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Stick season has arrived in Central NH, at least in my hood in the NW Lakes Region. After yesterday's wind I would say 15% to maybe 20% leaves remain. Mostly the oaks.

It has been quite the rainy day around here. Without Portland's radar it has not looked very impressive but we have had rain all day, some of it moderate and heavy. Still raining lightly but I just emptied the Stratus. 1.47"

For the past couple of days it seems the models have been all over the place as to where today's rain band would setup. West of me, east of me. Well it seems I will end up somewhere near the bullseye. Moderate rain and warm 62/59 About .85" so far today

A friend of mine sent me this picture. It was taken in 2016, another great foliage. Alex, if you zoom in I think you can see your "Moose Lodge"

Probably most of you were too young to remember but we tried this once in the 1970s. Everyone was all for it until the first winter when it was dark so late in the morning. People hated it and it was repelled quickly and we went back to the way it is now.

The colors are almost peak in my hood. If the wind and rain had held off for another few days we would achieved that but this is as good as it is going to get. More importantly is the upcoming rain event. If we get around 3" of rain this would be the biggest event of the past few years. I went back to 2019 but could not find a single day with a total near this high. I'm sure certain isolated areas have had more with multiple thunderstorms in 24 hours but at least not at our casa.

18Z NAM goes wild. Really bumped up rain totals.

Glad you had a good trip. I agree it has been about the best season I have ever seen. Your post brings up my old pet peeve. What is real and what is enhanced? It seems almost everyone retouches photos. Not like the old days when a color picture was developed it looked like what the eye would see. It frustrates me because you can make any picture pop! The more they are saturated the more ow's and ah's they get. That said the colors this year were super vibrant. Our trip around the Whites a few days ago can attest to that.

My weathercam caught a large meteor falling SW of Central NH around 8pm. It even had a flaming tail. https://video.nest.com/clip/bb1d1b9b4de7403d8b339a11ec902f98.mp4

Beautiful. I'm glad you didn't cancel your trip. I was surprised how good the foliage was even after the windier conditions last night.

It's snowing pretty good on top of Wildcat per the cam and on the summit of Mt Washington as this patch of showers is moving through

Here she comes....

The mountain have cleared out. How much color did you lose with the fropa? Still looks good. Meantime, get ready....

No rain with the fropa. My last beneficial rain was Sept 22nd. .15" since then and the next chance of rain will be in about a week. Areas south of me got rain this week and areas north of me got at least some showers today.

Today we took a 100 mile drive through the Whites. From our house near Plymouth up to Lincoln, over the Kanc, to Bartlett through Crawford Notch then west to Rt 93 and south through Franconia Notch. The foliage was the best I have ever seen it. Not quite peak in Lincoln but everything north of there was. Clear skies today and perfect temperatures. We have not had any rain to speak of nor wind in the past 2 weeks. Usually leaves turn at slightly different times and rain and wind strips some trees while others are not a peak yet. Not this year. I took the drone up in Crawford Notch but I screwed up and didn't have the automatic aperture and white balance setting so the video exposures were not right and viewing the video seemed more washed out than what the eye sees. Unfortunately tomorrow afternoon we have the cold front with wind. That will take down quite a few leaves just as all the peepers arrive. Today was the day for the Whites.

Color is coming on very quick in the NW Lakes Region of NH. I think we will take another ride to the Whites tomorrow. With the fropa coming and breezy conditions the foliage will take a hit in peak areas. Stick season is coming for PF pretty soon.

I wish we could let Phin back in to this NNE forum. He was a great poster. If you just stick to weather all can be good. It has worked well for me these past 20 something years. Is there anyway to contact him or find out from an admin if there is something we can do? Brian, any thoughts? Meanwhile it is getting very dry again. A couple of soakers a couple of weeks ago but my pond is still bone dry. Usually is refilling by now

Tonight (Monday 10/3) the mainstream media is starting to come down hard on Lee County evacuation orders. I guess only 1 day for mandatory evacuations. I have not looked at the exact timing but I think they did a pretty good job. Most models were much further north a couple of days out. The saying "the trend is your friend" is important but if you cry wolf too many times people get complacent. Landfall was tough to figure out since the coastline and storm direction were similar. A slight jog brings the center much further north or south. Thoughts?

We took a drive to Franconia Notch this morning. The foliage was nice but kind of muted. My guess is the peak is a few days away. I also took the drone up for a look around.

A friend of mine was up in Colebrook yesterday and said the color is peaking. He took this shot. With the cold nights and light winds this week the colors should come on strong in the Northern Greens and Whites

I saw this video posted on the tropical forum. This is the best example of storm surge I have ever seen.

Very interesting satellite view right now. The LL circulation is going ESE. Thunderstorms seem to be developing near the center. This will be interesting to see how this plays out. I will be curious to see what the reconnaissance flight finds out.

I would bet the death toll will be in the dozens at least So many elderly people with big storm surge in various areas.

Awhile ago Cape Coral Yauht Club 106 sustained gusting to 140mph. That would be on the backside with a north wind I would guess. That yacht club is right across from Ft Myers. The damage that is occurring in the Punta Gorda and Ft Myers on the backside must be catastrophic.

This webcam is still live on Sanibel. I am surprised that the visibility is so good and few trees down. They have to be in the eyewall. https://www.mysanibel.com/live-street-cams?utm_campaign=SanCapChamber&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=SanCapChamber