Hitman Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 There’s a Brooke that runs by my house before entering into a lake and I can gauge the amount of rain from it. It’s been continuously high for awhile now. There have been times like after Floyd in 99 where it got higher (and actually rearranged the landscape quite a bit), but it has been flowing good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 43/37 right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 More rain :sigh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasiluvsnow Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 well,,,I just did it turned on the heat for the first time this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 my older brother reported snow at at 4500Ft at snow shoe this morning. bernie sanders get with bern...feel the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 On 10/13/2018 at 5:53 AM, gravitylover said: More rain :sigh: Looks like tomorrow is the last hurrah for the every-other-day rain cycle for a while. It'll be sorely missed I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Gorilla Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 48 minutes ago, Juliancolton said: Looks like tomorrow is the last hurrah for the every-other-day rain cycle for a while. It'll be sorely missed I'm sure. Yeah really. My heart is sinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Gorilla Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 With an east based modiki weak El Nino, if I am not mistaken to be projected, this winter upcoming should be interesting around these parts. But I am ready for anything, really. Just never know anymore despite historical analogues and autumn trends. Rapid snow buildup in Canada is intriguing. How it flipped from tropical warmth for such a long period to cool and crisp, almost like a switch. North American weather fluctuations never cease to fascinate, especially this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 12 hours ago, Juliancolton said: Looks like tomorrow is the last hurrah for the every-other-day rain cycle for a while. It'll be sorely missed I'm sure. I sure hope so. While it has been "fascinating" to watch the last 7 months it sure will be nice to wake up to blue skies and want to spend the day outside. Today is ultra gloomy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 1 hour ago, gravitylover said: I sure hope so. While it has been "fascinating" to watch the last 7 months it sure will be nice to wake up to blue skies and want to spend the day outside. Today is ultra gloomy Good waterfall day. Heading out to tour some falls in the berks as soon as I get done with the morning's email slog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 8 hours ago, Juliancolton said: It’s still lame around here, no improvement this week. I’m hoping that the green trees that are still left may put on a show soon but there’s a lot of leaves down already. Some of the best sugar maples around here are very dull this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Made it down to 33 this morning as the temp took a nose dive just before dawn, still no frost IMBY. Could be one of those years where the first frost and freeze occur at the same time for me, like tomorrow morning. We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 35 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: Made it down to 33 this morning as the temp took a nose dive just before dawn, still no frost IMBY. Could be one of those years where the first frost and freeze occur at the same time for me, like tomorrow morning. We shall see. Just checked my stats, my average First Frost date is 10/17 and the average First Freeze Date is 10/26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 4 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: It’s still lame around here, no improvement this week. I’m hoping that the green trees that are still left may put on a show soon but there’s a lot of leaves down already. Some of the best sugar maples around here are very dull this season. I'm not sure what's duller, the foliage or those of us who actively track foliage changes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 2 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: Made it down to 33 this morning as the temp took a nose dive just before dawn, still no frost IMBY. Could be one of those years where the first frost and freeze occur at the same time for me, like tomorrow morning. We shall see. 33° for me as well.. 23 minutes ago, Juliancolton said: I'm not sure what's duller, the foliage or those of us who actively track foliage changes... Whats the deal with the pitiful foliage this year? Early heat/humidity maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 I think it's the very wet late season and accompanying warm soil temps and the lack of cool nights to start the trees producing the sugars that create the vivid colors. I think it's a similar process to how Maples are better sap producers in the spring when it's warm days and cold nights. Lets see if the trees that are still summer green turn rapidly now, especially after the next two nights, and if they get vivid or just fade away. I'd say that it's well over half of the trees in the suburban neighborhoods by me are still summer/late summer green while ~35% turned and have dropped/are dropping their leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 20 minutes ago, snywx said: 33° for me as well.. Whats the deal with the pitiful foliage this year? Early heat/humidity maybe? IMO, the early heat has nothing to do with it, the endless dews up until last week is having a huge effect. That combined with all of the precip over the past few months is no good for foliage. You need drier conditions all around, especially later in the season leading up to October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 From what I've studied out of personal curiosity, there's evidence that temperature has almost no effect on the onset of chlorophyll degradation. Anthocyanin production is thought to increase with sunlight in the final couple weeks of the leaf abscission process, and so the cloudy first half of climo fall was presumably a major factor in the lack of red and deep orange colors. To get yellow and rust hues, you want carotenoids already present in the leaf to break down more slowly than the masking chlorophyll, but I believe that timeline can be skewed by excess moisture. It also doesn't help that we keep getting strong wind events and pelting rainstorms to mechanically knock off leaves before color can build to any sort of crescendo. The normally vivid sugar maples by my pond are bare on top and green on the bottom, which is basically the terrain in microcosm... I hiked the Escarpment Trail the other day and noticed that it was stick season toward the summit of KHP, while Kaaterskill Clove had barely seen any change at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 It's almost comical. First pic is 10/15/15, second is today, 10/18/18 across the street from me... same camera, lens, exposure settings, and white balance to ensure a fair comparison. Time of day is off by two hours so today's photo is a hair brighter, but you get the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Ok so not temp but hours of sunlight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I'm seeing a little more color around now but my yard itself is hideous. https://www.recordonline.com/news/20181021/regions-fall-foliage-season-is-mostly-dud-so-far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Yeah, the color is improving a bit. It won't be a blockbuster but at least it doesn't look like drought conditions in August anymore. It was in the U20s this morning and I still had to pull ticks off when I got home. McMurdo Station sounds nicer all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Hopefully today's mow is the last for the year. Cords start going down next week so not sure I have much choice either way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 26 minutes ago, Juliancolton said: Hopefully today's mow is the last for the year. Cords start going down next week so not sure I have much choice either way I mowed today as well and wondered the same thing but I may have to mulch the remaining leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 #boring. Got a few leaves down from this “storm”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Yeah lotsa leaves down. I have a couple of good sized branches down but they were rotten and just needed a good breeze to bring them down anyway and it looks like ~.7" of rain so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Up to 40 degrees now, .66 in the bucket. It’s raw out but a run off the mill rain storm around here. A perfect day to watch football all day...well...I was going to do that anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Up to .86” with steady light rain, lots of low level moisture not showing on radar today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Extra special nice today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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