Good evening! Mostly clear and 54 degrees in North Syracuse.🎡🌌 Calm wind. The dew point is 51 degrees. Autumn became a thing and then it got cool and clear. Remarkable how that happened so quickly.

I tell you, I think I saw some hints of color already hiking down this morning at the Old Erie Canal.🍂 It was a nice hike around six miles round trip but I did not like how tight the parking was at the Manlius Center lot or how many riders and runners there were on that part of the trail. Last time I hiked on the Old Erie Canal, I ended up parking farther east so I saw a different part of the canal.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌞 , with a low of 46 degrees at 4am. Two degrees below normal. Calm wind. In 2017, we had clear skies. It got down to 59 degrees. The record low of 27 occurred back in 1963.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌕 with 99% illuminated. Tomorrow is the Harvest Moon. The moon will set at 6:00 am. The sun will rise at 6:53 am with the first light at 6:25 am, which is one minute and 7 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 11 hours and 55 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞 , with a high of 69 degrees at 3pm. Typical temperature. Maximum dew point of 53 at 4pm. East wind 5 to 11 mph. It will be a nice autumn day. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 90 degrees which is the record high.

Next weekend looks like it might be perfect weather-wise. 😎 Next Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 64. Maximum dew point of 50 at 5pm. Next Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 64. Maximum dew point of 53 at 2pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 67 degrees. Should be a great autumn weekend.

Today my headphone jack broke on my laptop. It was my stupid fault rushing around half awake this morning forgetting to unplug my headphones before packing up my laptop. 🎧 I like listening to music and watching YouTube videos on my laptop. I tried pulling the broken antenna tip from the port with no luck. I determined my best course of action is to simply buy a USB to Audio DAC adapter and use the USB port to connect my headphones to. I could try to do Bluetooth but I find that can be buggy in Linux and honestly I don’t want to have to recharge my headphones all the time. Hopefully the DAC will be loud enough to drive my headphones. I ordered a $2 one from China and a $6 one from Texas with the hope I’ll have laptop audio working again by mid week. If it works out I’ll keep one plugged into the USB splitter and one in my bag so I can always use headphones with my laptop. I think this solution will work.

In four weeks on October 21 the sun will be setting at 6:11 pm,🌄 which is 47 minutes and 49 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 74 and 40 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 58 and 38 degrees. The record high of 81 degrees was set back in 1979.

Looking ahead, Daylight Savings Time Ends 🛥️ is in 6 weeks, Veterans Day (Sunday) 🇺🇸 is in 7 weeks, Buy Nothing Day 🛍️ is in 2 months and First Sunday of Advent ✝️ is in 10 weeks.