Welcome to the first day of autumn

I've been waiting so long for this day, it is not funny.

While it has been a relatively tolerant summer for me here in the New York City metropolitan area than most other places in the country, I'm so looking forward to the new autumn season.

At 5:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time this morning, the autumnal equinox arrived. For the Big Apple, they had 12 hours and 7 minutes of daylight between sunrise and sunset. Usually during each of the two equinoxes per year, daytime and nighttime are very close to equal.

As for the weather, following a fall preview during most of the last ten days for the northern half of the United States, the east coast will see the opposite of what has been felt. This time above normal temperatures into the 80s is forecast. New York City might even see mid to upper 80s by Tuesday or Wednesday.

I had a feeling that after the below normal peak readings in the 60s during most of the last 10 days, this would happen with the warmer weather. Earlier today was picture perfect. Not a cloud in the sky, low humidity and temperatures in the 70s.