40/70 Benchmark

The #1 analog for the ski industry on the CIPS analysis page is your met career.

You def. quoted some this tweets in the lead up to this...or maybe it was Facebook.

No question the MEI isn't a good measure of intensity for this event, but I feel the RONI is a decent compromise.

Except when he gets excited about big wind, then you streamline his twitter feed lol

The man made stuff is more resilient than natural snowfall.

Enjoy, man....sucks. I was looking forward to it. If he comes and is doing okay and we get him settled in, maybe a I can sneak away for a bit, but doubtful.

Yea, good post and agreed. This also bodes well for January IMO, as we all remember the favorable period in January 2016. Of course, if the activity remains south of me again, I'll quit weather, but that is a discussion for another day.

Big wind stayed south of my home, which I am okay with....worked out perfectly with my being able to see the damage at work in Chelsea lol

So, as much as this sucks, I don't think I am going to make it....my son is really sick and mom is taking him home from Uganda. They arrive tomorrow....too bad it got moved up from today, but I understand why and agreed with the decision.

Gotta admit, that was impressive...especially since I got to experience it in Chelsea....winds do not seem to have been impressive at home....shocker. I have blogged about some tropical systems that were not that impressive. I will continue to take the under on wind 9/10 times, but yesterday was that one out of ten.

Yea, S MA, RI and CT can have that.....gladly sit that shit out.

Nah, I don't do core samples for snowfall...I only have accurate totals for months in which it doesn't snow.

Blocking looks more significant in 1952...but like I said, I am sure it's a combination. I have never denied CC....you are just more aggressive with attribution than I am. This is the reason I like to use 1951-2010 climo for analog composites...no question global heights are greater now.

3.3" total rainfall....no wind damage at home

I did not evade your point. I said I agree with that, however, I don't feel as though piggy backing off of the post of a dude implying that anyone expecting a pattern change has not learned anything from last year was the proper context. Using last season as a learning experience while appreciating the difference between this year and last are not mutually exclusive. Now drop it.

Assuming someone missed the point because they have a different POV is condescending to me. Period.

I think my area may have gotten rocked in Methuen...that meaty part of that line went right through there.

What is your point? It won out quite a bit from 2009 to 2011, as well. Its mindless....if suggesting persistence, bring something to the table as to why instead of simply weening folks that are simply offering data.

Wouldn't the huge +EPO have something to do with that? I feel like that was more anomalous than the early month NAO, just like the PNA was more anomalous than the NAO last year. And yes, I am sure some of it maybe due to CC, but its more than that IMO.

Debate is one thing, just automatically being dismissive is another. Plenty of folks like @Allsnowand @bluewavethat view things differently that I have had great discussions with. But the crap being offered by this persistence crowd is another thing entirely. Someone simply mentions that the long range looks more wintery shouldn't be met with "haven't you learned anything"...that is simply close minded, incendiary crap. Now, if you want to put the breaks on and suggest that perhaps guidance may be rushing the retrograde of the Canadian ridging....then sure. Possible.

I snuck a last minute peek in

This is legit damage ongoing...you can hear it, like a tropical system.

Window just blew out in ladies room at work...very audible. WOW

I can't believe how intense this is in Chelsea.....small trees are just consistently bent...