CapturedNature

2 minutes ago, Minenfeld! said:

For me, the biggest issue has been the low temperatures being in the 50s for what feels like weeks.

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?

7 hours ago, dryslot said:

I have some of those too, But these are far worse, Box Elder beetles, They like taking up residence in your residence for winter...........

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.

12 hours ago, powderfreak said:

You have to start looking now to find leaves on trees.

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.

On 10/17/2019 at 5:13 PM, Sugarloaf1989 said:

Actually they are Sugar Maple's, my neighbors Silver Maple is just starting to turn gold. My neighborhood is late with Fall foliage.

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.

2 hours ago, Sugarloaf1989 said:

Some foliage loss here, but my oak is gold in color and I still have a few Maple's that are fully leafed and green.

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.

2 hours ago, eyewall said:

It is tough to capture it accurately without manual settings as cameras will tend to autocorrect the white balance to values that are too cold which dulls the leaf colors a lot. 

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.

2 hours ago, Juliancolton said:

Another factor conspiring against foliage photography is that most applications use small color spaces which leave out a lot of the dark oranges and reds. ProPhoto RGB is pretty good, but not many people are shooting RAW and then fiddling with color space during export, and even fewer people have devices that can display anywhere close to that range. Even in 2019 it's hard to beat a properly exposed print from color negative film for foliage scenes.

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!).

2 hours ago, weathafella said:

Didn’t we have one in 2012 or 2013?  A snowy Sunday morning 11/2?

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

12 hours ago, Sugarloaf1989 said:

I did the drive yesterday to Stafford Springs, really beautiful foliage color along 190 in Stafford and Stafford Springs. Primarily yellow and gold. Better fall color than in my travels in Vermont. I'd say it's peak in that location. Best foliage around here since 2016.

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.

9 hours ago, mreaves said:

Must be fake pics. I heard all was lost for foliage in all of SNE. 

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.

39 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Let’s just start a petition to get NWS to move the official WeatherStation to Boston Common.

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!

1 minute ago, Ginx snewx said:

I need to add a bunch more, maybe next week.  I have ideas. Just need to find some emojis

I love the maple leaf...lol

5 hours ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

No, they don’t. Most populated is Fargo at 105k which may miss out on the biggest totals anyway. Maybe if you combine all the people in END that will have difficulty by sleeping in and not having to go into work, you may reach 200k. 

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.

1 minute ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

They do as do we but we deal with much more obstruction ie more difficult infrastructure, population, and geography (to start) so such a storm would have a significantly higher impact for us...no matter how well we prepare. Comparing us to them is silly. Is that clear enough?

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

13 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Huh? What does any of what you say have to do with ND....

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?

3 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Yup, thank you. Wiz is off the deep end worried about tree foliage on one tree in the middle of a 20 acre farmland.  

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.

4 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

People and officials in ND know how to handle winter weather. 

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

1 minute ago, purduewx80 said:

i am in no way saying it isn't interesting meteorologically, but they are used to having blizzards. happens nearly every year, usually multiple times.

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

3 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

I highly doubt they're ready for what could be upwards of 2 feet of snow in eastern ND. Just b/c the population density isn't as high as out this way doesn't mean its any less impactful to humanity...temperatures below-freezing, high winds, low wind chills...thankfully this is the weekend, but I doubt they are fully prepared for winter weather yet...let alone 2 feet of snow. 

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...

Just now, purduewx80 said:

it matters in terms of impacts to humanity.

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?

4 hours ago, purduewx80 said:

lol no kidding

Since when does population density rule over weather?