Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! 85 days remain in 2016. Sunny with some fog rising off of Green Lake and 58 degrees at Green Lakes State Park in Fayetteville. Calm wind. The dew point is 48 degrees. Color are starting to peak out a bit along the lake. 

Today will be sunny, with a high of 75 degrees at 2pm. A very pleasant autumn  day for sure.  14 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 53 at 11am. South wind 3 to 7 mph. The record high of 89 was set in 1963. The sun will set at 6:33 pm with dusk around 7:01 pm, which is 1 minutes and 43 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 11 hours and 23 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low of 60 degrees at 5am. 16 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 54 at 8pm. South wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1964, back when the cars had tail fins.

Twenty years ago today, Fox News signed on for the first time. It was the start of partisan television news and lead to the revival of partisan news, along with the rise of Facebook, social media and the Internet. 

Also I’m 1993, the great Midwestern flood came to an end after 130 days of the Missouri River having unusually high river levels. Much of the river’s natural flood plain with its fertile soils had gotten built up and when you mess with mother nature at times, she can be a bitch.

32 days until Election Day when our long national nightmare comes to an end. Big game regular season begins two Saturdays after that. Honestly we all know what is going to happen. Hillary Clinton will be coronated as our first woman president, a big step forward at least on paper. The preponderance of  evidence suggests that this will embolden Republicans and it will mean more Washington grid lock. At least our second amendment rights will be protected on the federal level, assuming the GOP doesn’t cave too easily. 

There are 3 weeks until National Chocolate Day when the sun will be setting at 6:00 pm with dusk at 6:29 pm. Talk about a sweet day. The average high temperature is 55 degrees, with a record high of 78 in 1971.