By Jesse Wood
Howard Neufeld, an ASU biologist known as the “Fall Color Guy,” said in his latest report that “this coming week is the best time to check out the high elevations on the [Blue Ridge] Parkway, as they peak earlier than lower elevations.”
“The next two weekends will bookend the peak color season, although it could extend into the third week of October in the Boone/Blowing Rock area if the weather doesn’t get much colder. Warm weather tends to delay the onset of colors somewhat,” Neufeld wrote.
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Although he noted that “green is still the dominant color,” Neufeld said it appears as if Mother Nature has been playing with the color saturation in the forest like photographers are wont to do with their images.
“However, we won’t see really wide-spread colors until the next weekend. So, if the weather holds as it has for the past week, with mornings getting down into the 40s and highs in the 70s, this should push forward the color development,” Neufeld wrote.
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