Above the Fall: Drone pilots capture foliage colors across US. Video by Lee Enterprises Drone Pilots.
With fall's arrival comes multiple opportunities to enjoy the changing colors of the state's trees -- depending on where you are and what the weather's like.
To make it easier to answer that first question, the state Department of Tourism offers its Wisconsin Fall Color Report, updated regularly to show where leaves' yellows, reds and oranges are most vibrant.
As of Wednesday morning, that was in several counties mostly in the northern third of the state, including Iron, Vilas and Price. But as the calendar turns, the map will shift, with peak colors coming to the middle and southern parts of the state. Dane County, for example, was still listed as about only halfway to peak color vibrancy.
Leaf color can be brighter or duller based on the weather, according to the state Climatology Office. It advises that "the recipe that typically leads to ideal fall color vibrancy and duration is sunny, mild days and cool nights that are above freezing."
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Too many cloudy days and warm nights can delay and mute the colors, it adds.
For the next several days, at least, the Madison area looks to be primed, weatherwise, for enjoying the fall foliage.
The National Weather Service is forecasting mostly sunny skies with highs in the 60s and 70s and nights that get cool but never below 32 degrees.
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