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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1985
Page
2
A 24-foot half ton cookie crafted for a Peekskill festival used 1.2 million chips, 250 pounds sugar, 340 pounds flour, 200 pounds shortening and 750 eggs. The bake-off fundraiser fed about 6,000 slices at one dollar each, with a crane lifter moving the oven lid and Pat Belch claiming readiness.
A public notice from Herald-Journal asking readers to report factual inaccuracies in coverage and providing a contact phone number 470-0014 for corrections.
Syracuse residents can expect sunny periods with a high near 80 today. Tonight brings cloud cover and a 40 percent chance of rain with a low around 60 to 65. A 60 percent rain chance Tuesday with a high of 70 to 75. Extended forecast shows a Wednesday shower likely, then fair Thursday and Friday with cooler temps.
Weather notes warn of a 40 percent shower chance on Tuesday with a high near 72 as a broad storm system spawns heavy winds, hail and floods from Colorado to the Midwest and Oklahoma. Residents brace for cooler, dry days Wednesday through Friday while tropical activity is tracked from Gloria to Henri.
The bulletin notes southerly to southeast winds 8-19 knots for Onondaga and Oneida lakes with a chance of showers toward Tuesday morning. St Lawrence River to expect southeast winds 5-15 today, then south to southwest 10-20 knots Tuesday with showers late tonight and Tuesday. Lake Ontario shows 10-25 knot winds shifting to southwest Tuesday, with showers likely late tonight and Tuesday. skiing conditions around 2-4 feet today to tonight and 25 feet Tuesday. Rochester water temperature 65 degrees.
National Weather Service data show Sunday high 79 and low 54 in Syracuse with a record high 91 set in 1936 and record low 3. Normal values listed, plus precipitation totals this year and for September. Foliage changes described for North Country and surrounding areas, with color shifts from green to purple red and yellow.
Regional weather update notes cloud cover and showers across Buffalo Olean Jamestown Rochester Elmira Oswego Watertown Syracuse Auburn Rome Binghamton Lake George Adirondacks St Lawrence Valley Champlain Valley Albany Catskills and New York City area. Tue forecasts show mostly cloudy conditions with 40 to 60 percent rain chances and highs generally in the 60s to 70s.
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