Active Weather
One advisory is in effect across the region this morning. The National Weather Service office in Caribou has a frost advisory for northwest Aroostook, northeast Aroostook, and northern Piscataquis counties in Maine, running until 9 AM Eastern time. A frost advisory means temperatures are expected to drop far enough for frost to form on surfaces, which will damage tender plants left uncovered.
Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont have no active watches, warnings, or advisories of any kind.
The household action here is a garden action rather than a safety one. If you are in far northern Maine and still have tomatoes, peppers, basil, or squash in the ground, cover them tonight or pick what is ready. This is the ordinary end of the growing season in Aroostook County, which typically sees its first frost in early to mid September.
Infrastructure
Nothing active. No power outage events, water system notices, or transportation disruptions are reported for the six states.
There are no large wildfires burning in New England in the National Interagency Fire Center's September 8 situation report. The Southern and Eastern geographic areas carry fire activity this week, but none of it is in this region.
Public Health
No active air quality alerts anywhere in the six states.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Alert Network archive index could not be read again this morning, so we are not able to confirm either way whether a new national health advisory has posted. The most recent notice we could open directly was issued August 11 and is written for clinicians rather than households. If you want to check for yourself, the archive lives at emergency.cdc.gov/han.
On the food safety side, the Food and Drug Administration posted a recall on September 8 of ready to eat deli salads and cream cheese from Made Fresh Salads Inc. for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination, distributed nationwide. Ready to eat refrigerated salads are the kind of thing that sits in a fridge for a while, so it is worth a look at the recall notice on fda.gov if you buy prepared deli salads.
Watch Item
The National Hurricane Center's Atlantic tropical weather outlook, issued at 2 AM Eastern time this morning, says tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next seven days. This is the climatological peak of the Atlantic season, so an empty basin is worth noticing rather than assuming.
That matters most for New England in September and October, which is when this coastline sees the tropical systems that reach it, usually as fast moving post tropical storms rather than landfalling hurricanes. Seven clear days is a genuine window. If your hurricane and nor'easter preparation has been sitting on a list since spring, this is a good week to work through it without any weather pressure.
The Weather Prediction Center's day 2 excessive rainfall outlook, valid through Thursday morning, places a marginal risk over northern New York and northern Vermont, with atmospheric moisture values running between 1.75 and 2 inches. A marginal risk is the lowest of the four levels and means isolated flash flooding is possible. The center notes the front is moving quickly, which limits how much rain any one spot collects.
Beyond the frost in Aroostook County, the seasonal item for the rest of the region is the heating system check. Early September is when service appointments are still easy to get. It gets harder every week from here.
Explore Today
What to do with a clear week during the peak of the season.
The checks worth making before the first cold night, while appointments are easy to get.
Storing and rotating what you grew before the first hard frost takes it.