Warm Welcome to Fall

The autumnal equinox kicked off fall this morning at 3:21am!

With the equinox upon us, we will see nearly equal hours of day and night. The word equinox is derived from two Latin words; aequus meaning equal and nox meaning night. The sun rising this morning at 6:45am, and the sun now setting before 7pm at 6:52pm! So right now we are nearly equal in terms of day and night and as we all know, the days will continue to get shorter as we head farther into fall.

During the fall equinox the sun's rays are directly over the equator at noon. We see the nearly equal hours of day and night because there is a bending of the sun's rays; so while the sun is actually below the horizon even though it looks like its above. 

The summer like warmth we've see through September so far will continue today and the next couple of days. Highs today will reach the upper 70's and low 80's. With a minimal rain threat into the beginning of next week.