Here’s a couple of drone videos showing the fall foliage here in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Both videos were shot today, September 26, 2016. One was taken by a friend near Coles Pond in Walden, VT. The other one was taken in Island Pond, VT.
The National Weather Service in Burlington, VT has issued a frost advisory for the Northeast Kingdom for Sunday morning.
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK...THE WEST SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS...AND NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST VERMONT. * HAZARDS...AREAS OF FROST. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * TIMING...FROST WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY AROUND SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR VEGETATION SENSITIVE TO COLD TEMPERATURES MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED
The forecast for the next several day is for Monday morning to be even colder. The colder nights coupled with the ever increasing longer nights should help with foliage development over the next week.
Forecast for Island Pond, VT for 9/24/16 – 9/30/16
Here’s a recent image from our live webcam that show the birch leaves starting to turn yellow. You can also see a few birch leaves already on the ground in the image.
Island Pond, VT Webcam image from 9/24/16
It’s been chilly here in northern VT the past couple of mornings. Yesterday, September 15, 2016, my weather station recorded a low temperature of 40°F. This morning was even cooler and produced the first frost of the season in many locations in the Northeast Kingdom of VT and Northern NH. The low temperature here in Island Pond was a chilly 33.8°F.
First frost of the season in Island Pond, VT.
Here’s a map from the National Weather Servive in Burlington, VT showing the recorded low temperature for Friday September 16, 2016
Low temperatures for 9/16/19
The color overnight temperatures should help move the 2016 Fall Foliage along here in Vermont.
Splash of color on a small maple in my back yard in Island Pond, VT (photo taken 9/16/16)