Good evening! Mostly clear and 51 degrees in North Syracuse. Calm wind. The dew point is 49 degrees. Not really cool but fairly damp with the rain expected over the next few days.

Sort of half watched the debate. While I voted for Jill Stein, I’ve grown quite comfortable with Hillary Clinton as the likely next president. Trump is just getting killed so badly. The Republicans really made a bad choice with their choice. It will be interesting to see how badly they loose come election day.

As a low information voter, I’ve never really paid all that much attention to nation politics. I’ve always been more interested in state politics, but even them I don’t follow that carefully. I occasionally read the State of Politics blog, but mostly I get my news from social media and WAMC / NPR in morning. Been watching the PBS Newshour more, but I still don’t think I’m that well informed about the happenings in government.

I’m happy I got my truck inspected today. I checked the oil today and it’s in the normal range at 3/4 mark in the normal trange. I do need to think about getting the brake pads replaced and tires rotated, preferably before my November trip. Might go back to Mavis in Cicero to have that done. We’ll see. Might be easier to just get it done before I risk damaging the rotators.

I think I double paid my car insurance bill. I overpaid the first time then when I got the revised bill I thought I canceled it but it looks like the money was sent. I’m hoping the insurance company will deny the transaction. It’s kind of a pain but some how the auto pay didn’t cancel.

While watching the debate, I made up some more maps of Western NY forests. Should be caught up on map of the day for a while.

Tonight will have scattered showers, mainly after 5am. Increasing clouds, with a low of 48 degrees at 5am. Nine degrees above normal. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. The record low of 18 occurred back in 1972. Waning Gibbous Moon tonight with 69% illuminated. The Last Quarter Moon is on Friday night with chance of showers expected. The Full “Beaver” Moon is on Sunday, November 20th night .

Tomorrow will rain likely before 2pm, then scattered showers between 2pm and 4pm, then rain likely after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high of 60 degrees at 4pm. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 55 at 4pm. East wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. The record high of 80 was set in 1965. The sun will rise at 7:24 am with the first light at 6:55 am, which is 1 minutes and 14 seconds later then yesterday.

Looking ahead, Regular Season Opener  in Southern Zone is in 1 month and First Day with Temperatures Recorded Below Zero is in 6 weeks.

There are 18 days, 23 hours and 17 minutes until the polls close in NY State on Election Day.