griteater Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Gotcha. Thought I should ask the locals on here since I got my family coming over first week of October. I'm hoping it'll be peak color at least for 5,000+ feet at that time so I can take them to Craggy Gardens and/or Graveyard Fields early one morning to beat the crowd. With the cold streak in July/August, I was hoping peak color would go down to about 4,000+ feet (although it might be way too early at that elevation). Current NC fall foliage forecast for 2014: http://www.romanticasheville.com/fall.htm This is climo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Took the family hiking at Mt. Jefferson State Park in Ashe County, North Carolina, today. They've got a pretty sophisticated weather data collecting system up there. I'll attach a few pics of what it looks like there. The elevation is 4683 feet at the summit. The rain gauge looks similar to some pics that Mike has posted of the setup on his mountaintop. It has those thin metal rods that stick up all around the perimeter of the bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Here's a view looking north out over the valley below. Beautiful red berries were present on some of the trees at the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 Here's a view looking north out over the valley below. Beautiful red berries were present on some of the trees at the top. IMG_8460.JPG Beautiful pics and hope yall enjoy the hike! We have had some great weather up here the past few weeks well really the whole summer has been a treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 yeah I will trade a warm fall for a great winter. I agree 100 percent! If we must warm up then lets get it over with until about the end of October heading into the winter months. A warm September is no cause for anxiety over a winter pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 Current NC fall foliage forecast for 2014: http://www.romanticasheville.com/fall.htm This is climo... Thanks for posting this Grit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Took the family hiking at Mt. Jefferson State Park in Ashe County, North Carolina, today. They've got a pretty sophisticated weather data collecting system up there. I'll attach a few pics of what it looks like there. The elevation is 4683 feet at the summit. The rain gauge looks similar to some pics that Mike has posted of the setup on his mountaintop. It has those thin metal rods that stick up all around the perimeter of the bucket. IMG_8464.JPG Nice! Those thin metal rods on the rain gauge are to keep birds off it. Unfortunately, all those sophisticated weather gadgets on my mountain are being removed next month! Ugh! Some of it is being moved to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State for a new weather research weather project there. Not sure what/if any further research will be done on my mountain but we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Current NC fall foliage forecast for 2014: http://www.romanticasheville.com/fall.htm This is climo... If last year is any judge, the Graveyard fields area is definitely the place to go for early leaf watching. (Higher elevation locations than that location simply don't have enough deciduous trees to provide much color.) The new parking lots fills up quick and you will get a ticket if you park on the shoulder. They only alternative is to park at next overlook and walk down. If someone wants to do a leaf watching in mid to late September, best bet is to travel to Tucker County, WV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 If last year is any judge, the Graveyard fields area is definitely the place to go for early leaf watching. (Higher elevation locations than that location simply don't have enough deciduous trees to provide much color.) The new parking lots fills up quick and you will get a ticket if you park on the shoulder. They only alternative is to park at next overlook and walk down. If someone wants to do a leaf watching in mid to late September, best bet is to travel to Tucker County, WV. I'm among the lucky ones that went to Graveyard Fields during peak color and it was gorgeous I took this on October 12th using my iPhone4 camera: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 We had two doses of storms yesterday in my backyard. That was some pretty heavy rain! Looks like we are in for another round or two of T-storms again this afternoon probably popping around 3-4pm. Nice picture's Blue & Calc! Someone reported tornado damage to wlos from the downburst that hit Woodfin Monday lol. Had a little scud on it and maybe even a small funnel that occluded after a few seconds. Here's the best shot I got of the microburst. nothing to great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Nice! Those thin metal rods on the rain gauge are to keep birds off it. Thanks for the explanation, Mike. Makes sense. We had two doses of storms yesterday in my backyard. That was some pretty heavy rain! Looks like we are in for another round or two of T-storms again this afternoon probably popping around 3-4pm. Nice picture's Blue & Calc! Someone reported tornado damage to wlos from the downburst that hit Woodfin Monday lol. Had a little scud on it and maybe even a small funnel that occluded after a few seconds. Here's the best shot I got of the microburst. nothing to great. Thanks, Hvward. Nothing too fancy with my camera setup: just a Canon Powershot. But, I enjoy pointing and clicking. Maybe someday I can justify the expense of a digital SLR to my wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchighcountrywx Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Took the family hiking at Mt. Jefferson State Park in Ashe County, North Carolina, today. They've got a pretty sophisticated weather data collecting system up there. I'll attach a few pics of what it looks like there. The elevation is 4683 feet at the summit. The rain gauge looks similar to some pics that Mike has posted of the setup on his mountaintop. It has those thin metal rods that stick up all around the perimeter of the bucket. IMG_8464.JPG Thanks for posting this. The live weather readings from these instruments are located here: https://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/cronos/?station=JEFF&temporal=H The data is logged every minute and accessed via minute from the hourly tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 We had two doses of storms yesterday in my backyard. That was some pretty heavy rain! Looks like we are in for another round or two of T-storms again this afternoon probably popping around 3-4pm. Nice picture's Blue & Calc! Someone reported tornado damage to wlos from the downburst that hit Woodfin Monday lol. Had a little scud on it and maybe even a small funnel that occluded after a few seconds. Here's the best shot I got of the microburst. nothing to great. Thanks! We took a beating twice yesterday on UNCA campus, especially the one that hit about 10 pm last night. It poured yet again tonight, but I'm not complaining because I actually want weather to cool off some. Sky this evening was gorgeous