Maestrobjwa

Man now you know that'd be slidin' off the coast right below us, lolol

Yeah but isn't the concern a bit premature given that this was the first winter in like 6 years with a favorable PAC? And aren't the real single-digit low cold shots only when the TPV gets displaced a certain way? In general, I do hope it's just too early to draw any conclusions. I mean...7 years ain't exactly a long time in the larger scale of things...is it? I mean...do we have other periods the last 4-5 decades to compare to? I'd like to see some temperature maps and such.

Oh yeah I didn't mean to imply that ninas can't have blocking (I know we had that last year...but the dang PAC, lol). I just meant that this was a typical nina AND we had no blocking. Now about the stj...Now when at the beginning of Jan we saw that it would be unusually present in this nina, I got a bit more enthused. But then we saw that even despite that after the first week we still couldn't time up waves, and the NS interfered with (i.e the storm with a perfect stj wave that got yanked inland) or squashed everything south or southeast! (Of course for your yard that worked out fine, haha) So still that typical Nina NS dominance was an issue. Now I'm wondering if we had had last year's blocking with this year's stj and cold...we would've seen a better result.

The no-blocking typical Nina wants to get in one more laugh...lol I mean that Screencast is the winter right thete! (Only fun part is that even I happened not to be wrong about this winter...albeit my reasoning was a bit too general. But this winter fit the "problem with ninas" to a T!)

Hey is your profile pic a real photo?

The garden thread called: It said it wants it's posts back

I mean...I don't know how other parts of the subforum fared, but that was a 2- footer here that caved in roofs (like the B & O). All heavy and wet! Imo no 2- footer should be underrated--given ya only see one every 6-7 years!

Feb 03' is underrated? Lol Why?

Man this has to be a Top 5 moment, lol

I still find some value in social media. I mean, firstly, as a musician, I almost have to stay connected in that capacity--both personally as a freelancer, and as a church music director. And that avenue has been even more important since the pandemic! You have all kinds of virtual events, and these days the fastest way to get the word out about what's going on at your church or wherever is through social media. So for me it's quote useful. YouTube as well! So I guess for us artsy types it's a bit different. But in general, it's all in how you use it. Facebook is more personal than Twitter (partly because you can control what friends see what, lol). There's nothing wrong with sharing joys and sorrows--because we all do better when we support each other. It's not always "for attention"...and in struggle, some people legit go through stuff and it sometimes it just comes out. But then, if you are careful about your friend list and who sees what...you'd be surprised at the prayers and support you get. On Twitter, I may comment but I never tweet myself...it's a little more wild, imo All that to say...I guess it all depends on the person using it!

Here's where I gotta be lame and have you explain the joke...lol

Archosaurs? Hadn't heard that term, lol

Ha...MLB and players were still at it until 2:30 am, lol Sounds like they got much closer but the coffee may have run out...

If winter is over, all I wanna read about is ENSO predictions, lol Mod El Niño please

Unfortunately...in today's climate, it doesn't seem possible to discuss something that a world leader does that's so obviously awful (a fact agreed on by most)...without someone throwing in said domestic political answer. This is a prime example...ain't no reason the discussion should have even gotten back there...yet here we are! So like the mod said, we just cant talk about it.

Again...the Black History hammer, lol

Don't ya mean the sub-woofers?

Now...what I WANTED to post earlier...I'm calling this right here the black history hammer! Came through to ensure all the black history programs today were not impeded by snow, lol (the ONLY time I didn't mind the NS interference this year!)

Thank ya both! And thank you website creators for making the process much easier, lol

I'd still like to know why clippers in general have been hard to come by. It's like that good clipper of 2015 was supposed to satisfy us for years, lol

Ah frickle...guessing it ain't no quick way to do that, lol

On another note (A--which in fixes do is la..la nina, lol).....Now, I got ridden pretty hard for kinda dismissing this winter as another mediocre la nina for my yard. And...the first week of January, it looked like my prediction was gonna fail miserably, lol But lo and behold...by snowfall amount, the nina did exactly what I thought it would! 13-15" through mostly WAA events, with closer to the beaches having a better shot! I mean, on paper, that's just like 2017-18 to me. But I realize that we can have different circumstances produce equal results--like the 18" of 2017-18 being from literal 1-2 inchers striking at rush hour, and a rare March pasting of a few inches,! Whereas this year it was made of one active yet underpeforming week...(for my yard and n/nw) and then 1 or 2 nickel and dimes, lol But yet the NS was still dominant and progressive, and we didn't have blocking (I do wanna look up Ninas and whether ENSO correlates with blocking, though). Now someone can correct me on whether the ENSO state was the reason for our woes, or whether there were other non-related reasons.

I think this needs to be pinned at the top of something, lol But seriously...newbs/young uns' like me don't know what they're getting into when coming on a forum like this! What ya described is exactly where I'm at. I feel a little less shame now knowing that other folks have gone through the process (the shame part it tough) and I'm also seeing that there is a lot of stuff within that needs to be looked at. Teaching me that I got long ways to go with how I process stuff in general. And it has been bruising and painful...and I ain't handled it great (mostly because if shame. I learn from criticism but get defensive because of shame). I am not sure how good I'll ever be at posting about technical details...but I'm almost sure I'll be able to pick up on tendencies (like what progressive patterns without blocking do...or no do in this case, lol). I think I can get better at reading H5 and such, though. Anyway, thank you so much for your post--ya always keep it 100.

Is there any reason why the file size is now 553.09 KB? I had posted a gif of a larger size but deleted it because it was the wrong thing. Now I tried to upload what I meant to and it won't let me. Did something change?

Hard to imagine you or the other great posters like...NOT being great posters at one point! I always thought it was something ya kinda had or didn't have. I feel a little better now, lol