powderfreak

Crazy. Still stuck under the inversion down in the valley. It's torching up at 1,500ft with 67F at the ski area (feels like summer). MVL actually went from 52F back to 51F it looks like in the last 10 minutes in the fog. Nice 15 degree delta between 1,500ft and 750ft. All the higher elevation sites outside of the fog are up in the mid 60s to near 70F.... while the low spots are still upper 40s to low 50s. Very pronounced in N.NH too next to the Upper Valley where the fog is still thick. 15-20F difference between Phin's area and the valley sink around Whitefield and Jefferson. It's crazy how long it takes for the inversions to mix out this time of year. By November they won't mix out at all sometimes. Then when there's an elevation snow event it's the exact opposite, lol.

Pretty much spot on normal from my photos. Some years earlier like last year's drought, some later like 2015 and 2016. Looking awesome out there. The sun almost washes out the variety of color and it takes on a more orangish/yellow glow on the whole.

That's incredibly cool. I've only flown in a helicopter once over Mansfield while taking photos for marketing. It's such an awesome way to see the sights. I hope I get another chance some day to go up in one.

The weird thing is how long it takes to mix out this time of year. It's been full sun now for a while and the valleys are still "cool" relatively speaking. Many stations at elevation are in the mid/upper 60s... but the river bottoms are stuck in the upper 50s. A month ago it would be in the 70s down there at noon. See it also over by Phin's area... "Broadacres Farm" in Randolph at 1,650ft is 68F and Alex's area is 64-67F while all the stations down near the Moore Reservoir are in the 50s (one as low as 55F). So weird to have the inverted temps last past noon even with sunshine. Mixing takes forever this time of year.

Man, what a beauty of a day. Shorts and t-shirt weather at 1500ft. 67F up here at elevation.

With this talk of rain ruining the weekend I went and ran through all the models and have no idea what you guys are even discussing? Is the thinking that storm comes further north? Looked dry on the whole if you average the 3 days out. Maybe some showers on Sunday afternoon/evening south?

Sun came out today for the first time since last week. Enjoyed a nice foliage stroll with the wife and dog after work. Just spectacular weather. Hit 71F at MVL, down to 46F now. Above normal but could be much worse. Hung out above 3,000ft until the shadows grew and it got chilly. The hillsides are now orange and red on the whole.

Dude this shot from Barnes Camp is insane! The boardwalk, marsh, fog, Notch… you’ve got to be kidding me. That’s print worthy for sure. Also the drone must be about directly over the 1,500ft Barnes Camp Snowstake, ha. But what a shot!

Nice to see some blue skies today!

I told you what would happen if you let people know… I trusted you with the Randolph/Gorham market. You were about to get everything from Berlin to Whitefield.

Fake cold tonight?

There's a variety of post processing and fall colors are tough because they are so bright on their own. Just adjusting the lighting can change things. Like here's an example from last weekend with only lighting changes. From an under-exposed photo in an extremely dark rainy day, to a brighter image. Just adjusting the lighting in the camera or in the post-processing stage makes for a big different. The full on saturation boost is a bit much but often times shifting even lighting to a more well-rounded exposure can make a big difference. I play with lighting quite a bit. I know every other photographer on the planet does too... but the trick is to avoid completely blasting the color out.

Foliage at work looking nice.

Someone thinks you are extremely confused. It's months late.

It's definitely juiced. It would look good as a photo in that lakehouse though, that's for sure. We had some undercast this morning with the peaks poking out of the clouds, similar to a mid-winter level of undercast. The top of the cloud layer was around 3,000-3,500ft early. That's normally reserved for like December trapped moisture. Finally the sun is coming out here for the first time since Friday. Incredible low cloud period which means we are in fall... a lot less mixing than we got 6 weeks ago.

A buddy posted this from Lake Elmore next to MVL. I’d consider this weekend peak. Oddly enough it seems average despite some other areas further south being 1-2 months late.

I think today is peak foliage. Right on par with end of first week of October. Absolutely on fire.

Give it 10-15 years up in the North Country once the honeymoon phase has worn off. The desire to be colder than everywhere else wears off and you realize it’ll be cold regardless of what you want… you start to enjoy those extended periods of comfortable temperatures for things like hiking, and mountain biking outside in the spring and fall. Outdoor recreation starts to be less fun with temps in the 40s and 50s so you start to think it should either snow or be 65F and sunny like it it does in Colorado . Unless I’m looking for a reason to be cooped up inside, I’ll always pass on chilly/raw weather… but I used to love it when I first came up north. It felt like a “North Country” type of weather vibe to be cold in months you usually weren’t when living further south.

LFG! Red Sox. Season is a total success now regardless of what happens in the division series. What a game. They showed up in a big way tonight.

God that looks perfect. Chamber Weather for as long as possible.

Then again that doesn’t necessarily flow off the tongue in a WxBell or other vendor seasonal forecast for the public.. “what’s a sigma? Is that a blizzard?” I do think based on what I remember from JSpin that percentage is about right for the higher snowfall zones per SD. And 1 below being like 85%.

That's the one, thanks I always forget that. I always get tweaked when those Seasonal Forecasts come out with 125-150% of normal or whatever .

And the further north you go the harder it gets to see bigger anomalies too. Metfan can get 30% above normal a lot easier than those up north. Or at least can do it on a couple Hail Mary passes timed nicely even in a shit winter, whereas up north you need a solid sustained pattern all season long.

Yeah that’s the ALB CWA deform look for sure while everything slides east. Not ideal lol. That axis isn’t bad in NY/PA if the storm is ripping north but that’s got Miller B underneath a block look, ha.

Just as a reminder, those radar estimates are always low east of the Spine of the Greens from beam blockage. It’s likely a mix of the dark green and yellow connecting into NNH. But jeez at the widespread nature of water down south. It’s not even topographical at all, just a surge of water covering SNE and adjacent NY.