Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Three weeks to Columbus Day ⛵ 🍂 . When that happens the leaves are close to peak and then suddenly the leaves fall off the trees and we plunge into the browns of November. Sunny and 43 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 Calm wind.

Out for my morning walk 🚶🏻 on this sunny but cold late summer morning. 🌅 Officially autumn begins tomorrow although the past few days have seen high temperatures well below normal. 🍂 A few more days and there will be more night than day.

As autumn gets underway 🚍 still no buses are leaving the park and ride 🚏but I’m still working one day a week downtown in the afternoon. I’m trying to pair it up with going over to John Wolcott’s house 🏡 so I can make only one trip downtown. 😷 I got that mask from Lynne Jackson so I have something more comfortable to wear wear to work.

Today will have patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny 🌞, with a high of 62 degrees at 2pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 10th. Light north wind. A year ago, we had sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 84 degrees. The record high of 95 was set in 1895.

Busy week on tap. 📹 I have an eleven o’clock Zoom Meeting today and some emails to send. 📧 I need to get to Wally World for some groceries and a new wallet as, mine is falling apart and I don’t want my credit cards and cash to fall all over the place while boarding the bus. 🚌 Then I am picking up Russell Zimbra and we are going to interview John Wolcott on Reszin Adams for the documentary we are doing. Tuesday I’m catching the bus downtown 🏢 for Tuesday meetings and work session, Wednesday I’m packing and getting food 🍲 for for camping 🏕 and Thursday I’m heading north before dawn.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:49 pm with sun having an altitude of 47.9° from the due south horizon (-23° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:18 pm with the sun in the west (265°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (271°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:55 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:22 pm, which is one minute and 47 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the southwest (220°) at an altitude of 19° from the horizon, 228,039 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:57 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 58 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 12 hours and 11 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be clear 🌃, with a low of 36 degrees at 6am. 13 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 27th. Light northwest wind. In 2019, we had clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 51 degrees. The record low of 31 occurred back in 1962.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 74. Maximum dew point of 56 at 6pm. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Maximum dew point of 58 at 1pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 68 degrees.

I am thinking about going to the Adirondacks – Spectulator Area come Thursday morning ⛺ for a long weekend. Probably work from the Spectulator Library 📚 on Thursday and Friday and then maybe Saturday night camp on Piseco Powley Road if it’s open Saturday night and Sunday spend a delightful day at Moss Island. 🐦 Or maybe I’ll wait on Moss Island until my October trip when the leaves are better.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Columbus Day ⛵ 🍂 when the sun will be setting at 6:17 pm with dusk at 6:45 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 66 and 44 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 61 degrees. We hit a record high of 85 back in 1954.