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Eugene

(67,319 posts)
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 12:51 PM Aug 2017

Spectacular autumn foliage is forecast for New England

Source: Associated Press

‘Spectacular’ autumn foliage is forecast for New England

By WILLIAM J. KOLE
Today

BOSTON (AP) — New England’s fall foliage forecast is looking so fine it’s enough to make a maple leaf blush.

For the first time in several years, little has conspired against a truly glorious autumn. There’s no more drought, the summer has been mild and the leaves — largely spared by marauding gypsy moth caterpillars — look healthy.

Translation: A pretty great season for leaf peeping seems to be shaping up.

“It’s the most optimistic forecast I’ve had in a couple of years,” said Jim Salge, who tracks the region’s annual autumn pageant for Yankee Magazine.

“The biggest thing that can go wrong with foliage is a really wet couple of weeks leading up,” Salge cautioned. “We’ll really need that typical fall weather in New England — warm, sunny days and cool, crisp nights — to make it pop. But we’ve had a great setup.”

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Spectacular autumn foliage is forecast for New England (Original Post) Eugene Aug 2017 OP
Fantastic! moose65 Aug 2017 #1
May go to NH just after Oct. 1 elleng Aug 2017 #2
Great! moose65 Aug 2017 #3

moose65

(3,463 posts)
1. Fantastic!
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 01:10 PM
Aug 2017

I love love LOVE New Hampshire (that drug-infested den) and Vermont (that dirty hippie commune) in the fall! Just breathtaking!

elleng

(141,926 posts)
2. May go to NH just after Oct. 1
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 02:00 PM
Aug 2017

from NJ. HOPING things look good, but may not matter.

moose65

(3,463 posts)
3. Great!
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 08:13 PM
Aug 2017

I won't get to go this year - last time I was there was in 2015. Beautiful place!

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