Unofficial Start Of Fall?

Labor Day weekend is often referred to as the "unofficial last weekend of summer" with official end still being about two weeks in the future. It sure seems like fall right now as i look out my window to mix of sunshine and fog, and the temperature is a nippy 40 degrees. In Deer Park, our local "ice berg", it is 30 degrees. Another sign that fall might be here is that I have abandoned my summer work attire in exchange, shorts and an untucked shirt, for a dress shirt and slacks. A tie will join the ensemble later this morning. The reason for this change of attire isn't really the weather, or the calendar, but is more job related. The class that I teach meets for the first time later this morning, and I want to project a professional image to the group. These young people, at least I think they are young people...I haven't met them yet, are in the educational track to mainly become airline pilots, and a professional image is important in that line of work. It gives the customers a sense of confidence in them, that they know what they are doing and the aircraft that they are about to fly on won't just fall out of the sky.

Back to the weather again, this feel of fall will not be lasting all that long. Today will be a beautiful day with sunny skies once the valley fog burns away. We should end up near 70 degrees this afternoon. Another nippy night is coming up tonight. Through the rest of the week we will see a steady warm-up. A few high clouds will be passing through tomorrow, so it should be partly sunny, and temperatures will climb to the low to mid 70s. From there it will be generally sunny by day, and clear by night. We should be back near 80 again by Thursday and Friday, with temperatures climbing above 80 on Saturday and Sunday. The weather will be dry through the weekend too, which is important since we are planning our first church service in our new, unfinished, building on Sunday morning. Much more on that will be coming up through the week.