Up at the cabin at 3k ft we hardly had any color. Leaves just turned brown and fell off. Drought I guess. Down here in the lowlands we haven't really had any change yet except the tops of my tallest sweetgum trees. Our tulip trees are still green here with just a few leaves turning yellow here and there.
I woke up to a wet yard, apparently it rained sometimes before dawn. Bummer as I was planning on cutting the grass and doing yardwork before the storm.
Note to our younger members - we haven't had one in so long you might not know what one of these is. We used to get these from time to time and generally involves wind and rain/snow.
That's right, forgot about that. I wonder why they chose to start at 2008 and not 2010? I also wonder how the numbers would play out if you tossed the record setting 09-10 season? I'm impressed, I'm sitting at about 80% of average according to their map so I guess I can't complain.
The message is clear - head to Florida if you want to see snow! What, did they get 1/8" of snow one year vs the normal 1/16" every five years which turned them into a snow town? Who made that map, terrible. Oh I see WaPo in the lower corner. That tracks.
During the rain last night I let my dog out and emptied his water bowl on the front porch and this morning it had an inch of water in it so we got at least an inch between 10pm and this morning.
Back to the jungle weather. Windows closed and AC on. July sucked, August was cool, September is sucking, October is supposed to cool down? FF does that mean November sucks and then a December to remember? January thaw followed by an epic February?