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Luckily I was unable to watch that mess over here. A lot of work to do, and the Chiefs are up next. 0-2 start looking likely.

It is for the best.

Cool looking place but with a long and creepy ass history. http://www.lancastercastle.com/history-heritage/a-dark-history/

https://cumbriacrack.com/2021/09/10/more-pictures-tom-cruise-tells-fan-he-loves-the-lake-district/ Didn't know this was going on when I was there. Saw a black helicopter doing maneuvers and caught it in one or two of my mountain photos.

Mid 60s here for highs over the next 7 days with low 50s for lows, and showery early to mid week. Pretty typical, and very happy to miss the upcoming disgusting extended tropical mid Atlantic summer weather.

Last day in Cumbria. Went to the area with the highest peaks, with the highest being Scafell Pike at 3200 feet. Unfortunately there were a lot of low clouds and drizzle so the dramatic rocky peak was not visible. Still got some decent shots.

Latavius Murray time? Barry Sanders? Jim Brown maybe?

Christ Gus Edwards too. What a disaster. Thought the Ravens figured out how to not do this after all the lower leg injuries of a few years ago.

Staying in a place called Cockermouth, which is a lovely town, but the name can compete with some of the funniest you will find in the state of PA.

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Currently in Cumbria, in the Lake district. Just gorgeous here. Did some hiking today and took a bunch of photos. I could totally live here, and this area gets some decent snow most winters.

I am just a magnet for severe. Yellow warning of thunderstorm Updated 7 September at 10:20 BST From 11:00 BST on Thu 9 September To 20:00 BST on Thu 9 September Heavy showers and thunderstorms on Thursday have the potential to bring surface water flooding in a few places, and disruption to travel. - There is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded quickly, with damage to some buildings from floodwater, lightning strikes, hail or strong winds - Where flooding or lightning strikes occur, there is a chance of delays and some cancellations to train and bus services - Spray and sudden flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures - There is a small chance that some rural communities could temporarily become cut off by flooded roads

Super cool area. Picked up some killer craft beers next door to the brewery. A lot of the brews here are low abv, but I found some nice, complex, high gravity stuff. https://www.holmesmill.co.uk/

Went to Clitheroe today. Ofc I found a brewery.

Happy Hour. Planning a 2 day trip to the Lake District. Looks like the mini "heat wave" here will give way to more typical UK weather.

The glass half full view of last winter is to imagine a +AO/NAO with the Pac pattern the same. Might have seen little to no frozen for the coastal plain for the second year in a row instead of somewhat respectable median snowfall.

It has 'some' influence on the AO/NAO state, and possible development of HL blocking. Trending negative heading into Fall and winter is considered favorable. How much of a correlation there is seems debatable from what I have read, and some forecasters don't pay much attention to it.

A few shots from Castleton in Derbyshire.

QBO 30 mb zonal wind index continues to trend negative heading into Fall. May 0.31 June -6.93 July -13.17 August -13.82

57 this morning in Cheadle. Sunny and 72 today. Should be around 80 by Tues and Wed.

54. Glorious. Just as I am set to leave for 2+ weeks. Hopefully it wont be back to tropical when I return.

64 here this morning.

Unless something else rolls through overnight, the total will be 1.12" here. Didn't need anymore than that. The skeeters are out and biting over the last week or so for the first time all summer.

Mattie was right. I am a drama queen. It was gusty and brought down some dead branches, and got me over the 1" mark. And here comes the next line. Rumbling.