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Mondy the sea monster.

A little late in the game but the next advertised 'good' look on the EPS is the period from around St Patty's day heading towards the Equinox.

I drank a ho hum 120 for HH. Picked this up today from Founders: The 2021 Barrel-Aged Series will kick-off with Panther Cub, a robust porter in March 2021. Panther Cub (9.2% ABV) is aged in the finest bourbon barrels available along with a kiss of maple syrup and vanilla extract. The aroma of maple and vanilla combine with a surprisingly deep character to make this rare creature one to gaze upon fondly. For Friday HH!

After a beautiful day in the low 50s, wind picking up now and temp down to 47.

I think I am going to put some grass seed down this weekend in the random patches where it didn't come in very well last fall. Just going to loosen the soil and bury it an inch or so under. Wont germinate right away but should do fine and start coming up the last week of March. Pretty confident the weather will cooperate. Did this last year around the 10th of March and it worked out well.

I don't see why not. I prefer the mulch to all have a darker and more consistent 'seasoned' look, so I just buy hardwood mulch. If you don't care about the aesthetics, then sure use it.

Yeah wind is about the only thing to track the next few days lol. It will certainly feel like winter this weekend, but under full March sun it should be pretty comfortable for outside activities during the day.

Very sloppy. Disappointing effort.

Not much to track in the LR thread. Lots of sunny and cold followed by sunny and quite mild by mid next week. Zero complaints.

This weekend will be perfect for getting some pre-Spring yard work done. Clean up the leaves that blew back into the yard, and put some new mulch down. Maybe some Preen. No sweat, no bugs.

HH.

My dad had solar installed 6 or so years ago, and also has a geothermal heat pump. He has 20 acres so his solar panels are in a field next to the house. He tracks everything and showed me the numbers on a spread sheet. I am totally jealous. All I have is a standard heat pump(and a wood burning insert). If it wasn't completely wooded here, I would have solar.

No sign of precip for at least another week. Mostly sunny every day. Glorious. Next chance of rain looks to be late next week with a low tracking well NW and a front moving through.

I think you meant to say Nino here. I don't think we have enough of a sample size to say changes in Ocean temps/Pac jet has completely overwhelmed the characteristic impacts ENSO state has on our weather patterns. That is arguable at this juncture. 2015-2016 isn't that long ago and the outcome of that winter was very much on par with a strong Nino- warm overall but one 2-week colder period with some blocking produced a KU. The results of winter of 2017-18 was in alignment with the character of a Nina for the MA. The last few years the 'expected' ENSO-atmospheric coupling has been muted/overwhelmed by other factors like the MJO. One of those years, 2018-19 I think, the Nino got going late and ended up being diffuse/undefined, and the atmospheric response was minimal. This sort of result may or may not be an indication of things to come. We cant know yet.

Ofc he is.

Drinking a TripleBerry Hazelnut stout as I scrolled down and saw that pot of chili. I could defo go for a bowl right now lol.

St Patty's day gradient pattern.

I will await Psu's obligatory dissertation style reply explaining how ENSO state really doesn't have much influence on our weather outcomes anymore.

This is how we waste good NA setups in a Nina. This really had no shot with the ridge axis practically right on top. Hostile PAC with a super -PNA is a wrecking ball here.

Growing on ya? I just couldn't lol. The hickory smoked bacon smell/taste was just too much.

I found out pretty quickly when you travel and the menu has "Maryland style" crab cakes or crab soup, or anything, avoid it like the (pandemic).

Only red wine I would drink in my 20s was Manischewitz lmao. Basically welches grape juice, but with alcohol. Suffice to say I have come a long way, as I really like dry reds now, and don't like more than a slight hint of sweetness even in a white.

Looking good. For N NH. Not. Poor Phin.

1.8" total for this protracted rainy period since Friday night. Looks dry for the next 7 days at least. Love it.