Good evening! A rainy night around 38 degrees in North Syracuse. ☔ There is a north-northeast breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. 0.61 inches of rain is expected before it ends around 7 am. The commute back home wasn’t too bad, as the rain was modest plus my headlights are so much better aimed on the truck then they were before.

Tonight will rain likely before 2am, then showers likely after 2am. Cloudy ☔ , with a low of 37 degrees at 4am. Typical for tonight. North wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2017, we had mostly cloudy skies, clearing in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 37 degrees. The record low of 18 occurred back in 1974. It looks like the rain will taper off later on tonight.

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 86% illuminated. The moon will set at 11:27 am. The Last Quarter Moon is on Tuesday night with a chance of showers. The Beaver Moon 🌝 is on Thursday, November 22nd. The sun will rise at 7:34 am with the first light at 7:04 am, which is one minute and 16 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 13 hours and 32 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 41 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of rain showers before 7am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 7am and 8am, then a chance of rain showers after 8am. Cloudy ☔ , with a high of 44 degrees at 4pm. 11 degrees below normal. West wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 67 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 1971. 2 inches of snow fell back in 1952.❄

I thought today was a good one. Busy and somewhat controlled chaos but that is expected. You can’t get to heaven without going through hell, or something like that is lyric to the country music song. One week left until the time change. ⏲ It will definitely be dark in the evening when that change occurs, but that’s necessary as the mornings are so dark at this point. Lots of time in the woods in the evening to cook though, which is nice, and I kind of like looking at the Christmas lights. With the solar panel doing a good job topping off the battery, I doubt the low voltage disconnect will kick in much even in the cold of November.

Single digits now until Election Day. 🗳 It was 50 days when it all got underway, with nearly 6 months of planning. But all I can say is I will be glad when it is over and I can focus on my road trip and camping without distraction. 🏕 Today there wasn’t a lot of sun to excite the solar panel, although most of the day the battery voltage was kept above 13 volts, so that was good. I have the meter I ordered from China, so it will be interesting to see how much amperage is flowing through the panel once I get the meter wired up. ♒️

In four weeks on November 24 the sun will be setting at 4:33 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 29 minutes and 6 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 48 and 29 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 44 and 29 degrees. The record high of 70 degrees was set back in 2014.

Looking ahead, Regular Deer Season in Southern Zone 🦌 is in 3 weeks.