Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. 🐪 Three weeks to Average High is 55 🍂. Partly cloudy and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a south breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 46 degrees. The skies will clear around 5 pm.

A nice autumn morning although the clouds are pushing in. 🌤️ Smokey by the farm down the way, I think there is a temperature inversion trapping in the smoke. They’re far enough on the outskirts of town that it’s probably not that obnoxious 🔥 but some of those wood furnaces can stink and pollute in more urban areas. They do provide a lot of inexpensive heat produced on farm especially for dairies that need a lot of hot water for cleaning the milk house. 🐮

Today will have a chance of showers before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 66 degrees at 12pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 1st. Maximum dew point of 54 at 2pm. South wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 67 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1963.

After the morning meeting I’m hoping to find some time to get my flu shot. 💉It’s not a big deal and I like to get it every year as I’ve heard the flu is pretty bad. 🤮 It’s free under health insurance so I should do it. I have meetings and other things going on so maybe I won’t be able to but I’m hopeful.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:44 pm with sun having an altitude of 41.7° from the due south horizon (-29.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:49 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (257°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (263°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:27 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 6:54 pm, which is one minute and 42 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:28 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 60 degrees. The dew point will be 50 degrees. Breezy, 21 mph breeze ⛅ from the west with gusts up to 39mph. Today will have 11 hours and 25 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 44 degrees at 6am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 4th. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had light drizzle in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 45 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1964.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Maximum dew point of 58 at 1pm. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 63. Maximum dew point of 47 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 62 degrees.

While it wasn’t originally planned, ⛺ I am thinking about heading out to Madison County tomorrow morning before work and spending Columbus Day Weekend 🍂 up at Stoney Pond but I might come back Sunday as it looks like rain ☔ come Monday from the reminents of Hurricane Delta. Not totally sure but if I’m leaving before dawn tomorrow I’ll have to pack tonight.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Average High is 55 🍂 when the sun will be setting at 5:53 pm with dusk at 6:22 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 60 and 45 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 55 degrees. We hit a record high of 78 back in 1971.