backedgeapproaching

One thing i have noticed this year that is different from other years, is that in recent years the Maples in the low elevations around town and under 1k just have not looked that great for whatever reason. But man, there are some intense Reds and Oranges that are on a different level so far. 

34 minutes ago, Froude said:

You'll be fine. We're on the early side of peak, there will be plenty of leaves left and it looks like another sunny stretch next week.

Was driving around the western slopes of the Greens today and thinking the same thing. The colors are phenomenal. Seems like the trees are all synced up this year and turning at the same time. Between that and all the sunny weather it's been one of the best foliage seasons that I can remember.

We are usually behind you guys, but its already looking really good down here too, fruity pebbles color splashing the mid slopes.  I mean you cant draw up the weather any better--no wind, no rain, cool nights and sunny days.

7 hours ago, eyewall said:

Any idea how smugglers notch is doing? I am hoping I am not too late early next week.

Nice shots everyone...should be pretty good timing down here for Columbus day weekend for the peepers...got some family coming into town that has never been to VT in fall, should be a good show for them.

3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Is Phin in Randolph?

Did he get the boot from amwx? Or just suspended? 

54 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I've had that happen. I guess we'll see how the next week goes and if it slowly fills in. 

It is definitely going to green up, but there will probably be some dead spots too. Just too dry for there not to be some die off, but you will have no clue what is dead and not unless you wait a bit.

30 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

How much do folks think the Bolton valley condos @2k receive annually in snowfall .
 

My guess is Jspin would have an excellent idea and PF would as well. My guess would be 180-210” or so 

 

Thinking about grabbing one?

JSpin cocorahs average looks like 150" at 500'. So adjust accordingly up from there . I think that's Jspins home mountain and lives right there, so he would certainly be dialed in I would think. Your guess seams reasonable.

@J.Spin

@powderfreak

27 minutes ago, mreaves said:

We rescued our cat when he was like 9-10 weeks old. Tried hard to make him an indoor cat but he just never took to it. We finally made peace with the fact that at some point he probably just won’t come back. He’s gotten beaten pretty good by something twice. One time, he had a big puncture on one side of his spine and three more on the other. I think a hawk or owl grabbed him but he got loose. I don’t know how he made it back to the house. That adventure cost us almost $2000. He’s 10 or 11 now. Oh and we don’t have mice issues around the house. 

We feel the same way, knowing really any day could be the last. Ours was 3 months old when we got him. Also tried the indoor route, but just no way. 10 or 11 years old in VT is pretty nice run as an outdoor cat. 

He kills so much stuff, its kind of shocking..ha. I find random corpses around the yard all the time.

3 hours ago, tamarack said:

Less effective here, thanks to a healthy coyote population and a fair number of fishers.  Inside cats live longer.

Yea, we have that worry here too. Our cat was a barn cat and was an outside cat from the day we got him. Worst part is he loves to be out at night. 

3 hours ago, SJonesWX said:

BB gun repels them nicely

My cat is less than a year old and has easily killed 100 this summer.  Its been great..lol.

31 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Are you the Manchester station with like 8”+ this month?  Lol. That one stands out like a sore thumb.

Yep.

Just about 15" here last 2 months..lol.  That seems like an anomaly even here in VT looking at the reports though. 

16 minutes ago, Hoth said:

Rich get richer. This is ridiculous. 

What do you have past 60 days?

Just peeked at Cocorahs and there are a couple stations under 1" past 60 days in MA--Yarmouth and Harwich. A Chatham observer at .46"--that's another level of Stein.

Looks like they have got some this morning though. 

1 hour ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

There is nowhere in W MA North of I-90 that looks that green.   A few haves this summer and lots of have nots.

Seeing these pics is kind of crazy, if you made the quick drive over the border up here, you would think its the Congo or something.  

Realize that is not the norm in NE obviously and some of it is just dumb luck. Hate to even say have almost another 1" today..lol.

1 hour ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

I told him to just watch soil temps for gemination.

Right, just took a look. Still looks warm with current soil temp at 80F in the tropics down there.  

Looking at the historical graph, the averages soil temp drops quickly in September based on 5 and 10 year data.  He could probably wait, but still think he could drop soon.  But you guys have more time down there for sure.  Soil temp was 59F last year on Halloween.

https://www.greencastonline.com/tools/soil-temperature

Its go time IMO.  Like I mentioned before, it all comes down to irrigation and if you can water or your going to rely on rain alone. Thats the biggest success/fail factor.

2 hours ago, dmcginvt said:

I feel like we cant buy rain here in Waterbury Center every thing goes around us.  This is what drought feels like.  With every storm I watch the radar and everyone around me get rain.  But it's all lies because of the radar shadows.  Even btv has similar numbers to me.  I show 1.37 for the month, most real reporting stations dont show much more.  NWS need to come up with a better method for radar in the mountains.  Yes I might be influenced by ten bends right now.  NEED more Water!!!

There are a lot of cocorahs stations between 1-2" for AUG. Like you said probably just radar hallucinations and BTV radar beam. Today will put a few stations with higher end totals for AUG, prob more SVT and CVT. 

35 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

How am I supposed to tweak it in real time? I’m not following. Is it trial and error?

Not in real time, I had to manually turn the little screws/bolts a turn or so. Trial and error like you said, but get a stratus so you can compare rain events.

I would check with dendrite first before you do anything..lol.

Basically below:

• Each counterclockwise movement of the stops by one flat of the hexagon raises the stop and hence increases the rainfall recorded by the gauge by approximately 1% (per flat). So one complete revolution of the stop would cause roughly a 6% increase in recorded rainfall. (Raising the stop – ie a movement in the +ve counterclockwise direction – decreases the weight of rain needed to cause a tip of the buckets and hence a given rainfall amount generates more bucket tips and thus a higher rainfall reading);
• Each of the two stops must be adjusted by an equal amount (and obviously in the same direction);

6 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

My tipper in heavy rain is sometimes 30% less than regular gauge. They say to tweak it, but that seems tough to do?

Its really not. At least with mine which is an older model.. My Davis had 3.21" today and stratus 3.23".

Some slow movers out this way, just sitting and dumping.  2.71" and pretty much a whiteout still.

2 hours ago, backedgeapproaching said:

Also had zero clue there was any chance of storms today, then a deluge opened up while my kids were at the Manchester Rec Pool. 

Looks like .62" at home. 

1.14" 

7 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

I'm waiting on $3,250 from Masssave for my new heating/cooling system. They said up to 16 weeks, been only 1 so far so I have a wait.

Nice, that will be a sweet surprise when you get that in the mail, you will probably forget about it by the time you get it.

Mine was pretty quick, want to say 3 weeks maybe?  Probably quicker and easier in a smaller state.

Also had zero clue there was any chance of storms today, then a deluge opened up while my kids were at the Manchester Rec Pool. 

Looks like .62" at home. 

Just got back my $400 rebate check from Efficiency Vermont for the Midea ACs I bought last year.

Have to give props to @mreaves for making a post about it couple months ago.  I didn't even know it was thing until I saw that post!

Time for another Tree House run..ha.

2 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

I've just focused on the plants. Let the lawn go. Hydrangeas were great this year!

I was watering my plants a ton in June. I don't ever water my grass, too much time and effort and well is too shallow anyway.

July and Aug have been pretty decent precip wise, so kept green for the most part the past couple months.