With Labor Day in the rearview mirror it won't be long until the trees start to change colors. Lincoln Riddle spoke with AccuWeather's experts to find out who could see the most vibrant foliage this fall.
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00:00 Leaf peepers get ready. Fall foliage season is near. As you plan your outings
00:05 to check out the changing leaves, you may want to keep recent weather in mind.
00:09 AccuWeather's long-range forecaster Paul Pastelok says weather conditions play a
00:14 major role in how vibrant the foliage will be. What you need is a pretty good
00:19 wet late spring to about the middle of the summer season. You want those trees
00:23 to be less stressed going into the heart of the fall season. Also you don't want
00:28 to have any obstacles like severe weather or any high wind events. Other
00:33 conditions that make it really spectacular is to see a drier September.
00:39 Pastelok says with all that considered, some parts of the country are in line to
00:43 see more vibrant foliage conditions than others. Probably going to be across the
00:47 Northeast, the Great Lakes, in the upper Midwest, and then even the West. It's
00:51 unusual. I can't find a negative spot right now in the West. While much of the
00:56 rest of the country will likely see a typical foliage season, Pastelok says
01:00 there are some areas that could experience a duller season due to high
01:04 heat and humidity this past summer. I think that could happen across the
01:09 Mid-Mississippi Valley, places from Missouri all the way down to Arkansas
01:13 and Tennessee. And also this is going to be a vulnerable area of the country
01:17 going into fall. Severe weather events, high wind events as we get into late
01:21 September and October could knock down some of these leaves quickly. For more on
01:25 AccuWeather's fall foliage forecast, head over to accuweather.com. For AccuWeather,
01:30 I'm Lincoln Riddle.