CapturedNature

First average trace for me is 11/7, measurable it's 11/17.

Weeks? https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KCTBROOK13/table/2019-10-31/2019-10-31/monthly Prior to this morning it's been 8 days since I've had a low in the 50s. Prior to that I have to go back to early October. Are you on a hill top?

Those things are the worst. I had a swarm "attack" my truck one year. It took a pressure washer to get rid of them. There must have been thousands of them and even when I went down the road they just seemed to crawl into cracks and crevices.

We're getting there. We have pockets of sticks here too. The colorful oaks help keep some of the color alive but the maples, birches, etc. are fading very fast. What I find interesting this time of year is how it's a reverse of spring. In the spring the forest floor or smaller vegetation starts greening up and then the trees. In the fall it seems like the trees turn and then the bushes, grass, etc.

Here's some additional photos from the past couple of weeks. Most of these were taken over in Union.

This is kind of foliage related as I planned on doing a hyperlapse of walking through the woods this past weekend with the foliage in the woods as I picked up one of my game cameras but it turned out to be cloudy and not as many leaves were falling after the storm and I had to deal with dropped branches (one large one shows up in the video) but I thought I would share: This other one is a day to night timelapse that I did a couple of weeks ago. I love how the colors brightened right before it got dark.

Norwegian maple leafs have the same shape as sugar maple leafs. Sugar maples typically turn before oaks (even in the valley) so it's surprising that they would be turning at the same time. You probably have some of the latest foliage in New England.

That's gotta be a Norwegian Maple - a tree that's become invasive. It blooms earlier and stays green later than native species.

This will keep some people up during a storm. Tree limb crashes through the roof and look where it landed...

Different pockets of damage around here. There are areas where there's just leaves down but other places with lots of trees and wires down. The wind hit different areas differently. As I was driving to work I expected more damage at the higher elevations but only saw it at lower elevations in the valley.

Yeah, that's why I invested in a DSLR to shoot raw images and for better video quality. With raw you can correct the exposure as well as the color balance. I'm trying to improve my skills for nature channel on YouTube so I've gone back to SLR (OK - DSLR) photography and am learning the art of editing raw files. It's not easy but I can tell the quality difference in still pictures and video. You just have to have the right equipment (and eye!).

Sunday 11/3/2002 we did. There was an early morning snow shower here...do you have your decades mixed up?

Yeah, it's coming along nicely. If you're looking for some reds, try Hurds Lake (Camp Aya Po) on Camp Road. There's some nice reds there. If you come up Stafford Road to get there, there's some red/orange around Hampden Road.

Some really nice pockets of colors now, especially in the hills. I would say that we are closing in on a peak within the next few days. Some of those people two weeks ago calling for a blah season were wrong...it's really come on nicely since then.

Foliage is coming along here in this corner of Connecticut. Here are some pictures from late this afternoon when the sun came out.

I've brought this up before but the City of Boston is taking a survey right now on a master plan for the Common. If enough people mention having a weather station there, they'd have to look into it: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BostonCommonMasterPlan Here's your chance!

I love the maple leaf...lol

Yes they do. You might want to look at the Fargo metro area. It has about 230,000 people. That's just the Fargo area. Let's not forget South Dakota, portions of Canada and Minnesota. The point was the people are blowing off a significant weather event just because of where it is. It doesn't make it any less different in my mind.

Not really. They still have places where 200K+ people live that will be impacted.

lol...you said that people in ND know how to handle winter weather. I replied by saying that so do people in New England. Is that clear enough?

Have you guys ever been out there? There's lots of trees in towns and communities where people live. Just because there are huge open areas doesn't mean that there aren't trees in town or surrounding peoples towns.

Just like people and officials in New England. What if Southbury was expecting 2' of snow on 10/8?

Just like here but 2' is still impressive and the date adds to the impact.

I don't think that many have been through a Plains blizzard. They make Nor'easters look like a little snow event with the drifting, visibility and temperatures. It's still an impressive event. I just find it ironic that the same people that cheer on such events shrug their shoulders just because of where it's happening. They all know that if it was happening here and there was a rain/line that it wouldn't be population density that would make it interesting but the fact they got 2' of snow. Must just be jealousy...

Sure but when does population density determine how impressive a weather event is? I think there were a handful of people on top of Mount Washington when they recorded the 231MPH wind. Does that make it less impressive because of it's impact to humanity? Is it because it's North Dakota and not Montana or some other "cooler" state?