October 2026 general discussion

[VivaManchVegas]

11 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

As usual, the foliage around here varies with random species of trees. I thought the maples this year looked great, better than I can remember for a while. The oaks are turning, but the Oaks always suck.
I don’t know what species there are that turn this vibrant, yellow, maybe Hickory? But those have been bright this year.

Beech and obviously birch do yellow pretty well.  I agree, oak sucks.  The one in my front year is usually shedding until the following spring.  

[tavwtby]

1 hour ago, Cyclone-68 said:

I was in Phoenix about 30 years ago to visit a friend and we had a wild thunderstorm at night. Absolutely loved it. But yea phoenix itself does little for me 

the worst part was the color of everything is tan or Terra Cotta...bridges and overpass, match the landscape...was there for a month once, so I decided to drive to the Grand canyon and didn't realize the temp difference from PHX to there was like 60 degrees+ and freezing there, beautiful to see but honestly not worth the drive and money, packed with people too.

[WinterWolf]

3 hours ago, tavwtby said:

colors are poppin, it's always usually the third week of October for peak here...now comes the clean up...

Wow…everybody saying the same thing in New England about what a great foliage year.  Nice picture. 

[MJO812]

Great video
https://youtu.be/4gP_R1OGeQ8?is=EA6MCfhV6sw9i-6k

[dendrite]

45 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Great video
https://youtu.be/4gP_R1OGeQ8?is=EA6MCfhV6sw9i-6k

Holy AI slop

[mreaves]

1 hour ago, WinterWolf said:

Wow…everybody saying the same thing in New England about what a great foliage year.  Nice picture. 

Well, almost everybody. 

[dailylurker]

12 hours ago, VivaManchVegas said:

Beech and obviously birch do yellow pretty well.  I agree, oak sucks.  The one in my front year is usually shedding until the following spring.  

White oaks are super underrated. I know there's not a lot of them in New England. We have lots here in Maryland. The thing about the oaks and hickory is that they turn late. I call it second peak. White oaks get auburn and purple. The reds oaks get bronze, and the hickory trees get gold. I live how the backdrop is gray from bare softwood trees during second peak. Oaks are the king of the forest. 

[weatherwiz]

Just your usual 5 AM supercells in Arizona 

[WinterWolf]

16 hours ago, Layman said:

Beauty of a day here.  Wife and I got almost the whole woodpile stacked but it got warm out there.  No complaints!

Wow 74.1 there yesterday….impressive and very nice. We weren’t even close to that.  About 68 here for the high.  

[dendrite]

1 hour ago, dailylurker said:

White oaks are super underrated. I know there's not a lot of them in New England. We have lots here in Maryland. The thing about the oaks and hickory is that they turn late. I call it second peak. White oaks get auburn and purple. The reds oaks get bronze, and the hickory trees get gold. I live how the backdrop is gray from bare softwood trees during second peak. Oaks are the king of the forest. 

There’s not a lot of hickory up here. Most of the large beech, chestnuts, butternut, and ash are gone. A lot of the yellows are aspen and birch which turn with the maples. There’s some ironwood and basswood around too, but they don’t grow like weeds like the others.

[kdxken]

44° with a decent breeze. Beginning to look and feel like November. Only real green left in the woods is Christmas ferns and winterberry. 

 

[CoastalWx]

Coastal front went through was 52 with strong NE wind. Now 49.7 with lighter N wind. Not that it’s exciting, but sort of an interesting mesoscale feature. 

[WxWatcher007]