Good evening! Clear and 49 degrees at the Jones Hill Overlook in Apulia Station. There is a north-northwest breeze at 8 mph. The dew point is 40 degrees. Very clear and dry. And cold. It beats those muggy summer nights. The hoodie helps a bit. I can’t wait for autumn and winter camping, curled up by the Big Buddy Heater. 

Definitely pretty chilly but real beautiful on Jones Hill. Firery colors post sunset and as we head into the eight o’clock hour, stars are popping up in the sky. It was a quick scramble up the mountain but it was worth it for the beautiful sunset. Now that the stars are coming up, they are pretty. 

I really like overlooks where you can see towns and villages after dark. I always like looking down and thinking of all the people down there, those who work the land and those who are sitting by the bonfire on this rather chilly evening. Only the slightest amount of light is still bouncing over the horizon. The stars are getting quite amazing. I wish I had gear to spend the whole night in the woods up top of this mountain. 

In many ways I’m just glad to be out of the city. In suburbia everything seems so fake. Generally people who live in Albany live in a bigger bubble then the more working class blue collar North Syracuse, but it ain’t country by any means. When you drive through LaFayette and drop down into Big Bend, it’s like you have dropped into another world. And I saw somebody burning garbage in a burn barrel, and the pyro that I am it tickles me. The pyro I am, I dream of the day I move to the country and heat with wood and use fire in many productive ways. But for now, I’m happy with sitting next to a campfire. And I like the good money my job produces, my jacked up truck, my guns, the cheap beer and gasoline that keeps me going. I still have many years of my life to get out of the city and New York State permanently. 

Tonight will be clear, with a low of 38 degrees at 6am. 10 degrees below normal. Cooler up here in the mountains then in the city. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1963.

 Waning Crescent Moon late tonight with 38% illuminated. The moon will rise around 1:25 am. After I make it down the mountain. The New Moon is next Saturday at 12:11 am with partly cloudy skies expected. Great weather for looking at the stars. The Full “Hunter” Moon is on Sunday, October 16th at 4:23 am.

Tomorrow will have patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high of 58 degrees at 3pm. 10 degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 38 at 7am. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph in the morning. The record high of 89 was set in 1970.

In four weeks on October 22 the sun will be setting at 6:09 pm, which is 46 minutes earlier then tonight. The average high is 57 degrees, and the record for that date is 86 degrees was set back in 1979. We will be well into autumn by that part of the year. I was reading today that Syracuse averages it’s first measurable snow by November 6th.

Good morning! Today is the third day of autumn. It certainly feels like that.  Sunny and 50 degrees in North Syracuse. There is a north breeze at 5 mph.

Cooler weather today, but that’s to be expected. Today on average is the first day when the average high drops below 70 — sixty nine degrees to be exact. The next big milestone is when the average high drops below 60, which will be on October 7th. While it will be cool today, it will be sunny, with a high of 65 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees below normal. Crisp and clear autumn day with a maximum dew point of 44 at 9am. Northwest wind 5 to 11 mph. The record high of 87 was set in 1961.

Cool enough that I decided I needed to add more air to the tires of BIg Red. Each tire read about 40 PSI the other day when I checked via the TPMS sensors on Big Red’s DIC. So I drove by a gas station that offered 5 minutes of air for $1.25 and one that offered 3 minutes of air for $1. I obviously went for the $1 one, which envitably meant i needed to spend two dollars to get all the tires back up to 45-46 PSI. It certainly rides a lot better with the extra air, the tires much firmer and the handling better.

Having the 35 inch tires on 18 inch rims gives a nice soft ride but if you let the pressure drop a bit, they get a bit sloppy — but probably great for snow or mud but not so great for the road.  I also don’t want to cause excessive tire wear as those  35 inch tires are pretty darn expensive — but they seem to be wearing slowly and evenly. 

As we head into the second half of September, each night the sun is setting earlier. Tonight, the sun will set at 6:56 pm with dusk around 7:24 pm, which is 1 minutes and 48 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 12 hours and 1 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday. It is last day with more then day then night in Syracuse.

I’m hoping to get down to Jones Hill this afternoon/evening and watch the sun set. I expect the colors to only start turning, but that’s fine, as it’s a nice hike up the mountain, and it’s always pretty to watch the sunset, especially on a cool evening like this. I will make sure to bring my favorite blaze orange hoodie, so i don’t get shot and so I’m warm and comfortable.

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of 41 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees below normal. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1963.

Next Saturday is October 1st when the sun will be setting at 6:44 pm with dusk at 7:12 pm. The average high temperature is 66 degrees, with a record high of 90 in 1927.