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It would suck because its early May, but for those worried about dry grounds and "drought" conditions, one way to fix that is a good ole coastal. A good widespread 1-3" of rain for a day wouldn't be a terrible thing

I always strongly recommend learning a few basic phrases in a local language. Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, etc. And note that Swiss German is a little different.

This is awesome Snow is almost over with only 1" here...heaviest snow in southern MN. Another cold blast on the way Jan 18/02:45 North Branch MN 22 20 95 5 S10 1019 OVC S- Low wind chill in Auburn, NH this morning of -61.7F (

Coming precip patterns are pre-El Nino Apr-May precip before later-in-the-year Nino 3.4 El Nino's: 6-14 day CPC forecast

Just got through cutting up a downed tree. Hands were freezing after taking work gloves off. Can't believe the amount of dead and downed trees in my woods. No roots

North Branch MN? CIA?

Up to 47.7° with full sun, but man…these dews near 10° make the airmass feel more brutal.

Low temperature of 28F early this morning.

I didn't have a language problem. The barrier was mostly with clerks at stores and then you can figure things out without verbal language. The translate apps on the phone help a lot with signs.

Models still showing a robust +IOD developing over the coming months

Wasn't last July the most humid July on record? We need another month like that, seems like there were thunderstorms every day that month.

Let's see if it makes it all the way to Nino 1+2

That’s from the massive DWKW Paul Roundy and Eric Webb talked about over the weekend. It’s going to advect and slosh east through Ekman pumping just like they all do.

Well peaches can set wayyyyy too many fruit. People usually have to thin them a lot to get larger peaches and to prevent branches from breaking. So having 50%+ blooms get fried saves growers from that hassle. Re:coolwx…I have obs from all over the place. Some from Auburn through 2001. Lyndonville obs while at school in the late 90s. North Branch MN for a year. Manchester and Goffstown obs for a bit. Then finally up here starting in 2006.

First of next week might get interesting. This is d4-7 .

Western ENSO subsurface continues to strengthen, making me think 57-58, 65-66, 86-87, 91-92, and 15-16 could be top analogs. >+4c on TAO/Triton at 160E, -150m

LWX's daily reports showed a T of snow at DCA and IAD, tying records.

So while we only flew through Zurich to Czechia (formerly Czech Republic) English is spoken by most. Our oldest studied in Prague and while she was required to take a Czech language class most Europeans know and are quite good with English. It is a part of their schooling. So most Europeans in urban settings speak English pretty fluently. The older generation and more rural parts it is a bit harder.

Low of 39 this morning. The he farm got below freezing for second straight morning, bottoming out at 31.3 while the nearby Franklin county airport actually eclipsed my sensor and recorded 30.2

Hopefully it peaks this week and we chip away at it the next few weeks

I'm planning on basing in the village of Kandersteg (near Interlaken) which has nice public transportation up and down the mountains while being on a train station for easy in/out access. I don't know if I can make this trip work with timing of my finals and then other commitments but I'm really hoping I can! Quick question, but how hard/easy was it to navigate if you only know English?

I'm really only familiar with the part of Switzerland that I've been to, but the Alps obviously cross several borders. If I were particularly focused on soaking in the Alps, I might have gone to Zermatt and done the Glacier Express train and the gondola. For a shorter trip without a car, I would have probably based in Interlaken, Switzerland and take the train into Lauterbrunnen/Grindelwald/etc.