Rocktober Obs & Discussions

dkodgis wrote:28 degrees at 6 am and still no frost!

Wow, Damian, I am amazed.Fourth morning in a row with frost here albeit light, today.

It was a super day here. 70 degrees. Just a beautiful day.

Doc, CP, Scott, mom, et al. , we all could have been out on the deck today with a kegger going while dancing YMCA

dkodgis wrote:It was a super day here. 70 degrees. Just a beautiful day.

Doc, CP, Scott, mom, et al. , we all could have been out on the deck today with a kegger going while dancing YMCA

LOL, I like that mental image Damian!

A perfect Fall day it was for sure.

dkodgis wrote:It was a super day here. 70 degrees. Just a beautiful day.

Doc, CP, Scott, mom, et al. , we all could have been out on the deck today with a kegger going while dancing YMCA

LOL. Damian how did you know I used to be the Keg Stand king back in my day?  

Intuition

56 now. Looks like a bit of a warming trend for early Nov. We should keg accordingly

Rain here now at 60* - gray and very fall like!

sroc4 wrote:

dkodgis wrote:It was a super day here. 70 degrees. Just a beautiful day.

Doc, CP, Scott, mom, et al. , we all could have been out on the deck today with a kegger going while dancing YMCA

LOL. Damian how did you know I used to be the Keg Stand king back in my day?  

54* and pouring rain here, dark and leaves coming down off trees. Fall in full mode now!

This past Saturday was the better half of the weekend weatherwise.  With that in mind, I drove from Albany to the mid-Hudson region to experience the foliage.  More specifically, I went to Bear Mountain State Park.  I hiked from the parking area up to the summit (where Perkins Memorial Tower is).  According to my app, I climbed the equivalent of 108 flights of stairs during this hike.  I will say though, when I made it to the top, I was (slightly) disappointed at how the view (looking mainly south) was still mainly green and had not yet gone full towards the yellow/orange/red yet.  But here was the picture I took:



When I went into Perkins Memorial Towers, I saw the the view to the north had the more colorful view.  So on the downward leg of the hike, I took some pictures looking north.  Here is one featuring the Hudson River on the right hand side of the screen and (I believe) Brooks Lake on the left:



When I got back down, I did take some pictures of Hessian Lake.  Here is one with trees right behind by the lake and hills in the distance:



Finally, after I left the Park, while on the westbound US-6, I pulled over into the small parking area in Harriman to see some good views to the north.  Here is a picture I took from there 30 minutes before sunset, looking north towards the NYS Thruway (I-87):



I should note that rather going back on the highway right away, I took a more scenic drive via NY-32 North to around Newburgh and saw breathtaking views in the Woodbury/Central Valley region.  Unfortunately, there was no good place for me to simply pull over and take pictures there.

That being said, it was quite the trip.

Excellent pictures,Math.Been on that Perkins trail and live in Monroe at the bottom of Route 6.Colors in town are spectacular.Right now I would say it is peak.

Heavy shower just a while ago.

Beautiful picks Math

sroc4 wrote:

dkodgis wrote:It was a super day here. 70 degrees. Just a beautiful day.

Doc, CP, Scott, mom, et al. , we all could have been out on the deck today with a kegger going while dancing YMCA

LOL. Damian how did you know I used to be the Keg Stand king back in my day?  

ha ha fella's I am a tequila kind of girl...but will say this I would love to be drinking somewhere right now...we finished 10 of the 13 college applications over the last several days...Oh, what a pain in the ass process...lol..thank googness..down to the nitty gritty...
glad the weather has been so glummy as to not feel bad about being outside...

Math, your pictures are very nice. Thank you for sharing and please feel free to gift us more.

It looks like rain could still happen today. From yesterday to this morning, about 1.25 inches of rain which is just ducky because we need it. I do not mind sitting at home with a cup of hot tea, listening to Judy Collins. Yes. That is how old I am.

weatherwatchermom wrote:

sroc4 wrote:

dkodgis wrote:It was a super day here. 70 degrees. Just a beautiful day.

Doc, CP, Scott, mom, et al. , we all could have been out on the deck today with a kegger going while dancing YMCA

LOL. Damian how did you know I used to be the Keg Stand king back in my day?  

 ha ha fella's I am a tequila kind of girl...but will say this I would love to be drinking somewhere right now...we finished 10 of the 13 college applications over the last several days...Oh, what a pain in the ass process...lol..thank googness..down to the nitty gritty...
glad the weather has been so glummy as to not feel bad about being outside...

Wow, does that bring back memories of filling in applications back in 1969.Had to get medical exams with that too.It was a PIA back then, can't even guess how it is now.Anyway, best of luck Mom on the acceptances.
LOL, did those Tequila shooters a few times.Found my hard drink of choice back in the early 90's when a Buddy whose Dad owned a small restaurant in the City, had stored a case of Early Times Bourbon from back in the 1960's, in the garage.They uncovered that case that had aged 30 years with the great formula Early Times used then.All those bottles were consumed in great parties we had over the yeasrs.Closest to it today is Makers Mark, same kind of flavor.,LOL.Anyway, now it's just a few glasses of organic red for me these days.

Nearing 80 today. Nice surprise.

Southerly flow expected this weekend ahead of a cut-off low in the southeast. You might think this means warmer than normal weather, but there will be a dip in the 250mb jet stream which keeps winds out of the north. Thus, temps this weekend in the 50's and low 60's. Fall-like!

Just a beautiful window-open night. Got to 67. This morning, 62. There was nary a peep outside last night and this morning. Crickets had a night off.

63*for low and dense fog

So humid and foggy nasty

53 for the low here this morning. Just another lovely night with the window open and the electric blanket on. The dog loves that blanket as much as I. Leaves are dropping like crazy and will be down in five weeks. So will the windows. I am enjoying the weather immensely. A few minutes 2x a day with the centeal air on and the humidity inside the house gets gone

Frank_Wx wrote:Southerly flow expected this weekend ahead of a cut-off low in the southeast. You might think this means warmer than normal weather, but there will be a dip in the 250mb jet stream which keeps winds out of the north. Thus, temps this weekend in the 50's and low 60's. Fall-like!

Frank and all isn't it amazing that we see this colored map and right away people say warmth or torch. This time of the year that is not the case necessarily if at all to the position of the HP. Its in upstate NY which means it will drain the colder air into the area unlike if the HP was position over Western VA. That would be more of a SW flow = warmth.

26 at 6.  266. Doc, play that number. 
Yes frost on roof and lightly so on grass

LOL, Damian on the numbers.Way back in the 40's and 50's my Grandma had a dreambook that gave you a number to play for a certain dream.Bookies had a bag man going around the neighborhood to collect the quarters people played.

Anyhoo, hit a low of 27 here and very heavy frost.Grass was almost totally white,LOL.Leaves coming down big time now, 50% trees are bare here.

29* this morning- coldest of the season thus far, heavy frost abundant…

32* here with a moderate frost again this morning. We've had 5 frosts so far this season and today was the first freeze. Hope this is a harbinger of what is tobcome this winter ?!

Yesterday, I did yet another hike, this time on the Breakmeck Ridge Trail in Beacon, NY. This is not the summit, but this is a nice view featuring the Hudson River on the right hand side.

Math23x7 wrote:Yesterday, I did yet another hike, this time on the Breakmeck Ridge Trail in Beacon, NY.  This is not the summit, but this is a nice view featuring the Hudson River on the right hand side.

Love it Mike. Is there a specific location or route you would recc for my family? We consider ourselves moderately experienced, and all in good shape.