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I'll try to answer the OP's question, but qualify it with I haven't been in the Park in a couple weeks. I do live nearby though. Judging from what I see in the area, conditions will generally improve for leaf-looking through this weekend. However, a cold front is coming through Friday with some rain (we need it badly), and some wind. At the higher elevations I expect the weather to put an end to the color season. The low and mid elevations will thin but have good color through next week but it will move down the mountain each day. Currently there is still a lot of green on some slopes. Color timing is always slope and exposure dependent. The best years for color usually follow a hard freeze when many trees turn at once. We haven't had that this year, in fact we have been exceptionally warm. So the driest most stressed areas turn first.
Generally, the Tenn. side of the Park is a few days later for color than the NC side. I expect next week will be pretty nice along the rivers in the valleys, though without much rain there is very little flow right now. Usually by the first week of Nov. I'm heading towards the SC and Ga border areas for widespread color.
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