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All this talk about these places...Lanco isn't getting any respect. I mean, we got you an Intercourse, a Bird in Hand...

That's okay. I'm up 209 points in my fantasy league with 3 weeks left. I should be able to coast to victory at this point - having Taylor and Kupp has paid off handsomely. Kupp is a freaking machine.

Sounds like the idea is that the precip races through overnight and by sunrise, it's outta here. That should set the stage for a partly sunny Christmas with a high around; oh, about...52?

Wasn't following the weather forecast for Philly but was surprised to see how nasty it was down there last night. Mist/drizzle was the worst type of precip to fall into freezing temps where it occurred. Got down to 28 here. Working from home today and have not been out but it looks completely dry from what I can see. Farmdale cutoff? (skies must have been "less cloudy" here resulting in my lower temp)

Oh, I'm not arguing with you at all. After I saw your post I went to see what CTP had for me on Saturday. They have rain overnight Friday, but just Mostly Cloudy for Christmas Day.

CTP better catch up...I have no mention of precip in my forecast for Christmas.

Watched some of the Eagles game last evening and there was a steady drizzle for much of the game - me thinks there was just enough moisture in areas with sub-freezing temps to create a real mess.

I said the same some time ago. Never forget Lake Placid for that very reason.

Thanks for posting that, I had not seen that. Interesting.

We're going for our first time Memorial Day weekend. Many years (but not all) there is still significant snow on the mountain at that time. 2 years ago they skied until August 6th. The objectives of our trip would not be satisfied going in the winter, this time should provide good weather and still see snow. The cost of living in Mammoth Lakes - yeah, I do okay at work but not nearly that okay. But if we like it on our visit we'll likely consider making trips out there the same way that people around here flock to FL during the winter months. I could definitely see some extended vacations in our future.

Mammoth next 6 days: (Expecting an additional 5' to the 6' they got last week) Wednesday Snow likely. The snow could be heavy at times. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. Breezy, with a southwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible. Wednesday Night Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Patchy fog before 2am. Low around 26. Windy, with a southwest wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 10 to 14 inches possible. Thursday Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 30. Very windy, with a southwest wind 35 to 40 mph, with gusts as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 11 to 17 inches possible. Thursday Night Snow likely, mainly before 10pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Windy, with a southwest wind around 35 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 7 to 11 inches possible. Friday A 40 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 22. Windy. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. Friday Night A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. Breezy. Christmas Day Snow likely. The snow could be heavy at times. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 19. Breezy. Saturday Night Snow likely, mainly before 10pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Windy. Sunday A chance of snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Partly sunny, with a high near 17. Windy. Sunday Night A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Breezy. Monday A chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 17. Breezy.

3 year plan - wife and I will be vacationing in Mammoth Lakes in summer 2024. Eyes open to returning at some point later for a longer stay. Not sure how to define "longer" at this point. I've been working towards this trip for a long time.

Let's put this is perspective - it takes 2 minutes for some of us to walk to our mailbox, get the mail, and walk back to our home. Imagine walking out the door and it's 4 below zero. By the time you re-enter your home, it's 45. How crazy is that???

You and @Mount Joy Snowmanwill appreciate this regarding Chinook winds: "Chinook winds caused the greatest 24-hour temperature change ever recorded, occurring on 15 January 1972, in Loma, Montana; the temperature rose from −48 to 49, an increase of 103 degrees." That happened in 1 day. Edit: I think Wikipedia, or the source is wrong...that's not a 103 degree change. LOL

Aren't the Dakotas subject to the Chinook winds? I think that phenomena wipes out like 2' of snow in a matter of hours. I'm heading for Mammoth Lakes, CA - 7800' of elevation and they get about 200" of snow in a really bad winter. In 2018 or 2019 they had a snowpack approaching 20'.

Sorry, back to the weather and talking about our next big wintry threat... I got nothing.

BTW, I mistyped my post - I meant to say that I was NOT convinced that 9-7-1 would be enough. You're right about the draft, it's not a QB draft like last year was. Our mistake was not prioritizing the QB need the past several seasons. Now, here we are at a crossroads and the well to draft from is pretty dry. Might need to package a few players in a trade at this point. I'd love to see them beef up the OL and get back to pounding the ball. Like Penn State, we just can't run the ball effectively. That bothers me.

All NHL games are off until next week.

I think they'll likely finish 9-7-1. I do now think they'll beat CLE and BAL - I'm convinced that will be enough. A lot of teams at 8-6/7-7 right now. The Training game will might define the season for the Black and Gold. If they fail to reach the postseason, all eyes will reflect back to Detroit first and foremost.

You have every right (obviously) to feel the way that you do, and every right (I believe) to express it. Maybe it's not what others want to read, but every opinion is worth sharing. I wasn't going to share this, but you sort of "inspired" me to do so - there is a met on the west coast, he's not on here and not nationally known. He is however; revered by Sierra ski industry as a legendary expert on pattern recognition and forecasting. His name is Howard Sheckter, he is both the premier weather guy in CA as well a real estate agent, ha. At any rate, he feels very strongly that the MJO will remain stuck in 7, and he believes that the trough will remain in the west (and ridging in the east) through at least the middle of January. Of course, his thoughts are just one of many and he certainly could be wrong, but I've been reading this guy's thoughts for years and I'll just say that he's right far more often than he's wrong. As with most things in life...time will tell.

I agree...what I said to my son, I was mostly trying to convince myself. LOL

I was trying to convince my son that the best thing that could happen is for the team to lose out. My fear is will win "just enough" games to continue to justify not making any changes in leadership. The Standard is the Standard is increasingly becoming Sub-Standard.

Probably the most annoying gimmick in televised sports history. I hated that with all my might.

I think so? I was reading the breaking news on my ESPN app while doing my parsing, LOL

I saw that last night while I was parsing the 0z Euro. Basically a 5 day "break".