Supernovice

Woulda been cool if they got Jim Cantore, but I’ll settle for Jim Catnore I guess.

Anyone wondering about the cause:

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

That cityscape reminds me of San Francisco in 2020

Someone posted the AQI is double in NYC now, compared to what it was in SFO in 2020. Wild stuff

5 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Well in any case... it's not like we didn't know it was coming.

Did we ever have this when we were growing up- i.e. 80's? I don't recall it...ever. 

And I feel like I would remember this post apocalyptic sky.

looking to my east: smoke on the horizon.

Was just going to post this- she’s gorgeous. Doesn’t get much more textbook. 

23 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

insane!

Smoke fetishists:

Not all hero’s wear capes

4 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

Can't read the article, but did they really call the 3-year La Nina unprecedented? They're certainly uncommon but not sure if I would categorize it as unprecedented. There have been several dating back to the late 1800's and multiple within the ONI dataset going back to 1950.

money quote:

"First, is that typically La Niña follows El Niño, but this is an example of a La Niña event that had no preceding El Niño. That’s not completely impossible, but unlikely. The second thing is, we had this La Niña event that lasted for three years that didn’t follow an El Niño. That is unprecedented. Previous long-lasting La Niñas have always happened after a strong El Niño.”

Interesting paper on the impacts of the Australian Wildfires in 2019-2020.  Interesting how the smoke doesn't get into the stratosphere but still impacts sensible weather. good read.

TLDR- Contributed to the 3 yr long (unprecedented) La Nina.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01588-8

Pool heater engaged for the first time this yr. enjoy these next 2 days

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

None knows you.. cares about what you post . Let’s keep it that way by having you make more posts like this . Keep wearing your mask outdoors alone, while driving in your car alone , and getting your boosters . 

Oh no- that does it. I’ll be at the next gtg. Book it.

37 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

With snow still otg in areas and a cold time of year there and no lightning ..I mean sure. That sounds like burn season in the high Canadian Rockies 

If I were you and thank god I’m not, I’d sit out any fire/ smoke conversations for awhile.

Anyways it took me 0.01 seconds and Google to find out how unusual wildfires during May in Alberta are and the answer is….not at all unusual. Shocker.

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

One of the biggest dicks on the board = you bro 

Thank you- I think?

Ya I’m pretty sure the correct response is ‘thank you’.

47 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Not many better songs than this . Absolute classic. Crank and rip it.

 

When I think of you, I think of this:

Aurora’s to Boston tonight??
 

Too bad it’s cloudy. Pretty significant solar storm ongoing 

56 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Seed in the spring or fall? Spend spring removing anything unwanted and levelling the ground then seed in fall?

I mean you can seed in either. The issue w/ the spring is your grass seed is competing w/ weeds so it's less effective and also you can't apply herbicides to control crabgrass etc- because that stops all germination.

When I "started over" I seeded both (spring/fall) for like 2 yrs...but shifted to a late summer/ fall de-thatching and seeding followed by spring crabgrass, grub control application cycle. Which is effective.

Pretty cool:

I know @Typhoon Tiphas posted it before but anyone got a link to a good Mesonet? pls and Ty.

8 hours ago, TalcottWx said:

I am in an inverse bear ETF for Tesla called TSLQ. I am up 10% since Tuesday. And those are shares, not options.

Those levered etf’s reset their NAV’s daily- you’re going to get chewed up by fees if you hold that- designed for a day or less holding period.

Also- what do you think the underlying is of that etf?( hint: rhymes with whaptions)

anyways back to your regularly scheduled programming.

edit: as of this moment 1:30pm, ~$3.5mm gone lolz. see ya SVB

Looks like some on this board may have a week of their dreams next week: a HECS and a potentially devastating credit/ liquidity US banking crisis to watch unfold while snowed in.

As someone who has significant funds at SVB obviously hope that’s not the case but getting skittish and might pull everything at open tomm. Which is what a good ole fashioned bank run is… so?

9 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Username checks out

He literally ranted for days that his rain was contaminated with chlorine and chemicals from the fire in Northeast Ohio which had occurred like 8 days earlier. 

It was a joke- I’ll do better explaining next time. Or you could trust his forecasting and weather understanding- up to you all.

15 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Looks on track to me for snow next weekend 

So 6-7 days away…that means if I look downstream the system should be about here today, right? How come I don’t see anything- please advise.

1 minute ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I mean the surface.

doesn't it translate tho- Like more air aloft would have led to the Merrimack Valley being more sleet- no? regardless of surface temps, or is that an over simplification?

16 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

22.1

Euro nailed the low level cold...NAM sucked.

When I saw the below last night i was like ehhhh... Delete Delete!

Maybe High Res was better down south, but certainly not Pike North