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9 hours ago, wxeyeNH said:

Nice warm low of 40F up here on the hill.  It will probably be a couple more weeks up here before I get a killing frost.  Seems like the lowlands have to score mid 20's and then I'll eek out a 32F.

Definate change in the leaves begining.   

Alex, what was your low?  Im getting an error message when I check into your station.

27.9F. Not much lower than the previous freeze which was 28 and change. Not sure what’s going on with wunderground, it gives on and off error messages. Seems to be working now!

27.9 here

Down to 36 here

Just hit 39.9. Gonna be a chilly one!

Took the drone up a couple of days ago. Things are definitely changing pretty quickly. 

PS: house on the bottom right is for sale if anybody is interested

Speaking of weenie spots, stopped by for lunch at the new Glen House hotel in Pinkham Notch. Hotel is a bit too modern for my taste but can't beat the setting. 

1 hour ago, MBRI said:

anywhere near a snowmobile trail?

Yes, it's off of Base Station Road, across from the service entrance to the Mount Washington Hotel. I believe Corridor 11 goes right by there

Just got a new house into our rental program. This is the view. So stunning!

On 9/15/2018 at 10:42 AM, Typhoon Tip said:

Indirectly related to the present discussion...

My biggest concern with this Florence handling has been the Media's portrayal. 

The cinema they produce is staggering ... I mean, the 'calculated' adjective rotations they ply to 'jolt' the masses into following along ...turns these sort of specters into cash-cows for them. Call it 'cry wolf' phenomenon... it just gets saturating to the point of being jaded by them. 'Oh, right - 'nother one of those.'

I hate that...

However (ironically) if those uncertainties in intensities (and however much that also pertains to track guidance... et al) are as enigmatic (which may be too strong of a word in its own rite) as y'all are elaborating... I guess the bias on the 'over-sell' side is probably got a hidden blessing to it.  Like, if society and media et al wait around to clear up uncertainties, it would be too late in most cases; then, ...we are talking about the difference between death and perhaps mere inconvenience for having gone through a prep course proven less than necessary -

Therein is a deeper rub, too - that 'unnecessary'   - because, it is necessary until it is proven not, is too often forgotten when peering back at the end result - which of course is less than entirely fair. 

In any case, getting folks to board up windows and chain their eaves, pick up lose lawn flotsam ...generally secure property and or evacuate, I almost wonder if that should just be built into a region's sort of prerequisite requirement for living there - in an ideal world, I'm sure that people that live from Long Island, NY to Brownsville, TX within some 50 nautical miles of the shore, would just accept that every five to ten years of climo they're taking a few days off from normal life whether they want to or not, and just roll with that. 

Until such time as those uncertainties become less guiding -

Interesting that I've been in that boat for the first time in my life. Living on a flood plain, I have to accept it's going to happen. Last time it was 6" of rain in 12 hours that did it. I'm sure many would not put up with the idea that every 10 years or so your house will be inundated... But as long as you're safe, it's manageable. Our main issue was the power outage which affected the whole region for 4 or 5 days. Other than that, I was somewhat surprised that we were able to go from a completely flooded lower level - 3 feet of water or so - to completely back to normal in less than a week. 

43/80 yesterday and 41/81 today. May not feel like fall but this weather is hard to beat. 

8 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Another week of torch and dews . Leaves are already weeks behind 

 

I don't know. They are changing quite rapidly here, seems pretty much on schedule. The 28F a few days ago should definitely help too

6 hours ago, tamarack said:

Yesterday's 32 ended the growing season here at 112 days - May 19 had last 32 or below.  21-year mean is 115, median 113.  The May frost was 5 days ahead of average, Sept. 8 days ahead.  Last year 1st frost was Sept. 2 then we didn't get another until the 29th.  There's a chance that this morning might be the last one this month.

Don't know what my mean is but it would be 78 days for us. Those poor plant's gotta hurry

4 hours ago, wxeyeNH said:

Sorry Alex.   I see you scored a 29.8F.   I was almost going to respond to your post last night that I didn't think you would get a killing frost/freeze.  The high cirrus have been pesky and I thought that might save you.  So what was your growing season?  Third week of June to Sept 8th?   Cold in my house this AM but not going to start the stove or heat.  Nice warm low of 43F for me.

Last freezing temp was 32 on June 22, followed by 36 on July 19 (probably light frost then? Seems so long ago, can't remember and  can't believe it got that cold in mid July lol)

I need to check... Something like that. 29.8 is not awful, everything I have out is somewhat hardy. Shouldn't be anything more than leaf damage

Down to 32.9 already. Grr

Our forecast calls for a low of 32, and we are generally a few degrees cooler when it's a radiational cooling situation. My plants are screwed. Gene wanna take a ride up and cover them???

36 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Yeah it is fascinating that we could see some scattered frost around with dews in the 30s on Saturday and lows in the 30s on Sunday morning...then be humid and damp by like Monday afternoon.

"A secondary push of cooler air and daytime planetary boundary layer mixing should drop 2-M dewpoints into the 30s for Saturday afternoon, so definitely an autumn feel to the air mass for the weekend. Looking for high temperatures mainly in the low-mid 60s for Saturday afternoon. Saturday night will feature lows in the low- mid 40s, except in the 30s across central/ern Vermont and in the nrn Adirondack region. Anticipate a low of 32f or so at kslk and Island Pond with patchy frost in the northern Adirondacks and Vermont's Northeast Kingdom."

I left for a trip to Seattle/Northern Idaho and won't be back till Tuesday... So I think we are guaranteed a frost since I left the plants out

My August stats

Doesn't really qualify for foliage yet, but certainly lots of change in our area. Won't be long...

Down to 48. Love this weather. 

Down to 52 here. Getting close to having to turn the heat on! I noticed today that the trees are no longer the uniform deep green, and you can start seeing more muted greens and somewhat orangish hues mixed in on the tops. It's coming! 

13 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

We were near BW/ the Mount Washington hotel on Sunday and spotted a healthy female bear frolicking with three cubs.  So awesome

There’s one with 3 cubs that’s been hanging around my yard. They’re awesome to watch. We see them almost every day. Most of our renters love seeing, then a few weeks ago some idiot sent me an angry email saying “the bears gotta go.” Some people’s stupidity is beyond words. Especially when you consider my “yard” is a sliver of private land surrounded by the Ammonoosuc river and National Forest. 

Might be that I just got back from florida but it feels like fall here. 51/51

Question. My grill is just getting destroyed by the bears. This morning I found it in pieces dragged off the deck, even though I had let it burn, cleaned and removed the grease pan. Any tricks that might keep those little buggers away before it's destroyed? There's a mommy with 3 cubs that seems to have taken up residence at my house and some males roam the area quite a bit too... They are relentless 

1 hour ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Anyone here have sling tv or any other streaming type services? 

We priced out cable for our condo today and it came to about 150$ which we can’t afford and don’t really want to pay that price anyway.

Im basically interested in live sports and things like that, which supposedly sling offers.

Thoughts?

 

wed also have to get internet somewhere as well 

Yep. We use Roku with Direct TV Now. YouTube TV us also a good option as others have mentioned. In reality though the service we use the most is Hulu