CoastalWx Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Great shots! Going up to the mtns this weekend. Hope for the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 PF is the resort a coop station? Can you look back at data? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 9 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: PF is the resort a coop station? Can you look back at data? In what way? The summit station is a coop. Our Mtn Ops stratus rainfall is written down in a notebook (lol) and there's a Davis system at the Johnson residence at Spruce Peak that we use quite a bit too. That one has records on Wunderground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: A few images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 51 minutes ago, powderfreak said: In what way? The summit station is a coop. Our Mtn Ops stratus rainfall is written down in a notebook (lol) and there's a Davis system at the Johnson residence at Spruce Peak that we use quite a bit too. That one has records on Wunderground. I was curious if your office posted its records that you always refer too. I'm trying to fathom how you had 20-24" this summer. I hate you lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Scott, Foliage really coming on fast in the NW Lakes Region. Extended forecast of no rain and light winds for the next 10 days could make for a really nice peak. Usually we start peaking, have a rain or wind event that takes down a lot of leaves and then a 2nd or 3rd peak. With such a dry forecast without storms leaves should be able to stay on trees longer resulting in more types of trees all peaking at once. Well see.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Probably about 3-5 days from peak in SVT I would guess. First pic is from Stratton FB. Should be perfect for leaf peepers Columbus Day Weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 13 hours ago, CoastalWx said: I was curious if your office posted its records that you always refer too. I'm trying to fathom how you had 20-24" this summer. I hate you lol. I pulled the data from the summit quickly, but can look up the base area Davis station when I get a sec. I know one of those months was over 8" in the base area. The summer convective precip is fairly similar at different elevations and more tied to if one pixel stays red longer than over another part of the mountain. June: 7.10" July: 7.35" August: 7.37" The base area was also in the 21-22" range I believe. Edit: Actually looks like the base area Davis was 18.43" for Met summer. I was adding in May, which brings it to 22.90". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Spent yesterday in the woods north of Flagstaff Lake. The walking was terrible - thickets full of dead horizontal little fir making every step a challenge - but the colors were spectacular. The red maples are as blazingly bright as any year in memory, the birches are full yellow, sugar maples about 2/3 turned and they'll be great as well. Driving revealed one "wow!" moment after another, in the fog heading north and in full sun on the way back. Colors at home are high and entering the peak days, though the ash trees around home are nearly bare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 18 minutes ago, tamarack said: Spent yesterday in the woods north of Flagstaff Lake. The walking was terrible - thickets full of dead horizontal little fir making every step a challenge - but the colors were spectacular. The red maples are as blazingly bright as any year in memory, the birches are full yellow, sugar maples about 2/3 turned and they'll be great as well. Driving revealed one "wow!" moment after another, in the fog heading north and in full sun on the way back. Colors at home are high and entering the peak days, though the ash trees around home are nearly bare. Yeah this year is incredible. Something special right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I'm going to go on my yearly rant about what fall foliage looks like to most peoples eyes verses pictures that are posted and then photo edited in post production. Nothing wrong with editing but it is not what most people are going to actually see. Unedited drone video from yesterday over First Connecticut Lake NH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 2 hours ago, powderfreak said: Yeah this year is incredible. Something special right now. With so much dry weather and light winds it really gives time for all varieties of trees to change without the early ones being stripped by rain and wind. This year should be really good. Color coming on daily down here in Central NH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 A few I took today. These are with my cell phone, no editing or changing of settings. I'm not sure if there is some built in saturation to the stock camera mode, maybe? Drove around for about an hour in some of the higher elevation spots, some pockets of good color, but not widespread yet. The pics are from near 2000ft or higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Still a sea of green down here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 55 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said: I'm going to go on my yearly rant about what fall foliage looks like to most peoples eyes verses pictures that are posted and then photo edited in post production. Nothing wrong with editing but it is not what most people are going to actually see. Unedited drone video from yesterday over First Connecticut Lake NH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 58 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said: I'm going to go on my yearly rant about what fall foliage looks like to most peoples eyes verses pictures that are posted and then photo edited in post production. Nothing wrong with editing but it is not what most people are going to actually see. Unedited drone video from yesterday over First Connecticut Lake NH Nice, I circled the cabin I always used to stay at before deciding palm trees > balsam firs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 5 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: What a terrible video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Small pond in Crawford Notch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 On 10/5/2016 at 11:16 AM, powderfreak said: We've reached holy