powderfreak

4 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

March 2026?

Yeah, always nice but still, rough year. We’re at peak here at WXW2.

 

What a relaxing scene.  And at 1500ft there…

Thats a different vibe than CT.

11 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Highs

86F.  This one torched MVL.  85F BML too.

Leaf drop and bone dry.

Given the NNE normals… continues the summer theme of highest departures up north.

8 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

So dry.  They just fizzle and drop. 

A stiff breeze right now would go to full stick season.

16 minutes ago, Brewbeer said:

it's still one hell of a scenic spot  

I was jawing with a construction super at a site in Springfield today and he said he had been up in Stowe over the weekend, had an incredible time, drove the notch, stayed down by Smuggs, several syrup house and infused distillery stories, non-stop rave about how great it was, the people, the food, the booze.

Oh 100%… plenty of stuff to do and it still looks like fall foliage.  Sounded like Jerry had a good time too and I finally got to put a face to the name after all these years.

Normally I fight back when we have the usual discussion of every year the foliage is dull, because even lackluster is quite nice.  But I’ve never seen it quite like this.

Very dry.  Multiple frosts and freezes.  Now two days of mid-80s.  The vegetation is just giving up; try again next year lol.

I have an aversion to hyperbole but… this has to be the worst foliage season I can ever remember up here.  The leaf drop is crazy fast and the color just never got there.

Usually the leaves die spectacularly… this year they just seemed to die.

1 minute ago, Spanks45 said:

yikes....Northern or southern portion? The issues are Avon and south, Buxton/Rodanthe areas

My cousin's have a place in Waves, NC like smack in the middle... we might be at their place on Thurs/Fri but then up north for the wedding in the Nags Head/Kitty Hawk area.

34 minutes ago, Spanks45 said:

If correct, the OBX is going to take another one to the chin after losing 9 homes in the coastal storm/Erin situation....Hopefully what ever forms throws a ton of moisture up this way, after the weekend of course.

I'm heading down to the Outer Banks this weekend for a wedding, ha.  

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Deep summer look and vibe there . Can’t be too many inground pools in the entire state of VT . Much less Central VT 

High of 86F today.

I'd wager Stowe has a lot of them, ha.  They are everywhere at all the $1-3 million spots... but once you get to the $10-$20+ million properties they are all indoor pools.

Here's the Kellogg's house (cereal family).  I can't even imagine that level of wealth.

29 minutes ago, dendrite said:

LEB 86

Let’s get a 90 tomorrow 

MVL just popped 86F on the hourly too up here.

Its a torch.

85F MVL

Beats record high of 83F… set a long two years ago.

Normal max is 62F.

5 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

What a waste to have a frost and then be 80F. Talk about fake.

Don’t worry, the time of getting 3” of snow and then 70 degrees a day later is coming up in December.

Hit 80F today here.

Climate report says the record is 87F back in 2023, so not close to that… yet.

Yesterday morning was 31F and the day ended up +3 above normal with a 76F max.  

Sort of shows you where we are at climo wise when a hard frost leads to above normal day.

28 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Growing season from generally late Napril into mid Novurnace 

Early June to mid-September lol.

Garden is all smoked and dead, the three mornings this week took care of anything left growing.

We die.

Third night in a row with frost?  Dews were upper 20s until like an hour ago.

Temps should drop fast.  Has that crisp fall feel this evening.

5 hours ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Looks like a H7 frontogenesis super band.

Frozen solid this morning with 5+ hours at or below freezing.

30F.

Into the 30s before 10pm… it is October after all.

Radiators mounting up as it’s 38F at 750ft and 46F above 1,200ft.

Min of 32F and decent frost in the valley.

Car was frozen.

Instant classic baseball game last night. It’s the only thing people are talking about this morning.

8 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Survived the dysentery, but succumbed to 75/65.

“You’re going to regret not installing before we break camp in the morning, Arthur.  You know Gertrude won’t put up with being hot as we cross the Black Hills and little Margaret will be crying in those dew points.  My wagon is installed Morch to Torchvember.  Alright giddy up.”

On 9/29/2025 at 4:19 PM, dendrite said:

Sometimes I wonder how we ever survived pre modern times to get to where we are today. 

This forum in the 1800s…

40 minutes ago, weathafella said:

Up in Stowe this week.  Looking for freak on the streets but no sighting so far…

On our drive up yesterday I was astounded at how far along the foliage was in southern NH/VT, less further north.  Lots of color where we’re staying in Stowe.  Staying at an Airbnb-beautiful setting.  Daughter flew on from Chicago yesterday and we picked her up at BTV.  Sunset behind the Adirondacks was spectacular.  Cooler today though but still nice.

5 minutes ago, backedgeapproaching said:

Was in Ludlow today, looks like NOV in spots on the drive over. Okemo 50% Leaf drop the rest brownish some yellow.

Still some rogue patches of color, but I would avoid that area if your looking at leaf peeping this weekend and certainly Columbus day.

It’s so early, it has to be drought related.  I’ve said it a few times but was shocked in Mt Snow area like 10 days ago.

Later up here but town is looking meh with a lot of leaf drop in spots.  Kind of going yellow/gold/rust and falling.  The Worcester Range on the east side of town and the Spine was looking decent, in the right lighting.

I think it has to be drought related.  I noticed it even on 89 from like Mreaves area down through Brookfield and the high terrain there is past peak too.  

81/45

Perfection. 

Quite the gradient depending on local topography across the same latitude from west to east.

SLK 39F

PBG 59F

BTV 55F

MVL 47F

BML 46F

The last 9 days of minimum temperatures:

39, 32, 30, 38, 60, 56, 60, 62, 58.

Quite the whip-lash from crisp and frosty nights, to windows open all night.

Don't need heat or AC though.