Good morning! Happy Saturday. One month out from Election Day and six weeks until Regular Season in the Southern Zone. Fairly heavy rains with the mercury around 61 degrees in North Syracuse. There is a south breeze at 7 mph. Rain will pick up midday, then die down in the afternoon with clearing but much cooler temperatures on Sunday and Columbus Day. I think the high for Columbus Day in North Syracuse will be only about 57 degrees, and much cooler in the mountains.

Today will have showers, mainly before 1pm. High near 65 degrees at 1pm. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 59 at 1pm. South wind 7 to 9 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 59 at 1pm. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. The record high of 79 was set in 2011.

The sun will set at 6:31 pm with dusk around 7:00 pm, which is 1 minutes and 43 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 11 hours and 20 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 49 degrees at 6am. Six degrees above normal. West wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. The record low of 27 occurred back in 2001.

On this day in 1969, the opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago. Designed to be an anti-war rally, a combination of an aggressive police presence and high turn-out lead the rally to turn violent.

There are 2 weeks until Make a Difference Day and also First Day of Regular Season in the Northern Zone when the sun will be setting at 6:09 pm with dusk at 6:38 pm — at least in North Syracuse. The average high temperature is 57 degrees, with a record high of 86 in 1979.