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Some flakes flying here too in the last 20 mins.

Interesting snippet from Mount Holly AFD. I chuckled. Dude seems genuinely disappointed lol. A nondescript weather pattern continues through the greater part of the upcoming week with a lack of any significant weather features of interest. Anomalously high 500 mb heights over the North Atlantic in association with wave breaking will mark a change in weather pattern with the negative NAO developing. Concomitantly, a decreasing Rossby Wave Number flirting from 4 to 5 is also to blame for this upcoming pattern. As mentioned in the previous discussion, the position of the downstream trough axis off the New England Coast and a building ridge to our west through the upcoming week will work to keep us largely void of significant precipitation and impactful weather.

Feels like Feb 2. Windy. Temp up to a whopping 34.

We are gonna get some rain in a pattern like that in Spring, but hopefully fronts are progressive and we don't get a stalled system that puts us in an easterly flow with clouds, showers, and drizzle for a week.

I am fine with an extended period of cool weather, as long as it isn't cloudy, damp, and dreary. 55-65 is perfect for the first half of April. Early Spring should offer a period similar to Fall, but all too often we switch right to 70s and humid.

As contractor, don't you get better prices at electrical supply houses than at Lowes?

That is real world data. A little research is required to find the reasons behind the trends in the data depicted on that graph. You realize that raw material supply chain disruptions don't necessarily have immediate price impacts on end products right? It takes time for inventories to become depleted etc, and after the lag, the impacts of supply shortages will not necessarily be distributed equally, thus prices will fluctuate and vary from place to place. The primary issue with copper over the past year is in the mining process. Good read here, if you are interested- https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-metals-copper-ahome/column-worlds-copper-mines-struggle-to-recover-from-covid-19-idUSKBN29V1E9

30 here this morning.

The most recent up trend in copper prices started last March. As with many products/services, most likely a supply crunch induced by COVID related disruptions. Check out the long term price trends. Click on 5 years and you can see the increase over the past year clearly. https://www.macrotrends.net/1476/copper-prices-historical-chart-data

LOL flizzard here now. After nothing all day.

I planted some sensitive stuff in early April last year and had to cover it several times. I will wait until this upcoming blocking period is over and evaluate lol.

Freeze warning here. We are defo into growing season.

Gotta love the "Danger" cap that goes on all the DFH high gravity beers. Most people probably don't even get it lol.

I will. Btw "Imperial" today just means BIG- dark fruit/chocolate, roasty and esp. high gravity (typically 10% and up). The DFH WWS is actually bigger than the Eclipse, at 16-18% depending on the batch. Imperial stout used to mean(or strongly imply) Russian Imperial Stout, which is also big but is very hoppy too.

Very early Spring, yes. These beers age well, but they will die young.

One of my students got me a $50 gift card from Wishing Well in Easton. I spent it on 5 beers lol.

Or this lol

Is this like a weather duel? Its all good, until the MA default sets in for 4-5 months.

0.92" for the event so far. Not much more to come but should break an inch. 42 currently.

Hopefully a -NAO becomes more prevalent again in the coming years, and when it will do some good. We also need a legit Nino to go with it, if that is even possible anymore.

Looking blocky for a bit.

I thought the same about the ICON. It is almost boring with its lack of being prone to advertising extremes- a good thing at range.

0.82" so far. Looks like the first round should be ending shortly. Hopefully the next batch later tonight wont be as heavy.

up to 0.50" now.

I have a 120 in the fridge so I'll go with that. If it survives tonight.