Good afternoon! Heavy rain and 44 degrees in North Syracuse. There is a west-northwest breeze at 13 mph. Not exactly a good afternoon for doing anything outside. Pretty darn dreary. Today is the first day of deer season in the Northern Zone of New York. The snow expected in the Northern Adirondacks should be highly beneficial for the hunters up north there. Just remember, cotton is rotten in this cold wet weather.

Jumped a six or maybe eight inch granite curb by accident with my truck. But with those 35 inch tires, I don’t think I did do any damage or even scuff up the tires much. With one of those micro-cars that the little kids drive, I would have done so much damage. Oh well, I got learn to be more careful when I drive my big boat. It was before I had my first cup of coffee this morning. I have been pretty careful for the most part, except for that curb.

This afternoon will rain even more, on top of the record breaking rain we’ve had in Syracuse. We had a month worth of rain,  High of 46 degrees at 3pm. 11 degrees below normal. West wind 13 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Last year this afternoon, we had rain and a high around 66. Not a nice day back then, but at least it was warmer. The record high of 86 was set in 1979. There was a dusting of snow today back in 2005.

In the past three days, North Syracuse has received between 3.5 and 4 inches of rain. It’s been very wet. But we’ve had such an extensive drought over the summer, flooding has been very limited although certainly the combined sewers’ diversion dams are allowing only screened and chlorinated sewage to flow directly into Onondaga Lake. The pictures of Taughannock Falls show them raging, as they’ve gotten a similar amount of rain. No blasts of rain throughout the storm but a good soaking rain through the past few days. The drought should be coming to an end but too late for the farmers for sure.

The sun will set at 6:09 pm with dusk around 6:38 pm, which is 1 minutes and 31 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 10 hours and 40 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 46 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain, mainly before 11pm, then a chance of showers after midnight. Low of 40 degrees at 5am. Three degrees above normal. West wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. The record low of 20 occurred back in 1969. The skies will clear tomorrow around 7 am. But it will be cold tomorrow with that wind. But I’ll still be out hiking at Green Lakes State Park.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers but be quite cool. Otherwise, partly sunny. High of 55 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees below normal. Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Last year we had mostly sunny skies and a high around 51. The record high of 81 was set in 1947.

There are 16 days, 9 hours and 27 minutes until the polls close in NY State on Election Day. Tick. Tick. Don’t worry, Donald Trump is still saying cha-IIIIIIIIIIIII-na, like it’s cheap and nasty.  Gawd. I can’t can’t wait until the election is over. America, 1957 is not coming back, nor are unsafe cars with tacky tailfins made out of tin foil.