dendrite

Goodbye summer

Temp is nosediving behind the front. Windy, overcast, and 67/62

79.2F before the clouds

I have some lespedeza in the lawn near the house and prostrate knotweed growing in the driveway and the edges. I don’t mind some weeds, but those 2 I can do without. My little meadow area by the run has milky spurge growing in there too. Anyone ever use one of those propane weed torches? I’ve been thinking about cooking the affected areas next spring. I know it will kill everything, but I assume the grass will eventually grow back.

I don’t remember if I posted BTV before, but I was going through some of the old climo links and found their old normals. Pretty drastic shift warmer there in the last 30 yrs. https://wrcc-archive.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliNORMNCDC.pl?vt1081 https://wrcc-archive.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?vt1081

We had that one min in the upper 30s here…maybe 35-38 in the area depending on elevation. We’ve had a lot of Septembers with more 30s than that. Whatever it is, everything is lining up for a great season.

Idk…the trees don’t seem stressed. We’ve had decent rain in Aug and Sep unlike last year. The colors are vibrant…not the sickly looking color last year that quickly browned. I think all of those cooler max temp days and 50s for highs are having an effect.

The leaves are really popping here. I can’t recall the last time they looked this good this early locally. Even the oaks are starting to flip. Already 68° off a min of 60.4°

They sound like bombs falling on the neighbor’s RV.

Maybe they will survive right into next spring?

Still cloud free but will probably be BKN/OVC within an hour. Goodbye warm season. See you again on 12/24.

Enjoying it while it lasts

GWDLT