with flash of orange and I really regret not bringing my good camera with me tonight to Memorial Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Not to look to far ahead but it looks as if we could see a very strong cold front coming in fro the middle part of the country east. This could shack up the whole pattern and give us a much need refreshing breath of air. There could even be snow for the Northern plains and maybe the higher elevations in New England. Anyway the pattern looks to take a big change in the next week and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Yeah Met I saw that! Lets hope that come to fruition, I am sick of this heat but the pattern is giving us some solid rain. Here are a couple of shots from tonights storms over Buncombe Co.: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Really like that first picture, Hvward! Nice spot! Lightnings were pretty intense over campus tonight and I didn't enjoy that walk back to my dorm in heavy downpour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Great pics Hvward! Man I wish I could get some pics like that but I do not have the camera for it right know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 The GFS and the Euro still showing a significant cool down coming our way. Looks fall like and refreshing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Great pics Hvward! Man I wish I could get some pics like that but I do not have the camera for it right know. I got mine last year on black Friday. It was around $350 dollars but I bet this year they will have a DSLR camera and a lens kit somewhere for $300. The best part is that you can sell your camera or lens in a few years and get 60%-70% of what you paid for them new if you have taken care of them. You don't need anything fancy as far as camera just a DSLR that you can change the lens on. Improving the image quality is mainly on the type of lens you have not so much the camera specs per say. You are going to need something good to take pictures of Max Patch for us all the time in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Really like that first picture, Hvward! Nice spot! Lightnings were pretty intense over campus tonight and I didn't enjoy that walk back to my dorm in heavy downpour ABTech parking lot lol. Who would of thunk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 ABTech parking lot lol. Who would of thunk? Meanwhile, I was in downtown earlier today when I decided to look for a good spot for sunset picture so I went up Beaucatcher Mtn via and found this spot. I didn't bring my good camera, but what matters is this is a really cool spot: Sadly, I'm still struggling to find a decent spot to take downtown shot. I've tried Town Mtn Road and Beaucatcher Mtn with not much luck. I thought Beaucatcher Overlook Park was a good spot of downtown shot, but I was not able to find an opening in trees toward downtown like I did for this shot. EDIT: Didn't expect this iPhone picture to come out this blurry, but I guess that's what you get for stretching the picture to fit computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 I got mine last year on black Friday. It was around $350 dollars but I bet this year they will have a DSLR camera and a lens kit somewhere for $300. The best part is that you can sell your camera or lens in a few years and get 60%-70% of what you paid for them new if you have taken care of them. You don't need anything fancy as far as camera just a DSLR that you can change the lens on. Improving the image quality is mainly on the type of lens you have not so much the camera specs per say. You are going to need something good to take pictures of Max Patch for us all the time in the future! Thanks for the info man! Wow what a little pattern we had going on this evening. I worked in Canton this evening and did not see a drop of rainfall. I got home and everything is soaked. My wife told me it rained hard from 4 till 8 this evening. We picked quite a bit of rainfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Nice Blue! I won't give away all my spots but I will give you a hint on where you could set up at unca for a downtown shot. If you go up towards The north part of campus and up the hill you can take Lookout rd. or walk but where it intersects with Nut Hill Rd. You can get an awesome view of all of downtown. Should be able to get a sunrise shot there if you time it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Nice Blue! I won't give away all my spots but I will give you a hint on where you could set up at unca for a downtown shot. If you go up towards The north part of campus and up the hill you can take Lookout rd. or walk but where it intersects with Nut Hill Rd. You can get an awesome view of all of downtown. Should be able to get a sunrise shot there if you time it right. Hey, I can respect that. And yeah, I've gone up trails to top of this little mountain campus is on to take shots. I also love that little parking space with view of Pisgah Ridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 It won't be long until Mike starts dropping in with reports of snowfall in Michigan! Then we know we are getting close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 It won't be long until Mike starts dropping in with reports of snowfall in Michigan! Then we know we are getting close. We are getting close! There is a slight chance that the highest elevations near Herman in the Western U.P. could see some mixed snow Thursday night as cold wind rushes over Lake Superior creating lake effect. Elevations there rise to about 1300 feet above the level of the lake which might be just enough to get a mix per GFS sounding. More interesting, Wednesday there will be a 65 knot low level jet over lower Michigan which might mix to the ground if any instability develops Wed afternoon causing a large scale damaging wind event; this after 2000 power lines were knocked down last week from storms. This strong baroclinic storm will signal that Fall has indeed arrived in the Eastern U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 A very nice day today. Current temp of 74 degrees. Low humidity and a slight breeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 This is why I would love to live in NW Montana because they are under a Winter weather advisory for anywhere from 1-7 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 This is why I would love to live in NW Montana because they are under a Winter weather advisory for anywhere from 1-7 inches. Wow, already? Hopefully I can go visit Montana one day. Wyoming was the most beautiful state I've ever been to and I want more adventures in Rockies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNC_Fort Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I love the mountains. Leaving UNCA this afternoon it was sunny and quite warm when I got in the car 78 degrees, however driving down Old Fort mountain I hit around 67 degrees with apparently clouds all day. It is so nice to see the transition from summer to fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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