Snow in the Rockies
It may approach 90 degrees here this afternoon, but out in the high Rockies, the snow has already begun to fall. Here is an animation of NOAA's snow-cover map through Sept. 25, based on satellite data. You can see the mountain snows appear in the final frames. You can see the snow cover has also begun to appear at the north end of Hudson's Bay.
But then, that's why we live here in Maryland and not on Hudson's Bay. In the meantime, fall colors are visible on this rather dim satellite image of the Lake Superior region. The leaves have already begun to turn here, too, thanks in part to the persistently dry weather we've had this summer and early fall. Many trees are drought-stressed, and shedding their leaves early.
We may actually pick up a bit of rain tomorrow as this long-anticipated cold front arrives to push this unseasonably warm and muggy weather off the coast.
