Thursday, September 23, 2010

Leafpile #7: September 23rd, 2010

kayaking on Wight Pond, Maine - photo by Michael Alden












Today is the first official day of autumn and as you can see from a recent kayaking trip, the fall colors haven't completely arrived in my part of the state just yet. But it won't be long.

Here's the second round of weekly foliage reports (for northern New England):

Maine - Moderate color change in the northernmost areas of the state (50%) or less). Cooler temperatures and shorter days mean that we'll see changes soon, however.
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New Hampshire - White Mountains are beginning to show color. Some small pockets in the north showing a 25% or less color change, "...but with a frost forecast for this weekend, that could change as early as next week."
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Vermont - 25% towards peak color for much of Vermont, but changes with cooler weather have been noticeable in the past five days alone.
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Raking it all in: I'm heading up to northern Maine this weekend to look for moose and whatever early color there is and I'm going to check out the White Mountains area of NH just after the weekend.

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