvest Moon is in 4 weeks, First Day of Sunset Before 6 PM in Albany is in 5 weeks, National Candy Corn Day Day is in 6 weeks, Daylight Savings Time Ends is in 7 weeks, First Day on Average with Low of Freezing is in 8 weeks and Christmas is in 14 weeks.

September 18, 2016 Morning

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Good morning! Happy Sunday. Partly Cloudy and 69 degrees at the Onondaga Lake Park in Liverpool. When the sun peaks out from the clouds, it gets quite warm. There is a southwest breeze at 6 mph. The dew point is 66 degrees. Not a terrible morning but a bit humid along the lake. 

Onondaga Lake is quite pretty, although at the northern tip, it’s quite urban with the Thruway roaring in the background. People talk about its legacy of pollution from salt mining and the production of soda for glass and other products, but Syracuse has a nice backdrop of hills behind it. In contrast, the lake and points north as you get into the Lake Ontario flatlands. Hiked about four miles round trip on the lake from the Liverpool Yacht Club to the northern tip of the lake. For being in a city, it is quite nice. 

Today will have a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly to partly cloudy, with a high of 81 degrees at 3pm. 10 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 67 at 10am. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Not a washout. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The record high of 91 was set in 1891. The sun will set at 7:07 pm with dusk around 7:35 pm, which is 1 minutes and 49 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 12 hours and 18 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday. Days are rapidly getting shorter. 

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 63 degrees at 5am. 13 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 67 at 6pm. Light south wind. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The record low of 32 occurred back in 1959. Not sure if I will hike Jones Hill this afternoon for the sunset. Depends on the weather. Maybe next week. 

There are 1 week until First Day with More Night then Day in Albany when the sun will be setting at 6:54 pm with dusk at 7:23 pm. The average high temperature is 68 degrees, with a record high of 89 in 1970.