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The biggest storm to impact the region in "HALF A YEAR!" LOL. Who says that in regular talk? Saying "6 months" is not dramatic enough, use "year" to make it sound "longer." You see how micromanaged wording is for max effect. This is good news from the Southern Rockies to the Lower MS Valley b/c this sig rain is badly needed b/c of drought conditions. You never hear about that, do you?

I am only a casual sports fan, so verify this for me. It has been said that its all about now the stupid drama OFF the field, like contracts, what this player said, a team potentially moving, etc, than the games themselves!

The way even basic TV services continue to increase in costs has become a major issue, and I have read that networks are pushing to be able to *charge* you for their station access, when it always has been free w/ antennas w/o cable. Yes, that would conflict w/ FCC regulations I think but never understated the power of lobby. The entire TV landscape is becoming a CF. Streaming was supposed to be the panacea, but now it is more expensive than cable w/ regular price increases way ahead of inflation. And for sports fans? Trying to find *where* your local or fav team will be on, not just when, is becoming absurd. Sometimes you do not even know the day before what streaming service/station a particular game will be on! And just wait until the SB becomes PPV!

Did you like the alkaline FOAM INVASION on the beach as the tide came in? I hope you didn't stand in it like reporters sometimes do...gross!

Not good

Well, at least so far we don't see the ultimate over/under maps like the NWS has started putting out for snow events. 0-6" or 1-14" for a single point fcst? That is practically useless for most. Yes, I know some want to see the full range possible but overall, it just causes more confusion and has ppl going ????? Put out one specific fcst w/ reasonable prob snow ranges at a given time, and that's it! Adjust as needed as new model data comes in (not every single weenie model every 3 hr or so!). Focused, coherent, consistent messages is important! Don't make things any more complex than they need to be.

Daily PDO has been tanking.. it's near -2 right now

One issue is the all storms have the same cookie-cutter hype formula in the eyes of TV stations. Sure, not all OCMs follow that or want to do that, but many are forced to. If one wanted to scale things properly and have something unique to say, they should have said, "such a storm fcst is quite unusual for September", but that takes more than generic knowledge of wx, one needs to know local wx history as well. This is of value b/c it puts things in proper context and perspective, which sadly is sorely lacking these days in media. Not all Nor'easters are alike, but they are treated as such for max hype and ratings. Heaven help us when the next HU takes aim at New England. Mark my words, they will make ZERO difference between the 1938 HU and a MEH HU like Belle in 1976. "Look, the track is *similar* the 1938 HU!" O-kay, but all big HU hits in New England have similar tracks! That doesn't say anything really to the public as to total sensible wx impact It's like after Sandy, every E Coast TC threat was "track similar to Sandy" which in that case was nonsense. Sandy 's track was exceptional. But never let a recent big event go unused for hype for "the next one!"

Under. Late Summer to September has been pretty cool.

I would say October snow is a good thing. In 2002, it snowed here in October 4x.. I had 125" that Winter, easily best of my lifetime. It snowed all the way until early May 2003, patterns tend to be longer term.

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NAO's only inversely correlated month of the year to DJFM NAO is October.. opposite correlation.. the Pacific is linearly correlated at 57%, but sometimes in El Nino's a favorable Pac October shifts to unfavorable (+EPO) for the Winter. That might just be because of not enough examples though.

Yeah, seasonal models showing -200dm monthly +PNA in the N. Pacific doesn't seem likely. They are heavily ENSO-bias, need to be reprogrammed

As 40/70 Benchmark would say, the kiss of death for the Winter

Another core penetration by Josh. new update from him on FB "8:15 pm Hearing distinct howling in the distance. Things starting to bang. Hurricane POLO in Las Barrancas." That 8:15pm is his local time

Final total event of 7.93".

@weatherwiz posts are solid and make excellent points. Good debate/discussion material! "just because the lead story was on the storm does not mean it was hyped," Wx is almost always the lead story. Even when nothing is going on, the newscast will throw to the wx right away and talk about how sunny it was today, and never not let an excuse happen for them to say "WE'RE TRACKING!" even if it is clouds or a slight change in temp! This is fluff and obvious to the viewer. That time could be used to report on much more important news out there (not like there isn't enough out there). "Cancelling events ultimately is the decision of the person or people responsible for that decision." Correct, but there is cause and effect here. When you hype things to the max, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary, that has real psychological impacts and skews perception big time. Even if you know better and are well-versed in the basics as to wx, say as an EM, this still will sway your objectivity subconsciously, and result in decisions that are not always the best. Also, even if you know better and do not let this influence you, external pressures socially/politically/economically amped up by the hype are a factor and make you do things you otherwise would not do. Do not underestimate the bandwagon logical fallacy. That is, if "everyone" says this or that is true or is going to happen, then it *must* be true or going to happen! This is known social science and human psychology. Also, as mets and wx enthusiasts, we can't let our wx knowledge bias us here. Yes, WE know the deal and how to interpret/read between the lines when a wx event is fcst, scaling and quantifying things correctly, but the vast majority out there have no idea, and given the info overload these days and not knowing what is what from it, you can't really blame the public for being skeptical/distrustful, which leads me to this: "Also, there is a greater trust in weather forecasts these days which factors in as well. " I don't know about that. In some sectors/fields, yes, but from a public POV? I'll never forget what I heard in a grocery line some years ago. A storm was coming, and one person talking to another said, "last time they said it was not going to hit, and it did, so maybe this time it won't b/c they say it will!" What kind of logic is that!? But you see the notions and perceptions out there!

Josh is about to be hit hard by very compact Polo as he was only 21 miles from the center 1/2 hour ago with only light rain and just some breezes: