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Just now, backedgeapproaching said:

Betting the house on the over for 24mph max gust here.

BTV shows that slim sliver of 40-50 gusts. ALY just didn't seem to get that detailed with it

 

I might just lose the 4 leaves we have left...

Sneaky cold tonight. Already down to 28. 

One more

By the way interesting that Pinkham Notch is about a week or so behind Bretton Woods even at similar elevation. Not sure why. 

Past peak here, but still great on the other side of the notch heading towards Wildcat. Took a ride up the gondola there today. Mobbed but worth it. 

We have definitely moved past peak here. Lots of bare trees starting to show. Such a fleeting but beautiful season! Will head into Conway this weekend. It was still pretty green just over a week ago so it should be quite good now

So much Diane talk, her ears must be ringing! I should clarify, she hasn't officially accepted yet but we are definitely interested. She is currently on her way to Mass then we should be able to meet over the next several days to make things official. It will be fun to have another weenie in the area, so we can go from me JSpin and PF to 4 when we talk about never ending flurries.

Watch this be the year we get nothing!

3 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

Di working for Alex?

I'll let her give her update

She should literally be on her way out of the oven - I mean, TN, right now so not sure how much time she has for checking in!

38 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

This is absolute peak right now.  It's almost like the 2" of rainfall the other day reinvigorated it... it just went apeshit today.

The forest was on absolute fire in today's sunshine.

Vermont is hard to beat for foliage.  Today was awe-inspiring to be out hiking around.  It is hard to comprehend that 1,000's of acres of forest can just be bright red and orange.

Had the same observation today. The reds seem to have really popped today, it was simply stunning. My mom who’s been visiting had a similar observation as the yours - she said it’s incredible to have just miles and miles of bright red and orange trees, and with the low clouds and fog banks this morning it really looked like the forest was on fire. 

3 hours ago, MaineJayhawk said:

Was up in your neck of the woods for sunrise today @alex. Not quite peak in the Notch but def is above it.

Nice shot! 

We lost a lot of reds here, but still nice. 

Just now, powderfreak said:

35F on the car arriving home after dinner.

Feels cold for 8:45pm.

We are currently hosting a wedding on property. The tent has sides but still, I would not want to be standing around out there at 31 degrees in early October. It feels way colder than it does later in the year

31. Brr

Temp tanking here. Already down to 33

25 and lots of frost

10 minutes ago, dendrite said:

It can be tricky. I've seen HIE/BML start a night at like 40/40, clear out, and stay calm. Then they procede to fall to something like 25/25 before finally succumbing to freezing fog. Lower els can tap into colder dews that drain down into the valleys as hill/mtn surfaces radiate. If I see MWN running very dry in the evening despite a near saturated start at those sites I always figure they'll radiate like mad anyway. It seems to be difficult to "fog out" once you get into the mid 20s too unless you're near a body of water or have laying water handing around. I mean, how often do we see fog with temps below 20F? Only the most extreme rad pits seem to do that. Diamond dust is pretty rare south of NNE too.

But yeah, minus continued advection overnight, the afternoon dewpoint is a good estimate. If you're confident you're going to see radiational cooling MOS can be tough to beat too.

Speaking of fog, my kid now goes to school in "HIE" and I've been surprised by how much fog they get! Almost every morning. 

3 minutes ago, dendrite said:

The positive is that the marshes that haven't dried up tend to radiate really well.

I don't think mosquitoes really die at exactly 32F anyway. As you get colder and colder they're more likely to go dormant. I think our more northern species produce glycerol in freezing temps which can help prevent their cells from freezing. It works a bit like tardigrades.

I can attest to that. We still has SOME mosquitoes after 27F mornings. Not nearly as many, but some. 

In related news, what a raw day here. Feels like a prelude to upslope if it were a tad warmer - currently 43/39, gray sky, wind howling. It's coming...

2 hours ago, wxeyeNH said:

Things must have really changed fast this past week since Alex's pic's on the Kanc show great color.  Franconia Notch was so green last Friday.  Columbus weekend comes very late this year so most of the peak will be gone in the mountains especially if we get a heavy rain event on Monday.   Next week looks to have peak in my area of Central NH.   GFS has a fropa next weekend with more rain to screw up Columbus weekend.  That will take down more leaves.  

Does anyone know how busy it is going through Franconia Notch on a peak color weekend?   Is it stop and go or does it move along.  Probably worth a 40 minute ride up

The Notch is not too bad. It's the Kanc that's out of control. But the notch doesn't really get great colors, there's not a lot of maples, mostly beech

Awful. 

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

Congrats north country.

What in the world is that goblin thing right over my location???

Holy storms. Lots of lightning. 1.02" so far

26 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

No idea but to me, most cameras do not capture fall foliage accurately.  They can't figure out the vibrant colors and widely different colors.  Everything tends to blend to a muted look.

I posted above a comparison of my iPhone's version vs Canon's version. 

All I know is at the ski area, just like my wife's frustration today, the vast majority of guests visiting and taking photos of the foliage end up taking a bunch of photos and then say "wow, my camera just can't do this justice.  It looks so mundane when in real life it is magical."

Works for us in the tourism industry. The message is... Just come see it. 

54 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

I was in Nebraska Notch area of Stowe today and the Lake Mansfield Trout Club....wow that whole area was real vivid.  

My wife was getting very frustrated that her iPhone 10 couldn’t accurately depict the vivid colors (I was shocked at how bad the color was on her phone photos, lesson learned cell phones not good at showing real life color), but luckily I had my 7D with me as always.

I have the same issue with iPhone 10. I look at the hills and I'm like - man that's gorgeous. Then I take a picture and it looks like the foliage from 3 weeks ago. I'd love to understand why, I thought it was supposed to be a great camera

A frosty 31 degrees here. Diane is ready.