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Frost advisory for the NEK

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.

nek forecast

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

Island Pond, VT Webcam image from 9/24/16

First frost of the season

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.

vermont frost

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

vt low temperature map

Low temperatures for 9/16/19

The color overnight temperatures should help move the 2016 Fall Foliage along here in Vermont.

Fall Foliage 2016 NEK VT

Splash of color on a small maple in my back yard in Island Pond, VT (photo taken 9/16/16)

Fall Foliage Update 9/13/16

With peak foliage here in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont just around the corner I thought I would do a quick update on how things are going. The last two mornings my weather station has recorded low temps of around 40°F. A friend of mine in Walden, VT recorded a low of 37°F yesterday morning.

NEK Vermont

The past two mornings have been cool here in Island Pond, VT

The forecast is calling for the coldest air of the season later in the week. There was even some talk of a chance of frost in the cooler mountain valleys Thursday morning.  Here’s the NWS five day forecast for Island Pond, VT

Island Pond VT Forecast

National Weather Service Forecast for Island Pond, VT for 9/13/16 thru 9/17/16

I’ll end this post with a drone video taken earlier today. As you will see there is a little color starting to develop here in the NEK.