Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 39 degrees in North Syracuse. ☁ There is a east breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Not a terribly cold late October evening but hardly a great one either. Going to be a downright bad weekend. The skies will clear Tuesday around 11 am.

Tonight will have a chance of rain, mainly after 2am. Cloudy ☔ , with a low of 35 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal. East wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Going to be all rain here. In 2017, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 42 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1950.

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 92% illuminated. The moon will set at 10:20 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 7:32 am with the first light at 7:03 am, which is one minute and 15 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Mornings this time of year, especially with the clouds are so dark. I’m kind of glad that the time change is next week. Tonight will have 13 hours and 29 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 43 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will rain. ☔ High of 39 degrees at 4pm. 17 degrees below normal. Northeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible. Definitely going to be a cold and wet day tomorrow. Glad I’m not camping. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 60 degrees. The record high of 79 was set in 1963. 1.7 inches of snow fell back in 2016.❄ The past few years have been all over the map.

Looking ahead to Sunday, snow likely before 7am, then rain showers likely. 💧❄ Cloudy, with a high near 45. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Typical average high for the weekend is 56 degrees.

In four weeks on November 23 the sun will be setting at 4:34 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 29 minutes and 57 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 37 and 27 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 45 and 30 degrees. The record high of 72 degrees was set back in 1931.

Today wasn’t a bad day but a busy one. This evening in the office after hours while I was preparing for tomorrow I was watching some videos on muskrat trapping and prepping the furs. 🐀 I really should get some more trapping gear. It’s a great way to pass time in the woods and make a few bucks on the side too. Regulated trapping is a great way to help protect our natural resources. It’s key to understanding local history too.

I made my final purchase from Ali Express for a while or so I tell myself – an very inexpensive $1.50 Bluetooth dongle 🎧 – the idea being that the built in Bluetooth on my laptop doesn’t work very well and I would like to be able to lay in bed watching movies on my screen🎥 across the room without bothering my neighbors with the audio being potentially too loud. I also want to build some electronics projects controlled by Bluetooth from my laptop and the built-in Bluetooth just doesn’t work reliably.

I’m also starting to look at getting a good quality electric drill that I can use for various projects. 🔩 Although honestly maybe a handheld non electric drill might be better for making those LED signs through the board because it’s quieter and less likely to disturb my neighbors.

Two weeks from now if the weather is good I’ll be out on my first night of my camping trip. ⛺ It should be great assuming it’s not too wet, cold or dreary. I guess I don’t mind some cloudy days but I would much rather have blue skies when more wildlife is out, the solar panel charges, and my mood is better.:D My goal is to relax on this trip, get to know the land and spend less time rushing from point a to point b.

Looking ahead, Buy Nothing Day 🛍️ is in 4 weeks, Cyber Monday 🛍️ is a month away and Boxing Day 🥊 is in 2 months.