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Good Morning, Gary,
Reference your first paragraph, is Sep. 25 actually the equinox?

Have a great day!

Edna

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Edna,

No, today is the equinox, but the equal day and night lag by a couple of days every year.

Gary

I always celebrate this day- Fall is my favorite season!  In the past we have held "Autumnal Equinox" parties!  I feel like I've been "gone" forever... my computer has been down the last few days and I've been totally lost without my fav. weather blog!!  Wish I could've come down to the Plaza Art fair and seen you guys but had to pull "chauffeuring " duty for my daughter all weekend as the hubby was out of town.  Maybe next time...  Anyway I'm so glad the weather cooperated for the art fair- it was just perfect!  Happy Fall everyone!  Dea

"...Sunrise 7:09 AM and the sunset is at 7:10 AM."

That really isn't much daylight at all!! :)

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I was very tired this morning.  Thanks Andrew.

 

Gary 

Edna, I wondered about that, too, since I remembered "equinox" means "equal night"...Here is an explanation from wikipedia:
There is either an equinox (autumn and spring) or a solstice (summer and winter) on approximately the 21st day of the last month of every quarter of the calendar year. On a day which has an equinox, the centre of the Sun will spend a nearly equal amount of time above and below the horizon at every location on Earth and night and day will be of nearly the same length. The word equinox derives from the Latin words aequus (equal) and nox (night). In reality, the day is longer than the night at an equinox. Commonly, the day is defined as the period that sunlight reaches the ground in the absence of local obstacles. From Earth, the Sun appears as a disc and not a single point of light; so, when the centre of the Sun is below the horizon, the upper edge is visible. Furthermore, the atmosphere refracts light; so, even when the upper limb of the Sun is below the horizon, its rays reach over the horizon to the ground. In sunrise/sunset tables, the assumed semidiameter (apparent radius) of the sun is 16 minutes of arc and the atmospheric refraction is assumed to be 34 minutes of arc. Their combination means that when the upper limb of Sun is on the visible horizon its centre is 50 minutes of arc below the geometric horizon, which is the intersection with the celestial sphere of a horizontal plane through the eye of the observer. These effects together make the day about 14 minutes longer than the night at the equator, and longer still at sites toward the poles. The real equality of day and night only happens at places far enough from the equator to have at least a seasonal difference in daylength of 7 minutes, and occurs a few days towards the winter side of each equinox.

"on September 25th when the sunrise is at 7:09 AM and the sunset is at 7:10 AM"

Man, Gary.  That is one short day!  Maybe if you live on the Arctic Circle!!!
Just keeping you humble, O great one.

Gary-  are you sure it wasn't a gun show- you were sure showing off those guns of yours- LOL!!!


Have a great day!

JP

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JP,

Thanks.  I must keep working out!  I am going to the Mr. Olympia competition this weekend in Vegas.

Gary

Is it just me, or do the trees seem to be starting to change early? This weekend I started noticing yellows, golds and even some reds on some trees. I thought usually the changing doesn't start until October?

Marlina, I noticed the trees changing a few weeks ago. It is more noticeable now. I agree that based on them starting to change a few weeks ago, it seems early to me too.
Audra

Your workouts are paying off...are you a participant or spectator this weekend.

Have fun and be safe- sounds like you are going to miss out on some beautiful weather around here!

JP

Happy Fall!

As nice as the weather is here, I would love to be in Las Vegas!! I was originally actually going to go to the Mr. Olympia this weekend, mainly because I am a huge wrestling fan and a Big name wwe wrestler is going to be signing autographs there saturday!! But I couldn't because of a family event:(

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Adogg,

Thanks for the pictures!  It was great meeting you.  Maybe you can go to the Olympia next year.

Gary

Oh yeah, thanks for putting my pictures up!!  

Thats a realief, I'll be depressed when when nights are longer than days.

Who can do this? Its a test for second graders in china, my record is  34 seconds, whats yours?

http://funstufftosee.com/frogleaptest.html

juba, once my wife figured it out for me i was able to do it in about 12 seconds...but...alas...my wife laid the groundwork.

It was great meeting you guys too! Yeah, I will try to make it up there next year, I needed to take a break from vegas anyways. I have been like three times this year.

Gary and Team,
You said that the weather pattern is about to go through some big changes.  I was wondering if you have an idea if the weekend will be dry and warm?  It is a big weekend at KS Speedway and we always hope for weather like we have been having the last couple of days! :)
Thanks--Anna

JudyH and Gary, thanks for the additional info about the equinox.

Gary, I well remember how particular my dad was about everyone being very quiet when the weather forecast came over the radio back in the 30's and 40's.  How he would have "eaten up" your weatherforecasting on television with all the visuals!!!  I'm just like he was about listening close to the weather.  I get so bothered if the telephone rings during weather!

As always, thanks for your outstanding work.  Edna

We tried that frog game and finally got so frustrated we Googled the solution! Now it seems so obvious... =)

Hey Gary,
Any ideas on how the fall will be as far severe weather is concerned?