WxUSAF Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Most of the maples have at least some color here and even some of the other trees are starting to show a hint. I think the cool late August/early September gave things a bit of a head start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 My neighbor has 2 oaks in his front yard and they have dropped enough leaves that you could actually rake a pile if you wanted to. It does seem a bit early looking at the maples in the hood. Some that are in shaded areas are almost half red already. Seems unusual but days are a blur every year so I honeslty don't have a mental benchmark on when it normally gets going like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 This year definitely started early, but it's stalled over the past week or so. From what I've read, the weather this year has been great in the metro area for good fall color. Plenty of rain through the summer, and then sunny and dry is what I think makes for a banner year. As long as we don't get an extended stretch of wet weather, we should have a better than average year. i say that, but every year seems pretty good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 We seem about a 10 days early so far this year. Let's see if the trend continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Maybe a hint of color here and there, but man the trees are dropping their nuts, in bunches. That didn't sound right.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 There's been plenty of color on quite a few maples for a couple weeks in my 'hood. A bunch of neighbors have flowering cherry trees (kwanzan maybe?), and they've been nearly leafless for the last 10-15 days. Pretty amazing. Oaks are also dropping leaves. And then, of course, you've got the ubiquitous massive beech trees that both neighbors have. These things drop crap into my yard all year round, and now it's those annoying little prickly seed cases that are beginning to fall. POSs get stuck in everything. I love trees, and those beeches are beautiful and majestic, but if I could annihilate them from my neighbors' yards in one fell swoop, I would. So annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 4 hours ago, C.A.P.E. said: Maybe a hint of color here and there, but man the trees are dropping their nuts, in bunches. That didn't sound right.. One of my oaks dropped like crazy this year. Others were minor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Definitely early. Lots of color out this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Minimal color here. Maximum acorn bombardment continues though. This can only mean one thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showmethesnow Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Just now, C.A.P.E. said: Minimal color here. Maximum acorn bombardment continues though. This can only mean one thing! The squirrels will be happy and fat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Just now, showmethesnow said: The squirrels will be happy and fat? Exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Went up through Monterey, VA and across 250 to Elkins, WV the other day, LOTS of color above 3500 foot, probably close to peak! Changing here, mostly Maples, but Hickory's and Poplars are turning in last couple days too. Agree on the nuts, Oaks are LOADED this year and dropping like crazy. For those into 'the signs' the wooly worms I've seen this year are solid black with a thin (1/8") stripe on each end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Left Maryland on the 20th and there was a twinge of color on the small maples at BWI. Nada here in Florida although I suppose nothing every drops it's leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 This weather feels not great for bringing out the best fall color, unless you are looking for brown leaves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Eskimo Joe said: Left Maryland on the 20th and there was a twinge of color on the small maples at BWI. Nada here in Florida although I suppose nothing every drops it's leaves. I'm honestly surprised that there's no leaf color in Florida in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 Dry weather and heat has really nuked the colors it seems to me. What is turning is mostly brown and just falling already. A few typically beautiful maples in my neighborhood have fairly minimal color for this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 1 minute ago, WxUSAF said: Dry weather and heat has really nuked the colors it seems to me. What is turning is mostly brown and just falling already. A few typically beautiful maples in my neighborhood have fairly minimal color for this time of year. Yeah. Seems the good track we were on kinda broke apart. I've noticed a lot of brown from the heat also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpc Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 This week, especially the last 3 days, have really taken the life out of the color. The reds are brown now. The wild grasses and vines, shrubs, all brown. Its too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Three weeks ago I was certain this would be a banner year and that the only thing that might mess it up would be too much rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 28 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said: Three weeks ago I was certain this would be a banner year and that the only thing that might mess it up would be too much rain. lol yeah. I said the same thing. Thats how we roll though. Not much of anything for a solid month now. Watering the new grass every other day is getting tiresome. The acorn barrage continues. Cant recall anything like this in recent memory- and for some odd reason I have not seen a damn squirrel in weeks. On another subject, have you tried the new WWS from Dogfish? Oak aged with vanilla bean. Sipping one now. So good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 1 hour ago, C.A.P.E. said: lol yeah. I said the same thing. Thats how we roll though. Not much of anything for a solid month now. Watering the new grass every other day is getting tiresome. The acorn barrage continues. Cant recall anything like this in recent memory- and for some odd reason I have not seen a damn squirrel in weeks. On another subject, have you tried the new WWS from Dogfish? Oak aged with vanilla bean. Sipping one now. So good. Whoa! No, I haven't even seen that yet. Might have to go check out the selection up the street at my two stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 8 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said: Whoa! No, I haven't even seen that yet. Might have to go check out the selection up the street at my two stores. This one is about the same abv as the original WWS, a bit less, at 17%. Lol, still BIG. The overall notes shift a bit from dark fruit, as you can taste a bit more chocolate and of course the vanilla. This sucker will only get better with age too. I will never manage to let it happen though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 4 hours ago, C.A.P.E. said: lol yeah. I said the same thing. Thats how we roll though. Not much of anything for a solid month now. Watering the new grass every other day is getting tiresome. The acorn barrage continues. Cant recall anything like this in recent memory- and for some odd reason I have not seen a damn squirrel in weeks. On another subject, have you tried the new WWS from Dogfish? Oak aged with vanilla bean. Sipping one now. So good. I would struggle to go 15 minutes outside my house without seeing a squirrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 1 minute ago, WxUSAF said: I would struggle to go 15 minutes outside my house without seeing a squirrel. Same here normally. I am totally in the woods. I usually see squirrels all the time. Really odd those suckers have pretty much disappeared lately, with all these acorns falling. I blame the return of the stink bugs. Coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Pretty sure my dog ate a chipmunk yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 On 10/6/2017 at 9:25 PM, C.A.P.E. said: Same here normally. I am totally in the woods. I usually see squirrels all the time. Really odd those suckers have pretty much disappeared lately, with all these acorns falling. I blame the return of the stink bugs. Coincidence? I'd say you've got hawks close by getting fattened up themselves. Ditto on the acorns, most I've seen in probably last 5 or 6 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Not expecting much in the way of true fall color --- waaaaaaaaaaaay too dry. Tomorrow night's storms will fizzle east of the mountains, just a couple femtometers of drizzle then a big wind shift and Fall begins FINALLY! We'll see lots rain come late Dec, Jan, Feb, March. I will be so happy to see the rain that I will never ever be buried in WxWatcher's weather weenie cemetery lol. I'll end up burying HIM lmao! I've got one hell of a badass digging shovel lol. All that rain we will get will make the digging so much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Has anyone been out to Harper's Ferry? What's the color looking like out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpc Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Was around Harper's Ferry yesterday...MEH. Still looks 10 days/2 weeks until peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Just awful around here this year so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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