October 13, 2018 Night

Good evening! Clouds, chilly a bit damp and 45 degrees in North Syracuse. There is a west breeze at 6 mph. . The skies will clear around 2 am. Hoping for a nice morning tomorrow for a hike at Clark Reserve.

Time goes by so quickly when you are as busy at work. I’m just kind of lost track of time and the seasons. I see autumn coming and going but I’ve been stuck in the office a lot and it’s been kind of a wet and late autumn. Maybe though tomorrow I’ll see some good color.

Tonight will have isolated showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy , with a low of 39 degrees at 4am. Two degrees below normal. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2017, we had mostly cloudy skies. It got down to 54 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1958.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent Moon with 27% illuminated. The moon will rise at 12:39 am. The First Quarter Moon is on Monday night with a chance of showers then chance of rain/snow. The Hunter Moon is on Tuesday, October 23rd. The sun will rise at 7:16 am with the first light at 6:48 am, which is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. Tonight will have 12 hours and 53 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny , with a high of 57 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees below normal. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies. The high last year was 70 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 1920.

So today was yet another busy day at work. Just lots of things going on as Election Day creeps closer. Technically at this point less than 24 days until the polls close. I’ll be glad when it’s over once again and I can get on to my road trip, hunting and the holidays. I miss the nights in the wilderness. I hate suburbanite life and all the consumerism that surrounds it. I look forward to nice nights relaxing in the wilderness, laying back in the hammock, enjoying a fire and cooking in the back country.

In four weeks on November 10 the sun will be setting at 4:45 pm (Standard Time), which is one hour, 39 minutes and 14 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had rain, snow, mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 45 and 21 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 50 and 33 degrees. The record high of 72 degrees was set back in 1931.

Looking ahead, Northern Zone Regular Season opens in 1 week, Average Night Below Freezing is a month away and Regular Deer Season in Southern Zone is in 5 weeks.