O'Brother Septorcher

[klw]

10 hours ago, Torch Tiger said:

Mid-Rocktober is the big change.  Hopefully some early snows October 13-16th !  One of my best/fav events was an Oct. 15th? event in 2009, 2-3" accumulations in a very tiny portion of  SNH above 400' Hudson/Windham.  

I got 8" in that storm.  I remember going down to town and it was just drizzling when I drove home gradually snow appeared and then about a quarter of a mile from the house everything was covered as I came around the last bend.

[dendrite]

Will my next measurable precip be snow?

[powderfreak]

1 hour ago, mreaves said:

34° for the low. Frost on the car tops. Looks like MVL is 32°

Patchy frost around here.

On cars and any open areas, low spots.

Frost out on the open lawn in this shot but not near the bushes.

[tamarack]

13 hours ago, dendrite said:

First day going below 70°…

ORH 9/20
PWM 9/21
CON 9/26
BOS 9/26
PVD 10/1
BDL 10/2

BDL maxima in the 4th week of September are low 70s.  So now +5 is a "furnace"?

First (light) frost this morning, low of 30.  Our 28-year average for first frost is . . . today.  (Though recent years have averaged later.)
Will salvage cherry tomatoes and peppers today, as we'll likely dip into the 20s tonight.   Covered the peppers last night as they're only 1-2 feet tall.  All the remaining 'maters are 4-5 feet off the ground so safe from light frosts.

[rimetree]

43.7 this morning. Lowest since June 2.

[ineedsnow]

Got down to 38 here.. I think we frost tonight.. 

[kdxken]

Looks like a lot of chances for rain next week. Stupid people wishing for it...

[powderfreak]

BTV upgraded to a freeze warning for tonight with upper 20s.

Seeing as we got to 32F last night, does tonight end the growing season?  I'd think if we get to 28F or so that'll lead to a much harder and widespread frost/freeze.

[jsw]

On 9/19/2025 at 10:06 AM, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Maybe get some brush fires this weekend to liven things up in here? 

Funny, sort of, that I read that just now, right after reading the SWS for here. I was not online yesterday, so:

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
610 PM EDT Fri Sep 19 2025

...ELEVATED RISK FOR FIRE SPREAD AGAIN SATURDAY...

A prolonged period of dry weather and dry fuels will result in
elevated fire weather conditions later Saturday morning through
Saturday afternoon. Although winds will be rather light from the
north at 5-10 mph with a few 20+ mph gusts confined to mainly to
the Cape and Islands...the relative humidity will be lower than
what we observed today. Minimum relative humidity values will drop
to between 25 and 40 percent along and northwest of I-95 and
between 40 and 55 percent towards the Cape and Islands.

Exercise caution handling any potential ignition sources,
including machinery, cigarettes, and matches. Any fires that
ignite will have potential to spread quickly.

This forecast considers meteorological, fuel, and land conditions
and has been developed in coordination with state fire and land
management officials.

$$

Frank

[dryslot]

 Blowing out the mice! It’s coming!

[dryslot]

This mornings lows

 

[dendrite]

Frost advisory hath been giveth 

[dryslot]

[powderfreak]

35 minutes ago, dryslot said:

 Blowing out the mice! It’s coming!

 

lol that’s awesome.  The trees still look largely green.

[dryslot]

2 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

lol that’s awesome.  The trees still look largely green.

I’m not sure there’s going to be much color.

[CoastalWx]

Please stay warm for a while.

[tamarack]

"Early Corner" in New Sharon, along US Rt 2 about 1/2 mile west from the Sandy River bridge.  The soil there is somewhat poorly drained, almost a forested wetland, which causes the early change.  It's about a week earlier than average, probably due to drought, though the 5 mornings in the 30s last week might've helped.  This morning's 30 and tomorrow's frost/freeze will push the changes along, though there's an abnormal amount of leaf drop already, in that area and all over, especially ash, birch and red maple.

[mreaves]

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

BTV upgraded to a freeze warning for tonight with upper 20s.

Seeing as we got to 32F last night, does tonight end the growing season?  I'd think if we get to 28F or so that'll lead to a much harder and widespread frost/freeze.

I’m sort of hoping it does. Less pressure on ground water supplies, though I’m not sure if that would actually help all that much. 

[Baroclinic Zone]

Color has popped here.

[Damage In Tolland]

51 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Please stay warm for a while.

Ensembles are well into Octorcher 

[Chrisrotary12]

Was freezing for this mornings tee time. 

[SouthCoastMA]

an extended late summer and early fall right into Mowvember is what I hope for, followed by 2-3 months of cold and snow. In reality we'll get 7 months of April 

[ineedsnow]

We COC! 

[jsw]

It is now, at 2pm, 68 degrees with a dewpoint of 40 degrees. It is cool and refreshing in the shade and downright hot in the sun. It's my favorite fall weather! Well, except for fall cold fronts with heavy rain, but this is kind of almost late summer/very early fall.

Oh well...

[powderfreak]

Tonight is going to be crisp.

If yesterday was 67/38 and we hit 32F... this afternoon is 61/28.  Afternoon dew points are a decent barometer for potential here and we are upper 20s right now.

We should have no problem decoupling solidly into the 20s tonight.

If afternoon dews are sub-freezing, it’s going low tonight.

[dendrite]

Yeah, there’s no surface moisture to try to offset these mixed down dews this evening. The NNE pits will radiate really well. 

[jsw]

2 hours ago, dryslot said:

I’m not sure there’s going to be much color.

This made me want to see fall foliage currently and forecast. I went to this Web site:

https://www.explorefall.com/fall-foliage-map

It's pretty cool, with the slider at the bottom for forecast foliage. I have been to other sites on previous years, but have not yet seen this one.

And cropped New England, kinda small, but I find this useful!

 

[dendrite]

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