North Carolina reaches peak season for fall foliage transformation
EXTINGUISHER, EVEN SAND, RIGHT?
CLOSE IN CASE THOSE FLAMES GET
OUT OF HAND.
>> IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE
WE NEED AN EXPERT TO TELL US
WHEN THE LEAVES WILL CHANGE.
SO WE CAN BOOK, THOUGH, IS
PRETTY FALL. FAMILY PORTRAITS
JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE
BEST TIME AND LOCATIONS TO TAKE
IN THOSE BEAUTIFUL COLORS.
NC STATE UNIVERSITY EXPERT
DOCTOR ROBERT BARD AND DOCTOR
BARTON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US. THIS IS JUST SO
I MEAN, IT'S WHAT FALL IS ALL
ABOUT, RIGHT? THE PRETTY
COLORS. TALK TO US ABOUT THE
OPTIMAL CONDITIONS FOR THIS
TRANSFORMATION.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME. SO THE OPTUM LEE. YOU KNOW,
IT STAYS WARM, SUNNY DAYS THAT
WE'RE HAVING IN THE COOL NIGHTS
ARE REALLY THE OPTIMAL
CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE THE FALL
FOLIAGE, COLORS THAT ARE
VIBRANT, THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE
THIS TIME OF YEAR.
>> SO WE ARE SEEING SOME PRETTY
COLORS BEHIND ME. AND SPARK
A SO WOULD YOU SAY THAT THIS IS
AVERAGE FOR NOW OR SHOULD WE BE
SEEING MORE COLOR, LESS COLOR?
>> SO SO RIGHT NOW IT IS WE'RE
PROBABLY ARE WESTERN PART OF
THE STATE IS A LITTLE BIT AHEAD
OF US, WHICH IS TYPICAL.
>> WITH THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
AND EVERYTHING FOR US. I WOULD
EXPECT US TO
PETE COLORS TO TAKE PLACE OUT
THERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
WEEKS. AND THEN ABOUT A WEEK OR
2. AFTER THAT, WE SHOULD SEE
PETE COLORS IN IN THE VIEWING
AREA HERE AS IT MOVES TOWARDS
THE COAST.
>> WHERE WILL HE GOT A FEW DAYS
TO A WEEK LATER AFTER THAT.
>> SO THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE SHOULD
HEAD OUT TO TAKE THOSE FAMILY
PORTRAITS. HOW DO YOU KNOW
GOING INTO THE SEASON'S IF IT'S
GOING TO BE A PRETTY FOLIAGE
SEASON OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE
BARELY ANYTHING THERE TO SEE.
>> SO THE SO A LOT OF IT IS
DEPENDENT ON WHETHER A BALL
WHICH SEASON IS TRIGGERED BY
DE LANGE. BUT DEPENDING ON
WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT
THE SUMMER AND THEN INTO THE
FALL, WE'LL DETERMINED THEY
FOLIAGE COLORS THAT WE HAVE.
IF WE HAVE A REAL DRIVING
CONDITIONS DURING THE SUMMER
WHERE WE MIGHT AREAS IN THE
STATE THAT HAVE EXTREME
DROUGHT. WE WOULD EXPECT THE
COLORS TO BE MORE MUTED.
IN THE FALL OF WE HAVE A RULE
RAINY SEASON, LOTS OF CLOUDS
AND EVERYTHING WHERE WE DON'T
GET THE SUNLIGHT AND THE
TEMPERATURES WE CAN ALSO EXPECT
THE FULL AGE TO BE MUTED WITH
THAT TYPE OF CONDITIONS.
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S VERY
INTERESTING. DOCTOR BARGAIN
WITH NC STATE UNIVERSITY, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.