October 2026 general discussion

[dendrite]

30 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

Was this wind forecast? Worse than anything this month

Practically calm here

[CT Valley Snowman]

My back yard is filling up with leaves. Foliage maps say we're heading into peak, but at least locally, things were more vibrant late last week.  Will probably get a second wave of color as different species begin to change.  

[Torch Tiger]

Just now, dendrite said:

Practically calm here

 sustained 20-25mph east wind for a few minutes here. Maybe higher?

[CoastalWx]

After I mentioned the CF passed by, winds went back to NE and gusting to 30ish. Lots of stratocu too.

[Brewbeer]

61/41 AWT

breezy here, closed the garage door to keep the leaves out

[dailylurker]

6 hours ago, dendrite said:

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.

I'm moving up to Barns Corner, Tug Hill on  Dec 1. I'm looking at forward to learning all the different species of trees up there. I know all the trees here in Maryland. I can identify trees by the bark, leaves, and crown shape. While I'm playing in the snow I'll be studying the different trees species. Sorry so the banter. I get excited when fokes talk about trees. 

[SJonesWX]

4 hours ago, dryslot said:

Tom, That first pin has a bit more color then the last several years, The one to the left is still mostly green, Genearlly they end up pretty dull reddish/brown and go to brown and hang on to most of the leaves until spring.

don't you just love when the oak leaves blow around on top of snowpack and settle into footprints and snowmobile tracks. ruins a beautiful pack