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The good news is they get snow more frequently than the once every 3 or 4 years we are at now.

I assume I can drive to Beech Mountain without interfering with any Helene relief operations and/or recovery efforts. I am guessing they would be good for 4-6 or so.

I am debating is this worth a chase for me on Friday.

Way too late for the Mountains at this point. They are pretty much in stick season up there. As for out here in the Raleigh area it was a bad year due to an extended dry stretch. There was some color but a lot of early leaf drop with some trees just browning out. We have a second wave of color happening now with any trees that have remaining leaves.

what did you end up with?

I would agree. Another warm winter incoming.

The La Nina blast furnace rolls on.

Should I just go ahead and start the Countdown to Winter 2025-2026 thread now?

No it sure didn't

Another La Nina gives RDU a real shot at the snowfall futility record of zeroing out 3 years in a row.

A tale of extremes for sure! The fire danger is definitely growing. The official RDU rain total for the month is 0.01"

The glowing nucleus up close in the first image and the tail with anti-tail in the second. Taken on 10/17 with the Seestar telescope.

This stretch of low humidity weather has been enjoyable for sure but it is getting dry again.

First frost on the rooftops here in Raleigh this morning.

Exactly what I was thinking. It was the southern version of that. As it stands I didn't get a chance to look at how the foliage season turned out up there this year. Always nice to see the early snow as a reminder that yes winter will return.