Good evening! Cloudy and 57 degrees in North Syracuse. There is a east-southeast breeze at 9 mph. The dew point is 54 degrees. The skies will clear Tuesday around 1 am.
Tonight will have a chance of showers before 3am, then areas of drizzle after 3am. Cloudy, with a low of 53 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 54 at 11pm. East wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. The record low of 30 occurred back in 1972. Waxing Crescent Moon tonight with 8% illuminated. The First Quarter Moon is on Sunday, October 9th at 4:33 am with showers is likely expected. The Full “Hunter” Moon is on Sunday, October 16th at 4:23 am.
Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high of 69 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 58 at 11am. Southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The record high of 85 was set in 1927. The sun will rise at 7:03 am with the first light at 6:35 am, which is 1 minutes and 9 seconds later then yesterday.
Looking ahead, Make a Difference Day is in 3 weeks, Sunrise After 7 AM in Albany is in 1 month and New Years Eve is in 13 weeks.
Thinking about how I’m going to get to West Virginia on my autumn trip down there. I don’t think I will have enough daylight to make it down there on my first day, so I have to figure out a stop over somewhere in Pennsylvania.
I’m thinking about Bald Eagle State Park in Centre County, Penna, which is near Lockport and State College. They have campsites with electricity for $15-17 and are open year round. This would give my inverter a break and would mean a hot shower in the morning.
From there, i would hop on the Bud Shuster’s expressway, the I-99 that cuts through the hills, releasing acid mine discharger stronger then battery acid, and head down to West Virginia via that short section of US 220 and I-68 through Cumberland which is a clusterfuck of an expressway with sharp curves and steep hills.
Then maybe spend the second night at Camp Run Campground in Fort Seybert, WV. I should make it there before it gets too dark out, if all goes well, and I don’t take too many side trips on my way down there.
Then there is West Virginia. I have a list of places I want to go to but, I think about them some more. Maybe a future post.
Most of the coming week will be somewhat mild for early October, with evenings, especially not as cool as they typically are for this year time of year. Sunday might be quite rainy, with a half an inch expected. Then some clearing on Monday, with sunny skies returning on Tuesday.
Exceptional temperatures:
This afternoon will be cool.
60 degrees.
66 normal.
90 record (1993).
Patchy Drizzle.
Tonight will be warm.
54 degrees.
45 normal.
30 record (1972).
Showers is likely.
Sunday night will be warm.
53 degrees.
44 normal.
29 record (1945).
Showers is likely.
Monday night will be warm.
51 degrees.
44 normal.
26 record (1948).
Mostly Cloudy.
Tuesday night will be warm.
51 degrees.
43 normal.
26 record (1965).
Partly Cloudy.
Wednesday night will be warm.
50 degrees.
43 normal.
24 record (1965).
Mostly Clear.
Thursday will be warm.
70 degrees.
64 normal.
90 record (1965).
Sunny.
Thursday night will be warm.
52 degrees.
43 normal.
27 record (1986).
Partly Cloudy.
Rain and thunderstorms expected:
Saturday –
Chance of rain from 3 pm to 11 pm. Rain from 11 pm to midnight.
0.15 inches.
Sunday –
Rain from midnight to 1 am. Chance of rain from 1 am to 5 pm. Rain from 5 pm to 7 pm. Chance of rain from 7 pm to midnight.
0.34 inches.
Monday –
Chance of rain from midnight to 8 pm.
0.09 inches.
Friday –
Chance of rain from 8 am to midnight.
Saturday –
Chance of rain from midnight to 1 pm.
Cloudy periods:
Saturday–
Cloudy from 1 pm to midnight.
Sunday–
Cloudy from midnight to 11 am. Mostly cloudy from 11 am to 3 pm. Cloudy from 3 pm to 6 pm. Mostly cloudy from 6 pm to midnight.
Monday–
Mostly cloudy from midnight to 1 am. Cloudy from 1 am to 10 am. Mostly cloudy from 10 am to 9 pm.
Did you know the Vietnam War ended over 40 years ago? People shouldn’t be bitter about something that happened a generation ago, nor should an election in 2016 be a referendum about what happened in the early seventies.
In many ways, I think the mechanical-drive internal combustion engine is in its twilight years. A product that is in twilight years becomes incredibly complicated and convoluted compared to earlier versions. Modern mechanical-drive automatic transmissions, while reliable, are incredibly complicated with 8-9 speeds or more now the norm.
In contrast, electric drive cars, like on the Chevy Volt lack a transmission or have a simple gear box that goes between two speeds and primarily relies on the wide torque bands of electric motors. The two electric motors in the Chevy Volt provides all motive force -- the engine simply provides electricity to keep the battery charged or power the electric motors.
You get mechanical simplicity, great efficiency, and the ability to store energy as electricity in batteries that can also come from a grid. The internal combustion engine in the volt operates at a near constant speed, well in it's power band.
There is nothing that you can't not like about the Chevy Volt drive-train.
