CAPE

Sadly he smoked too much, but still..

RIP Eddie Van Halen. **** cancer.

This is probably the sort of look we have to "hope" for. Latest CFS h5 mean for December. Maybe if the PDO goes positive it can aid in sustaining an early winter PNA-ish ridge for a while before the pattern retros and turns to complete suckage. Just a bit of help up top here too. Fwiw, CFS looks decent for Jan as well. All the usual disclaimers apply.

I took a peek at the monthly h5 means posted in the NE thread. December isn't that bad, with a west based -NAO, and the Pac ridge s/w of the Aleutians' has not yet become an absolute monster. Most likely the NAO would just keep us from torching, but if that PAC ridge is not yet a fixture and/or is positioned a bit further NE, ya never know. Verbatim that would probably produce for central and northern NE.

Not likely. If that were to happen it would probably be in January. Those seeking snow this winter may have to settle for chasing upslope snow showers out in Canaan with transient cold on the backside of a warm, wet cutter.

The CFS yo-yo is back to advertising a general h5 pattern for winter that could certainly tease, and likely never deliver.

I am down for this. Need to get acclimated to the new normal. Resistance is futile.

Drinking a FD Kujo Cold Brew Coffee Porter for HH.

One.

There would probably be some snow showers for the western highlands with this look.

Cowboys are terrible. All they needed was a coach!

Wonder what Phin thinks about Cam.

LOL. We all know your position on Lamar, and why. Like most everything else you comment on, it is your special little Phin spin. It is amusing tho. Aren't you a Patriot "fan" now?

Lamar had 2 TDs passing and one long one running. Not a bad game. He doesn't make those strong downfield throws in his rookie season though, so the regression comment is just dumb. Washington does have a legit front seven, if nothing else, but the Ravens aren't overly impressive in any facet right now. Offensive line is a "work in progress" to put a positive spin on it. Defense still cant generate a consistent pass rush,, despite all the so-called upgrades on the D line. Just like last season, there will likely be some retooling in the coming weeks. That is if Covid doesn't end the season prematurely.

This is true. I figure I am going to get enough "accidentally", so I don't intentionally eat it. Ice cream, cake, pies. etc.- I don't eat it and never miss it. Most of my sugar intake comes from bananas. Not refined ofc.

If you are totally bored, or you actually eat them, do some research on chicken Mcnuggets.

Yup. It astonishes me how a large part of this country eats. They eat crap no human was ever meant to eat, even once, and they do it daily. And walking 10 feet is a workout. Lack of information, and conditioning. I avoid fast food and refined sugar like a plague.

Just saw this thread on the character of the Nina from HM.

Looks like the Saints found out one of their players tested positive, after landing in Detroit last night for their game with the Lions. Contact tracing and further tests this morning. Could be another postponement.

43 here this morning.

Sprinkler for lease,

We are moving forward though, with some scientifically proven preventative measures in place to save lives. This is America. We make sacrifices, and take actions for the greater good, even if it is uncomfortable sometimes. That's patriotism. No solution is perfect. Congress needs to get this new stimulus bill done though. As MN Transplant said in his post above, we are biding our time. Progress has been/is being made with testing and development of an effective vaccine. This wont be forever.

I am in the middle of teaching a class now. Wearing a mask while lecturing is a bit interesting- it tends to fall down off the nose when you talk, so I am constantly adjusting. It clearly minimizes the chances of transmission though, and it is a minor inconvenience at most. I just don't get the whole "liberate" political crap. We all wear seatbelts, and we didn't used to have to do that either. Wearing a mask minimizes the spread of all sorts of viruses. After getting Norovirus in back to back winters, I started paying more attention to hygiene when out in public places and keeping distance from random people, even before all this. Assuming we get a vaccine and this passes, I may very well continue wearing a mask in certain situations, esp during the winter months. A major aspect of "fixing" the healthcare issues we have in this country is preventative.

I am gonna beat Mersky to the punch, and give you a weenie here. Make that multiple weenies.

How is this relevant? Give me some hard numbers, not anecdotal crap. And not some puny data set, either.