Thursday September 22nd, 2016

Greetings and welcome!

I started an update Tue and got distracted..

Last weekend turned out pretty good with the timing of the rain, but we got a good dose of it before the weekend. The USGS rain gauge says that we had an inch and a half, and the graph goes straight up, indicating that it all fell in a short time. I know that my driveway got gouged out pretty good on the hill.

There is a lot more where that came from. We have a wet couple of days ahead and the TV says 1-4″ of rain. The higher totals are expected south and west of here by a few hundred miles, but that could change.

I am seeing a little more fall color and one maple across the pond is very nice. Someone said that the color show was under way a little farther north. Maybe it is just the limited paths that I take, but the big show isn’t here yet.

I have an awful history for predicting fall color, so take it with a grain of salt.. but right now the theory goes that we will have a lot of color happening really fast since it is so delayed.

Thursday night..

The big rains came last night and we saw about an inch here, more south and west, less to the east. With the recent rains the whitewater rivers and waterfalls will be roaring pretty good. The driveway got a little gouged up, and there is some soft ground and puddles in some places.

The fall colors have improved significantly in the past few days. The early maples are doing their thing, and adding a nice splash of color. Other trees are starting to change too. The show is starting!

Events..

The forecast for the weekend looks a little better than it did Tuesday. The all day rain Fri & Sat is gone, but Sunday looks soggy.

Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!
RJB