Good afternoon. It is 71 degrees and sunny outside this afternoon in North Syracuse. A nice afternoon with a light breeze.

At sunset, look for mostly clear conditions and 68 degrees. The dew point will be 49 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 8 mph.

The sun will set at 6:25 pm with dusk around 6:53 pm, which is 1 minutes and 40 seconds earlier than yesterday.

Waxing Gibbous Moon tonight with 79% illuminated. The moon will set around 6:09 am. The Full “Hunter” Moon is on Sunday at 4:23 am with mostly clear skies expected with chance of showers expected.

This year, I decided to vote for Jill Stein for President when I filled out my absentee ballot. It’s been mailed. I was really undecided about who I would vote for president, and while I kind of liked Donald Trump, I decided Jill Stein had a better platform and was closer to me on the issues. I think we need a new, progressive direction for our country, and I wasn’t interested in revisiting the 1990s. But I didn’t like any of the major candidates. I thought about leaving the ballot blank. But I figured it was irresponsible not to vote at all for President. So Jill Stein is my choice. I voted on the Working Families line for the rest of the candidates.

I’m just glad I don’t have to pay attention to the horse race or politics any more through Election Day …

Good morning! Happy Hump Day. Not half bad day with partly sunny continues and 48 degrees in North Syracuse. There is a southeast breeze at 5 mph.

Got up early and walked for about an hour at Green Lakes State Park. I was up in the fields and hiking around enjoying the colors. At least there were some good blue skies today, although the colors still have a way to go when you down in the valley around Syracuse. I’m sure in a week or two the colors will be a lot better. I’m hoping to get down to Tully this weekend to do more hiking, and indeed the weekend looks pretty nice.

Also got my absentee ballot today. I still got think about some of the candidates, but I think I will probably vote in the next few days and just get it over. Then I don’t have to think about elections or politics anymore until next year. I just got to find a stamp somewhere. They really should pre-paid return envelopes for absentee ballots, as many of us can’t be bothered to go to the post office and buy a single stamp.

For the rest of today, it will be sunny, with a high of 70 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees above normal. Seventy degrees in mid-October isn’t bad. As would be expected on a clear, autumn day like today, our maximum dew point of 48 will happen at 4pm. South wind 5 to 7 mph. The record high of 85 was set in 1954. The sun will set at 6:25 pm with dusk around 6:53 pm, which is 1 minutes and 40 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 11 hours and 8 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of 54 degrees at 1am. After a cold Monday evening into Tuesday morning, tonight will be 11 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 49 at 7pm. South wind around 7 mph. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1981.

There are 7 weeks until First Day with Temperatures Recorded Below Zero when the sun will be setting at 4:30 pm with dusk at 5:02 pm (Standard Time). The average high temperature is 42 degrees, with a record high of 67 in 1933.