IrishRob17

.80” on the day, sun and partly cloudy now

17 minutes ago, BxEngine said:

Sunburned from the Army game yesterday. 

What a game that was though!!!

I just ride over to New Windsor and back on 207, was pleasantly surprised to see pockets of good color. My yard is a lost cause but I was happy to see some potential out there until at least Tuesday, then we shall see. 

8 hours ago, Juliancolton said:

Not sure if you're seeing it but it's getting legitimately vibrant on some hillsides around here. It should really pop with the unsettled wx this week poised to break up the relentless harsh sunlight.

I’m seeing what’s left is indeed getting rather bright, just wish there was more of it in my yard 

Every window open in the house by 11am on 10/21. 

32 minutes ago, Juliancolton said:

Some of the erstwhile green trees in my area have picked up some nice orange and red shades after those few chilly nights. Almost looks like fall in some spots.

I'm hoping that I can get in on that too.  Some trees are already bare or close to it but I'm hoping to salvage the ones that are still green. 

I got down to 31 the other morning but it wasn’t long enough for a hard freeze here. The sumac trees still have their leaves, when I get a freeze they start dropping that morning. 

1 hour ago, gravitylover said:

Wow what a difference a few miles can make. I've started to watch the local Meso sites more closely and the one a few miles SW of me is a full 10 degrees higher than the one a few miles NE of here. I can't imagine the distance is any more than 20 miles but the difference in temp and rainfall is sometimes pretty significant. Even in storms where we have what appears to be a pretty uniform precip coverage the difference will be .5" or more and especially in the mornings the temp will be 10* or more. 

 I find microclimates very interesting and many folks aren’t even aware of them. You hear people say that they heard on the news that 3” of rain fell for example but they really have no idea how much actually fell in their yard, temps are the same thing but most people don’t care about these nuances or small details in their minds. 

31 with heavy frost at IMBY I’m told, I’m in Albany this morning. 

Here’s my yard 

53 minutes ago, BxEngine said:

You arent fooling anyone by shaving it

#truth. The line of baldness has increased significantly over the last 2 decades. 

1 hour ago, BxEngine said:

And the top of your head

The top of my head isn’t brown, Putz. It’s been shaven clean as a baby bum for 20 years now. 

17 minutes ago, Juliancolton said:

Same tree on this date last year vs. today:

That sums it up perfectly for my yard as well.

1 minute ago, JerseyWx said:

Oh I didn't know that.  I assumed the trees liked a little moisture, not flooding rains of course.

The best ingredients are warm days with cool nights but above freezing at night.  With all the humidity, besides it being very warm to begin with during the day, we couldn't get the cool nights.  We recently had low temps that were warmer than what the average high temperature should be, and not for one day but a number of them.  

2 minutes ago, JerseyWx said:

The dryness didn't help either.  A lot of trees turned brown and the leaves were as crunchy as could be.  

Certainly feels like October out there.  Big change from last weeks heat and humidity.

Actually from what I've read over the years a dry spell leading up to the foliage can make it more vibrant.  IMO it was the heat and humidity that cooked the leaves this year. 

1 minute ago, White Gorilla said:

Hello, back for some fun.  Waiting for the cooler temperatures, but also enjoying the warmth.  Bit disappointed in the colors so far. 

Maybe we'll start to get a pattern change heading into November.  As for the colors, I was holding out some hope but now I'm in the 'they suck this year' camp, which is a big disappointment.

11 minutes ago, BxEngine said:

Nah i just felt like typing random crap. Lol

Divorce is so nice I did it twice.  

Too soon?

1 hour ago, BxEngine said:

Happy wedding day @Rjay you bum

Its today?

I drove over Storm King today and there were patches of mostly brown and then some orange and reds but they were dull, they were missing the vibrant pop. 

.93 so far over the past two days. Leaf drop IMBY increased again over the weekend, many of the leaves down without much of any color. 

Some decent color showing up on 207 on my ride over to New Windsor this morning. So it’s starti to look like fall, it smells like fall, the breezes feel like fall...and then here the dew point...hope you all enjoy your Fourth, hopefully the rain doesn’t wash out your fireworks. 

ACs humming on Columbus Day Weekend...yeah that’s perfectly normal around here...

I think its the above normal temps that will keep it from being epic.  From everything that I've read over the years a dry spell in the fall helps with the colors making them more vibrant but the warm days and cools nights are key.  The very warm to hot days and warms nights is what is doing the damage IMO.

I saw even more color on the trees this morning, we our luck though Nate will wipe out the good stuff.

My heavy leaf drop of a couple of weeks ago has let up quite a bit over the past week or so and I'm finally starting to notice some color slowing showing up.