2024 Fall Foliage Thread 🍂

[ckf]

Newark Pond in Newark, Vermont this evening.

[ckf]

Bald Hill Pond in Westmore, Vermont

[Crnr2Crnr]

in on one

[Mag6240]

I’ll have some pics of western/central Sconnie after the weekend.  They were starting to turn 2 weeks ago already in some of the bluff country valleys…

[ckf]

1 hour ago, Mag6240 said:

I’ll have some pics of western/central Sconnie after the weekend.  They were starting to turn 2 weeks ago already in some of the bluff country valleys…

Looking forward to the pictures.

We've had some cooler than normal temps that seem to have us 5 to 7 days ahead of normal. Very similar to 2020.

 

[Mag6240]

12 minutes ago, ckf said:

Looking forward to the pictures.

We've had some cooler than normal temps that seem to have us 5 to 7 days ahead of normal. Very similar to 2020.

 

Same a couple weeks back, but it’s been 80’s for the last 10 days or so, but without rain… has gotten really dry here in the twin cities.

[ckf]

1 minute ago, Mag6240 said:

Same a couple weeks back, but it’s been 80’s for the last 10 days or so, but without rain… has gotten really dry here in the twin cities.

We've been in the upper 70s for the past 4 or 5 days with lows in the upper 40s to low 50s. Prior to that we had temps dropping back into the 30s and low 40s for several nights in a row.

[$poorsledder$]

Leaves are just starting to turn on at the side of my house this morning....

 

 

[ckf]

49 minutes ago, $poorsledder$ said:

Leaves are just starting to turn on at the side of my house this morning....

 

 

That loks like a huge bear!

[$poorsledder$]

59 minutes ago, ckf said:

That loks like a huge bear!

I didn't get to see it.  My neighbor was pulling out of his driveway and caught it on the side of my yard and sent me the pic.  I'm told I have bobcats, bear, coyotes.... all I ever see is an occasional deer.

I guess I'll be a little more careful when I go in the woods.

And yes, the leaves should be changing in a couple weeks.

 

[Jerry 976]

21 hours ago, ckf said:

Newark Pond in Newark, Vermont this evening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ckf]

Short video from Newark Pond.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/EBivztah6jAiSDA4/?mibextid=oFDknk

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Newark Pond panorama.

[Sled_Hed]

Always look forward to your fall pics @ckf. Not much color here yet.

[ckf]

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The Midwest could offer fall’s most electric foliage but leaf peepers elsewhere won’t miss out

PORTLAND, Maine -- Fall is back, and bringing with it jack-o'-lanterns, football, pumpkin spice everything and — in some parts of the country — especially vibrant foliage.

Leaves around the northern U.S. are starting to turn orange, yellow and red, inspiring legions of leaf lovers to hop in their cars and travel to the countryside for the best look at fall's fireworks. Leaf peeping — the act of traveling to witness nature's annual kaleidoscope — contributes billions of dollars to the economy, especially in New England and New York.

But this year, some of the most colorful displays could be in the Midwest. AccuWeather, the commercial forecasting service, said in early September that it expects especially vibrant foliage in states such as Michigan and Illinois.

The service also said powerful, popping colors are expected in upstate New York and parts of Pennsylvania, while New England will follow a more typical color pattern. But that doesn't mean New England travelers will miss out.

Maine, the most forested state in the country, had “an abundance of daily sunshine with just the right amount of rainfall to set the stage for a breathtaking foliage season,” said Gale Ross, the state's fall foliage spokesperson. Color change and timing depend on the weather in the fall, but cooler nighttime temperatures and shorter days should enhance the colors, Ross said.

“The growing season of 2024 has been excellent for trees, supporting tree health and resilience that should lead to brilliant fall colors throughout Maine,” said Aaron Bergdahl, the state's forest pathologist.

Fall colors peak at different times around the U.S., with the foliage season sometimes starting not long after Labor Day in the far northern reaches of the country and extending into November further to the south. In Maine alone, peak foliage can arrive in the northern part of the state in late September and not arrive in coastal areas until close to Halloween.

Leaf turn happens when summer yields to fall and temperatures drop and the amount of sunlight decreases. Chlorophyll in leaves then breaks down, and that allows their fall colors to shine through before leaf drop.

However, weather conditions associated with climate change have disrupted some recent leaf peeping seasons. A warming planet has brought drought that causes leaves to turn brown and wither before reaching peak colors.

Other enemies of leaf peeping include heat waves that cause leaves to fall before autumn arrives and extreme weather events like hurricanes that strip trees of their leaves. A summer heatwave in the Pacific Northwest in 2021 caused a condition called “foliage scorch” that prematurely browned leaves.

 

This year in Maine, leaf turn was still very sparse in most of the state as late September approached, but the state office of tourism was already gearing up for an influx of tourists. Northern Maine was already experiencing moderate color change. And neighboring New Hampshire was expecting about 3.7 million visitors — more than twice the state's population.

“It’s no surprise people travel from all over the world to catch the incredible color,” said NH Travel and Tourism Director Lori Harnois.

 

[Zambroski]

The colors are pretty fucked around here right now.  Leaves are turning randomly and dropping off with the weird cold downs and heat up's mixed with little rain.  It's pretty weird so far.  

[Kivalo]

Just the other day I was thinking its about time for you to make this thread. 

[ckf]

This afternoon Island Pond.

[NaturallyAspirated]

Good stuff!

Neal

[Mag6240]

Not nearly the colors I thought - as mentioned above, what turned early went brown, but there’s a lot to go yet - also caught this dragon cloud on the way, fucker dropped 1.7” on us after we got home!

 

[ckf]

Some of the earlier colors have already dropped here too. But there's still plenty to go. This mornings cooler temps should kick the reds in for us over the next few days. Hopefully the rain this week doesn't knock ri many down.

Yesterday's sunrise looking over Spectacle Pond.

 

[ckf]

The Hale House. Dixville Notch. NH.

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Dixville Notch, NH

[ckf]

2 hours ago, ckf said:

Dixville Notch, NH

New Hampshire midnight voting

In New Hampshire, United States, the communities of Dixville Notch, Hart's Location, and Millsfield all vote at the midnight beginning election day, known as the New Hampshire midnight votes, on the day of the state's political party primaries and general elections, following a tradition that started to accommodate railroad workers who had to be at work before normal voting hours.[1] The voting tradition has been followed in Dixville Notch since the 1960 presidential election, in Hart's Location from 1948 to 1964 and from 1996 to 2020, and in Millsfield in 2016 and 2020.
The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch, the site of the first "midnight vote" in the New Hampshire primary

Although the communities have small populations, some major political candidates campaign in the area due to New Hampshire having the first presidential primary in the nation, with George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole, John McCain, and Dick Gephardt visiting the towns. Multiple third-party candidates, such as Andre Marrou during the 1992 presidential election, have also campaigned in the area to gain media attention.

[ckf]

Norton Pond in Warren's Gore, Vermont.