Yeah, I'm not complaining. My heat hasn't even kicked on the last few days. Solar gain is great.
However, if those maps are red wall to wall come DJF... I'll be sad.
Yesterday on the Patuxent River in Southern Anne Arundel. Muted colors here and there; a few brilliant reds and yellows. Mostly dogwoods and the odd hickory in yellow. Beeches and oaks still almost entirely green as midsummer. Poplars green or yellow/browning from dry conditions at the crowns.
I've found in my 14 years in southern Moco/PGC beltway area that best color is usually around Oct 31-Nov 7.
Every year for the last couple years, I've thought: I really need to book a weekend in Lewes or Rehoboth in mid-to late October. Strong odds it will be warm enough to swim, and dry. Next year!
Avoiding a frost thus far inside the beltway, though we dropped to 40ish in Silver Spring.
CPC outlooks look warm and dry the next 6-14 days. Glorious end to this month, unlike September? Unless of course you like rain. Not much of that coming.
Sorry if this was posted already but the French Broad is already at major flood stage at Fletcher (745AM)
https://water.noaa.gov/gauges/flcn7
not as high in Asheville yet, but still flooding https://water.noaa.gov/gauges/AVLN7
Even in the UHI, this is noticeable. My part of Silver Spring is a lot of hills and stream valleys, and last night we noticed this when we walked down into the Sligo Creek valley (about 200ft ASL) from our house (which is about 330ft ASL).