October 2026 general discussion

[ineedsnow]

5 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I meant lantern flies 

Ive seen one in leominster at walmart.. nothing here though.. i think its mainly southern MA south.. the one I saw probably hitched a ride

[The 4 Seasons]

14 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

Ive seen one in leominster at walmart.. nothing here though.. i think its mainly southern MA south.. the one I saw probably hitched a ride

They are loaded in CT. Everywhere i go i see them it's pretty wild. 

[powderfreak]

We snow, legit flakes as this squall moved through at 3,600ft.

Temp 35F.

[Great Snow 1717]

Consistently more windy today than during last weekend's Storm of the Century...

[Ginx snewx]

On 10/3/2026 at 5:15 PM, Damage In Tolland said:

Looks like Hi res keeps all the rain south tomorrow night . Stein settling in for the region rest of month 

Oops

[Ginx snewx]

12 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

Consistently more windy today than during last weekend's Storm of the Century...

Said the same this morning huge gust out of nowhere 

[Brian5671]

40 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

They are loaded in CT. Everywhere i go i see them it's pretty wild. 

Yeah infested here now for a couple of years but turns out they are not as damaging as once feared...

[mreaves]

On 10/4/2026 at 12:15 PM, mreaves said:

Looks like MPV got down to 32°. Unfortunately my PWS is down so I don’t know what I got down to here. As for foliage, I think this weekend was probably peak. 

Finally got my PWS back up.  Had to reset the wifi connection and the console itself.  It's 51.2°.  Unfortunately it lost the rain stats.

[The 4 Seasons]

really? i only noticed them this year, i thought it was a recent thing. 

[Sey-Mour Snow]

4 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

really? i only noticed them this year, i thought it was a recent thing. 

First ones popped up in southern CT in the late summer of 2024.  Last year wasn't nearly as bad as this year, this year they are as common as flys. 

[Damage In Tolland]

1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said:

Oops

Nothing in sight 

[Hoth]

1 hour ago, The 4 Seasons said:

They are loaded in CT. Everywhere i go i see them it's pretty wild. 

Yes its been ridiculous this year. 

[Damage In Tolland]

2 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

They are loaded in CT. Everywhere i go i see them it's pretty wild. 

Love it. They make me happy 

[The 4 Seasons]

28 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Love it. They make me happy 

They are pretty adorable little things. I was just at the supermarket one landed on my neck, they were all over the ground and the bushes.

[Snowedin]

9 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Must've beeen distracted ... because the speed in which I've just realized we're moving through the solar transition season is something else.  It just occurred to me we are closer to the solar minimum now, than the max, along that timeline journey.  

It seems to happen faster every year. Hopefully the upcoming El Niño will offset some of the gloominess until the pendulum swings the other way by providing us with multiple day rain events and subsequent periods of frozen mud shortly thereafter.