North and West

wow an inch of snow in january that's incredible i might look out the window once or twice

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Maybe the mods can consider changing the thread title to the usual as many people seem to have forgotten this is the banter thread, and instead are making the monthly threads unreadable.

I do my best to make them insufferable.


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Today will be the 700th consecutive day on which New York City's Central Park has seen less than 1" daily snowfall. A system could end the streak on Tuesday.

At this point, I kind of want it to go until next season just so that we break 1,000 and everyone loses their minds and the media goes HAM with the stories.

If CPK is going to be an UHI along with a poor pattern, we may as well be entertained.


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One of the things I’ve learned from backpacking is that the ground is the sneakiest enemy when it comes to staying warm. Cold hard compacted ground will just suck the heat from your body. Thats why it’s good to get a sleeping pad that has a really high r value to it. Anything that can create separation helps and corrugated cardboard, while really basic, can probably add a degree of r value insulation from concrete flooring. 

Have you tried camping at hiltons


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Cold snap isnt that cold either.

Are you talking about here? Definitely seems to be in the plains, where it’s been oriented the past decade or so.


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NYC currently running +6.3 for the first 2 weeks of January. This is followed by colder temperatures this week. Then another warm up to close out January. So the month should finish solidly above normal.




 

That’s amazing. 🫠


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One thing no one has mentioned: Its gonna be COLD tomorrow night and probably will struggle to get above freezing Monday. It should help with the "it wont stick during the day" concerns. 

sun angle


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287 special? I gotta warm up the Horse and Buggy if so…

I got u fam

Footage from my ring camera earlier on the homestead:



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Crazy they wouldn't have an option for non-peacock customers like the Thursday night games on Prime.
But you can use Streameast.io to stream it from the Internet. I don't have cable and stream every sporting event from this site.  Easy to watch on my TV with Google Chromecast cast from my phone or computer. 

And it’s free? I can’t believe you would say that.



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The ICON, RGEM and CMC are all too amped up IMO. The UKMET is a clear outlier. The NAM is total trash, not even worth looking it, it’s already trending towards the EURO/EPS. Nothing has changed in my view, still a 1-2 inch event area wide. The GFS probably comes a bit further west like the EURO the next 2 runs

Oh man, I was invested in the snowman/MJO good feelings tour, too.


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How is this a human thought? 

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This was my commentary about streaming having exclusive rights I put it in the NFL thread in the Sports subforum
 
In the scheme of things the first round of playoffs (in any sport) is pretty meaningless unless it's a team you specifically root for.
The playoffs don't really hold any interest for me until we get to the conference finals.  (in any sport.)  I want to see them actually try to put the conference finals or superbowl itself on streaming only.
I am fine with streaming as long as it's not exclusive.  Why limit yourself to one format anyway? I thought the NFL was smart.  To maximize their ratings they should be on as many platforms as possible.

That’s fair. They’re a business and need to amplify their product as much as possible without making it difficult to obtain. I think *that’s* the issue at the moment: just another service you need to get the entertainment you want.

You can think of it like the weather, if it’s a hobby (not including our friends in here who do it to make a living): it used to be pay for cable for TWC and get a weather radio for Christmas (I did! Thanks, Radio Shack!), but now it’s that, plus pay for TWC app, tropical tidbits (I think), other subscription services… and for what?

It’s entertainment or a hobby or a way to pass the time, but the NFL is tightening the screws, and people are right to be annoyed.

Thanks.


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Feet are always the worst.  Giants/Green Bay playoff game in GB , Jets/Steelers snowstorm changing to 33 and rain game and Islanders/Rangers at Yankee Stadium were the 3 most uncomfortably cold experiences of my life. 

The cold hurts. It just hurts. I think that’s the toughest part of going to a cold game.

At least the heat can sometimes kick up a breeze that makes things semi-pleasant or you catch some shade.


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smart decision  better then moving the game to cleveland.. any probably the state forced them to cancel the game i bet

Risk mitigation. There’s a huge traffic issue risk.


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are you related to snowman19 ? BTW the party's just begun  ! The EURO coming back toward the coast is telling !
 

from your lips to my Dog’s ears


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Euro has mood flakes
Good for dusting up surfaces 

turn off the lights
the party's over


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would be nice if there was some moderating in here so this thread doesn't turn into half nonsense posts

I resemble that remark.


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You stream on your TV and many people are cutting cable. I just read where espn is only in 70 million homes now compared with 90 million a decade ago. Watching a game on peacock is no different than watching Netflix on your tv

Yea, but why pay for peacock for one thing. At least Netflix has (had?) some value for your dollar.


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Reggie is also amped

The most important question everyone is dying to know is how does this impact MMU?


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They have done a ton to reduce CTE by protecting the players and adjusting the rules. It won’t be completely eliminated because it’s a contact sport 

Agreed on first part; perhaps the bigger issue is that they’re exacerbating damage from college, high school, and younger programs. I don’t let my kids play.


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i honestly have no clue what you say half the time. Try to slow down or maybe i'm just not smart


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We’re all in the Ayahuasca hut at the moment


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Waive bye bye

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NFL can’t do anything wrong currently 

apart from the CTE and end of life disasters.




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20 minutes ago, MegaMike said:

I'm not sure why anyone would use AI to forecast the weather.

1) AI is a glorified analog so it won't perform well for anomalous events.

2) We don't know what's incorporated in AI models so we can't correct for known biases.

3) Why use AI when we already have trusted NWP models?

AI can be used to improve the accuracy of NWP output that have a known, and predictable bias though. For example, improving wind speed: < https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018JD029590 >.

my brother in christ, they're trying to takeover the world

17 minutes ago, Nibor said:

You don't have to if you know where to go on the internet.

this guy gets it.