It's Finally Getting Cold-Ish, But No Real Winter Weather Quite Yet

Remarkable amount of fall color for October 28 remained
in Richmond, Vermont yesterday. Trees are holding onto
their leaves longer than I can ever remember in this
remarkably balmy autumn of 2021.

 For the second morning in a row, there was a pretty good frost here in St. Albans, Vermont.  That's typical for this time of year, of course, but still notable in this persistently warm autumn.

The cooler weather in the past couple of days is a sign we're over that incredibly warm regime, at least for now. 

There's no real balmier than average weather coming in the foreseeable future. As we head into November, we get........normal November conditions. How novel!  

Meanwhile, the warmth has kept the fall foliage on the trees much longer than I can ever remember in Vermont. Driving around the Champlain Valley in yesterday's crisp, blue sky delightfulness, I was amazed at how pretty it still is out there. 

The "triplets," what I call three huge poplar trees in my back yard, are still mostly green, and have only shown signs of yellowing leaves in the past couple days.

By October 28, we're normally quite into stick season.

If you some sort of dark individual who is sick of gorgeous autumn colors, you're in luck this weekend. Another wet, somewhat gusty storm will breeze through over the weekend.  This won't be a blockbuster, but most of us will see a half inch to an inch of rain.  On the western slopes of the Green Mountains, some places could gust to 40 mph. The rest of us should see peak gusts in the 20 to 30 mph range over the weekend.

That should knock down quite a few remaining leaves.

After the weekend, we'll be in what is know as a cyclonic flow. That just means that next week, there's low pressure to our north in Canada. This will create brisk from the west and northwest, there will be lots of clouds, with scattered rain and snow showers. (Most of the snow will be in the mountains, of course).

So yeah, typical November.

For what it's worth, the six to 10 day outlook from NOAA has us in below normal temperatures for the period November 3 to 7.  This is the first time in quite awhile I've seen a forecast for 6 to 10 days out that didn't depict normal or warm temperatures for us. 

This won't be a full plunge into winter, thank goodness, as I for one am not ready for that.