fukking sh*t levels of color. This is what Northern New England is famous for. All elevations and all trees changing all at once in the hills. And very vibrant. We did something right this year. You have had very good weather for getting the best out of the foliage....you didn't have drought like parts of SNE had and the weather in fall so far has been mostly mildish/warm days and lots of sunshine with crisp nights (but no huge hard freezes)...that's perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Yeah I was saying that earlier about the great COC weather there. Perfect for leaves. I've also noticed some of the reds coming out here fairly well despite drought. Clearly sun and the last few weeks of some good radiational cooling have helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 29 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: You have had very good weather for getting the best out of the foliage....you didn't have drought like parts of SNE had and the weather in fall so far has been mostly mildish/warm days and lots of sunshine with crisp nights (but no huge hard freezes)...that's perfect. We've enjoyed the same lack of leaf-ripping wind as has PF, but about half the rain, with local rivers at/near record low flows and wells drying up. There's likely a complex mix of reasons for the eye-popping colors in NNE (and beyond) this year. However, the frost/freeze of Sept. 26, even if not a major cause, was certainly an accelerant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 1 hour ago, wxeyeNH said: I'm going to go on my yearly rant about what fall foliage looks like to most peoples eyes verses pictures that are posted and then photo edited in post production. Nothing wrong with editing but it is not what most people are going to actually see. Unedited drone video from yesterday over First Connecticut Lake NH See I disagree. I do not think my photos or anyone's photos does this justice right now. A camera just cannot capture what the naked eye can. It's like neon colors out there...like oranges that look like a high-visibility vest a road construction crew would wear. No camera, certainly not like an iPhone, will come close to exactly getting this because the image colors are so dependent on lighting. I've taken some on my phone and it's not even close. It's all muted and washed out, and a lot of guests are remarking the same thing when you talk to them about the vibrancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 43 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: You have had very good weather for getting the best out of the foliage....you didn't have drought like parts of SNE had and the weather in fall so far has been mostly mildish/warm days and lots of sunshine with crisp nights (but no huge hard freezes)...that's perfect. Yeah this is likely best in several years at least on the mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: See I disagree. I do not think my photos or anyone's photos does this justice right now. A camera just cannot capture what the naked eye can. It's like neon colors out there...like oranges that look like a high-visibility vest a road construction crew would wear. No camera, certainly not like an iPhone, will come close to exactly getting this because the image colors are so dependent on lighting. I've taken some on my phone and it's not even close. It's all muted and washed out, and a lot of guests are remarking the same thing when you talk to them about the vibrancy. I have to get of my a** and drive up to N VT. Seems like your colors are more vibrant in general each year than areas further south. The drone video (of course not mine) is more like what I usually see down here. I would think that Pittsburg's peak would be close to yours. PF I know you are not a guy to exaggerate, so I totally belief you. With no rainfall over the next 10 days perhaps this will be a wow year for much of NNE/CNE. Also glad the colors should be peaking many of the N Greens/Whites just in time for Columbus day peepers! Webcam picture from Nashville right now. They are lower and south of Stowe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 1 hour ago, wxeyeNH said: I have to get of my a** and drive up to N VT. Seems like your colors are more vibrant in general each year than areas further south. The drone video (of course not mine) is more like what I usually see down here. I would think that Pittsburg's peak would be close to yours. PF I know you are not a guy to exaggerate, so I totally belief you. With no rainfall over the next 10 days perhaps this will be a wow year for much of NNE/CNE. Also glad the colors should be peaking many of the N Greens/Whites just in time for Columbus day peepers! Webcam picture from Nashville right now. They are lower and south of Stowe Yeah that looks nothing like what I'm seeing, haha. But down in town is certainly nothing like up at the mountain. You can see even in that web cam though the red and orange hues on the Spine. Even zooming in on Mansfield, the slopes below the spruce line has a reddish hue. Once you get into the Spine there it changes rapidly. But even here in town it's further along than what's in that web cam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 23 hours ago, CoastalWx said: Great shots! Going up to the mtns this weekend. Hope for the same. Where are you heading to? We will be in Bartlett/Glen, NH for a few days. Been a couple of years since we were there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Here are a few more photos from around Stowe, but these are not mine. They are other local photogs we put up on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 14 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said: Where are you heading to? We will be in Bartlett/Glen, NH for a few days. Been a couple of years since we were there Toe tap in Storyland bathroom? Tap... tap tap..taptaptaptap tap tap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Here are three today, straight from the camera for Gene. Though I honestly don't think these do it justice. Its like neon. The camera sort of white-washes it (or should I say orange-washes it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 COC weather at Lake Willoughby today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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