It's Fall Here

[MarkBC]

Fall or autumn -- whatever -- meteorologically-speaking "officially" started 7 days ago, and it sure feels like it here in Central Oregon tonight.

I was dressed in t-shirt and shorts and sandals when I left Redding, CA midday today, but such minimal wear wasn't totally appropriate when I arrived in Bend at about 5:45 this evening.
Cool wind, dark heavy cloulds -- of a type that look more like wintery cloulds than thunder clouds -- and it's about 61F.

Good thing I have a plane ticket for later this week to Charleston, SC -- where it's still hot and muggy summer. But it's meteorological fall there, too -- no matter what it feels like.

 

[craig333]

Still seems like summer here. I'm watching the Walker Genessee fire burning over all the creeks I fished last june. 38k plus acres. Might make it to Honey Lake. Only stopping it from being worse is its burning into the antelope and moonlight burn scars and a few others. At least it hasn't made a run up to Kettle Rock.

 

[Smokecreek1]

Lot's of smoke here in the Honey Lake Valley; they held meetings today in Janesville on fire progress. I had planned to be camping right now but fires everywhere and with especially the Walker fire down the road (that along with wind, smoke, lightning and T-storms) have kept me close to home. It's is getting cold here (from 90's to 60s/70's day time and 30s, 40s/50s nite), heavy rain on Tuesday, yet supposed to be back in the 80's by Wednesday? I figure I'll wait and ride this stuff out and maybe head out to Silver Lake on Wednesday. Had the truck ready to go since last week, but this mixed up weather is making for another interesting Fall. I should also mention that the rabbit brush( real nice and yellow this year) is real bad this year and people that usually don't have allergies are having problems. Fun, Fun Fun!

Smoke

 

[Foy]

It's Fall here in North Carolina, too. Meaning it's hurricane season. Central NC dodged yet another one last week and I think the horizon is clear of tropical systems for a time to come. I hope.

Foy

 

[ski3pin]

Autumn has such a nice ring to it, but we're sticking with fall. The aspens, way up high, are just getting a few yellow leaves...................................

 

[MarkBC]

Autumn has such a nice ring to it, but we're sticking with fall...

I agree about the sound of "autumn".
But let me throw out this rationale for sticking with "fall":
'winter' and 'summer' have two syllables. The shoulder season "spring" has one syllable, so maybe using the one-syllable version of the other shoulder season would be symmetrical: fall

You buy that...?

 

[ski3pin]

Yup.............makes sense. I like "fall" because of the idea of falling out of summer and falling into winter.

I agree about the sound of "autumn".
But let me throw out this rationale for sticking with "fall":
'winter' and 'summer' have two syllables. The shoulder season "spring" has one syllable, so maybe using the one-syllable version of the other shoulder season would be symmetrical: fall

You buy that...?

 

[MarkBC]

Yup.............makes sense. I like "fall" because of the idea of falling out of summer and falling into winter.

That's a good way to look at it, Mr. 3pin!
And similarly, we 'spring' from the dark depths of winter up into the glorious sunshine of summer.

 

[ski3pin]

I like your thinking!

That's a good way to look at it, Mr. 3pin!
And similarly, we 'spring' from the dark depths of winter up into the glorious sunshine of summer.

 

[smlobx]

It's Fall here in North Carolina, too. Meaning it's hurricane season. Central NC dodged yet another one last week and I think the horizon is clear of tropical systems for a time to come. I hope.

Foy

Well while central NC dodged this bullet Dorian managed to go right over our home in Hatteras...

 

[MarkBC]

Well while central NC dodged this bullet Dorian managed to go right over our home in Hatteras...

Yikes!

 

[ski3pin]

Yikes!

Yes, yikes!

 

[Foy]

Hate to see that Eddie. Hoping you can get squared away soon. I assume you mean the home is in Hatteras Village and if so, our Forum friends here should be made aware that only in the last couple of days have nonresident property owners been allowed back down towards "the end of the road" in Dare County. And just across a narrow inlet from Hatteras Village lies the northeastern end of Ocracoke Island, where the village of Ocracoke at the other end is still in a world of hurt and has been without power since Thursday night/Friday morning of last week.

Best of luck to you and your neighbors down there!

Foy

 

[Machinebuilder]

What is this "Fall" is here?

in East TN We've had 90+ for the last 2 weeks with heat index's into the 100's.

My truck said 110 when I left work yesterday (middle of a parking lot, no shade)

I did see posts from a friend in Alaska, they were camping in 50's during the day.

 

[WjColdWater]

Fall is on the way here in the Midwest. Farmers are cleaning the combines and hauling last seasons grain. Male humming birds have left and females are still on the feeders. Young pheasants are molting and gaining fall colors. Always a special time here watching the transition into fall/winter. My favorite time to enjoy my passion.

 

[ski3pin]

3/4 inch of rain yesterday in 45 minutes, nice start to the upcoming wet season. Low this morning was 41°. Cold air sinks so the Tahoe basin was down to 29° this morning. A bit of snow in the high country. The sun will take care of that when it comes out. Possibly the change and cold weather is triggering the beginning of Fall colors? Yes, Fall is here.

 

[MarkBC]

Some places may not feel like the "winter is coming" kind of fall yet -- I was in hot and steamy Charleston, SC yesterday where it was 90°F and 65% RH at the beach.

When I got home to Bend late last night my house was cold...but I just crawled into bed and was warm.
This morning when I got up the house was colder -- and with an outdoor temperature in the 40's even mid-morning -- and a cold drizzle -- I knew I couldn't rely on the outside to warm the inside.
I turned on the furnace for the first time since spring.

 

[Smokecreek1]

Yep-got my furnace on too Mark-had to run around shutting all the windows on top of that. From high 80's one day to 30/40's at night with T-storms and lots of wind. We had snow in the high country and ICE on my street the other day. Another storm and cold front due in on Thursday , then getting hot again and temps back to normal day time like-high 70's low 80's. Go figure-must be almost fall !

Smoke

 

[ski3pin]

The furnace? Almost forgot we had one. Another pre-winter checkout to complete!

 

[takesiteasy]

We've been having summer weather here lately- 80s and high humidity. But I am not complaining. Fall (and winter) will be here soon enough. The trees know- they are starting their seasonal color show in bits and pieces.