PhineasC Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 25 minutes ago, powderfreak said: 4 years ago on this date... crazy to see the foliage compared to stick season this year. I remember this photo even made the Weather Channel thanks to Jim Cantore. Thanks for posting this. I have been trying to convince my wife that the fall colors up there aren’t usually so early and don’t last only a day. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Just now, PhineasC said: Thanks for posting this. I have been trying to convince my wife that the fall colors up there aren’t usually so early and don’t last only a day. LOL Combo of early chill and dry weather. Guarantee that next year will be later and last longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 I gotta say it's maybe a little earlier here (quite colorful too), but nothing too crazy. Maples dropping quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 minute ago, CoastalWx said: I gotta say it's maybe a little earlier here (quite colorful too), but nothing too crazy. Maples dropping quickly. Yeah, it kinda rattled her cage a little that the leaves changed seemingly overnight and then promptly fell off the trees. Then it rained a ton, then it snowed. LOL A great intro to the North Country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 8 minutes ago, PhineasC said: Yeah, it kinda rattled her cage a little that the leaves changed seemingly overnight and then promptly fell off the trees. Then it rained a ton, then it snowed. LOL A great intro to the North Country. She ain't seen nothing yet. She'll be crying for mamma by Christmas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Phin, you should get a couple of snow mobiles if you can. You may as well enjoy winter activities up there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Phin, you should get a couple of snow mobiles if you can. You may as well enjoy winter activities up there. Will there be snow? Tough to ride on grass in a warm dry winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 12 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: Will there be snow? Tough to ride on grass in a warm dry winter Makes Tolland look like Key West. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Respect the door tomorrow. Gonna be wedge city in many areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Respect the door tomorrow. Gonna be wedge city in many areas. Where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Just now, Damage In Tolland said: Where? I think a lot of places to be honest. NAM doors most of SNE. Maybe it clears in aftn down by you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: I think a lot of places to be honest. NAM doors most of SNE. Maybe it clears in aftn down by you? Suns coming out now. It’s muggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 44 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Phin, you should get a couple of snow mobiles if you can. You may as well enjoy winter activities up there. Yeah build an X-Games moto track in that field out front for the kids on their skidoos. That’s the way to go. Brap brap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 hour ago, CoastalWx said: Combo of early chill and dry weather. Guarantee that next year will be later and last longer. Yeah that early freeze really shortened the season....it may not have muted the colors too much, but it definitely helped the leaves change early and then fall off quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 15 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: Yeah that early freeze really shortened the season....it may not have muted the colors too much, but it definitely helped the leaves change early and then fall off quickly. I figured it was the drought up here that caused the early color and quick drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 hour ago, PhineasC said: Yeah, it kinda rattled her cage a little that the leaves changed seemingly overnight and then promptly fell off the trees. Then it rained a ton, then it snowed. LOL A great intro to the North Country. You ought to sign up for KevMA's snow table so we can see if your total competes with Alex and J.Spin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 I thought the 10/7 storm was responsible for a lot of the leaves coming down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 minute ago, tamarack said: You ought to sign up for KevMA's snow table so we can see if your total competes with Alex and J.Spin. Since I will not be there all the time in the winter I planned to just defer to the CoCoRaHS guy up the road and add my local take when I am there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 27 minutes ago, mahk_webstah said: I figured it was the drought up here that caused the early color and quick drop. Both are inhibiting factors to the length of the season. Severe drought really helps mute the colors too, though the drought wasn't that bad up there compared to some spots down in SE MA/CT/RI. 8 minutes ago, MaineJayhawk said: I thought the 10/7 storm was responsible for a lot of the leaves coming down Definitely helps to have a windy rainstorm, though a lot of places were already passing peak by that point in NNE which made it easier to drop the leaves. Down here, we weren't quite at peak yet, so we still had plenty of leaves afterward even though we lost plenty of branches during the derecho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 51F Light rain showers. .10" with light showers this morning. We are in and out of low clouds Drove to Franconia Notch 2 days ago. White Mountains are now basically bare. Oaks are peaking here right now. Foliage started extremely early but then stalled and now Oaks are about on schedule for peaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 I wonder if it's a combination of factors... I've read that both seasonal daylight/solar dimming triggers the evacuation of Chlor. ... which is green pigmentation, and that exposes the others ... those being xanthophylls, carotenoids and anthocyanins which are the yellow and oranges..reds... And these are awesome when they are in combination as you get some orangy-reds and saffrons hues etc. But, also cold ... I wonder what the physics of each is though - obviously, temperature and daylight have a plausible physical relationship - it tends to be 'warmer' during the day ( for example) so it is logical to assume that a seasonal hemispheric loss of insolation would lead to cooling so duh. Also, I've never read that dry antecedent growing conditions parlay to colors very well ..in fact, the opposite - but ... as far as the others, we seem to have had both. The early cool nights.. But the light part: my personal suspicion is that smoke may have been involved. I personally noted that the sugar maples here in town started flashing over to orange and yellows toward the tail end of that continental smoke phenomenon, but ... we had not yet endured any kind of nocturnal range of temperatures that were substantively low. Some species were triggered at/along my latitude here in SNE that may not have been associated to cooling. interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said: Will there be snow? Tough to ride on grass in a warm dry winter You're going hard with the no winter vibe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 9 minutes ago, Cold Miser said: You're going hard with the no winter vibe. That’s my feeling this year. I think December maybe only semi wintry month. Hopefully wrong 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 34 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said: 51F Light rain showers. .10" with light showers this morning. We are in and out of low clouds Drove to Franconia Notch 2 days ago. White Mountains are now basically bare. Oaks are peaking here right now. Foliage started extremely early but then stalled and now Oaks are about on schedule for peaking. the oaks (at least up there) seem to be very red this year.. Normally they just turn brown and fall off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: That’s my feeling this year. I think December maybe only semi wintry month. Hopefully wrong You’ve been going ratter every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Just now, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: You’ve been going ratter every year. Not at all. Some years I’m all in for big big like Ginx , Ray etc. Last couple haven’t seen anything to indicate that and was more or less correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Nice rainstorm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Halloween on genny's in CNE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 19 minutes ago, MJO812 said: Nice rainstorm Too late, I would prefer a warm dry stretch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Partly sunny low 60s, not a bad day. I can see the heavier cloud line to the north over S VT. Foliage is still cranking pretty good here, it has been a colorful two weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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