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    December Medium/Long Range Discussion

    in Mid Atlantic

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    2 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

    looks like we get a brief shot around xmas...then after there is at least cold air around to tap.  We have been paying for the god awful November still.  It was so bad...one of the worst November's every...that it wasn't easy for the thermal profile of North America to recover.  

    Last month felt like the exact opposite of the last two November's...they were pretty cold  weren't they? And then there were the head fakes that the pattern to follow would be good...and it turned bad instead. Now wouldn't it be funny if the opposite happened this year? Lol

    December Banter 2020

    in Mid Atlantic

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    Well, I think we can give both farmer's almanacs a win on yesterday's storm! :lol: 

    Farmer's Almanac:

    "Dec. 12-15th: Major East Coast Storm"

    Old Farmer's Almanac:

    "December 11-17: Snowstorm North, flurries south"

     

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    December Medium/Long Range Discussion

    in Mid Atlantic

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    9 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

    By mid December I knew we were in trouble...and by Xmas I knew we were completely screwed and likely headed for a total dud winter.  We were looking at a combination of the worst possible pacific pattern and NAM state possible...and judging by the onset of those two patterns combined with the typical duration of both when they present at that level of anomaly...history said both were likely to continue through the majority of our snow climo.  The history of such years with that pacific and high latitude look was really ugly. 

    Right now everything up top looks more favorable.  The pacific is more murky.  The Euro weeklies resume the central pac ridge look week 3 and keep it locked in straight through...there is a -AO most of the time but mostly ruined by the awful pac.  However...the models were doing that by Xmas not long ago and then backed off.  It seems they "think" we should be going to that out in time...but like it past years when they thought things would get better, keep pushing that look out.  What has ended up the reality is a mediocre but not completely hostile pacific.  If that continues and the AO remains negative we should have a decent winter.  So far things look better then I expected.  

    Now when was the last time we actually had a great pac? Lol

    December Medium/Long Range Discussion

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    48 minutes ago, frd said:

    Ying and Yang...... wonder what happens in the East between December 25 th and January 7 th 2021.

     

     

      

     

    Awesome! Now tell me why that dude is sittin' up there with a frowning emoji as if the blue ball of awfulness wasn't set up there all last winter...lol (and maybe even the winter before) Spread the wealth! :lol:

    Coronavirus

    in Lakes/Ohio Valley

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    3 hours ago, Hoosier said:

    Article about which groups are most reluctant about taking the vaccine:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/15/health-202-some-americans-will-refuse-coronavirus-vaccines-who-where-they-are-matters/

    In short, self-identified Republicans, people in rural areas, people in their 30s and 40s, and African Americans.

    The reasons are likely different.  For Republicans, it's because they are more likely to think the virus is not a big deal.  People in their 30s and 40s probably don't feel as threatened on a personal level.  For African Americans, it may be rooted in things like the Tuskegee Study.

    As an African-American I can tell ya that the scars from the Tuskegee study are still there and are definitely playing a role...I mean as for me personally, I'm not too reluctant (just making sure there aren't any ill-effects, which is fine since I'll be at the end of the list anyway, lol) but others certainly are. I think it's gonna take a heck of a campaign...with more black leaders getting publicly vaccinated--along with as much transparency as possible.

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