UnitedWx

13 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Unpopular opinion, but if this is what’s going to happen, I’ll pass.

Just enough to over salt every road 

Too late, the crews are racking up OT for overnight black ice patrol

1 hour ago, ineedsnow said:

Yup we take!! 

Do you still have anything on the ground up there? Surprisingly didn't loose everything here... but most, probably 20 percent coverage 

I decided to drive home through Granville this afternoon. Down to 40° up here with some mangled flakes in the rain. Not much snow cover left here, probably about 20% coverage

14 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I heard through the grapevine that they tweaked the model and that some of the solutions have been rather bad, so it makes me wonder about that model.

And, they're only as good as what the ingest to begin their calculations. It seem to me that we need better data before "better" computing

Got to love the good 'Ol Fuccuweather push notifications. Just had an alert that mixed precip will be ending this afternoon

15 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I know but starting to doubt it

Like was said here a couple days back, and we all need to remember is that both A.I.s are in a huge learning curve at this point. From what I've read (hopefully) every day that passes they'll get better. Problem for the weenies is that may take a couple more years... at least. And there's the ever present data in issue

Just now, weatherwiz said:

I wish I did a before and after picture lol. 

It's funny you say that! A few nights ago we had the most awesome light reflecting off of the ice we had on top of our snow. I forgot to take a picture and now it'll be gone

Just now, weatherwiz said:

All of the snow in my backyard is gone...vanished. Outside of some bare spots along the fence line which is hit by the sun, there was probably a good couple inches of cover still. I can see gradd, mud, and melted dog poop

We still have coverage in Westfield, but down to about 50 percent. By the time I get home, it'll probably be just piles

Well date night ruined because of "an (over)abundance of caution". WTF would you cancell a holiday light hike in New England due to inclement weather early in the day?? AND  we should know how to deal....

Can't buy a gust here. Had a 27mph gust so far

Nada in Simsbury yet. We rarely roar here anyway.

1 hour ago, Pennfisherman said:

Ive started to realize twitter is a cesspool for everything. If you want to see the most extreme, one sided, and inaccurate ends of anything just open the app.

Unfortunately that describes near any media outlet these days, no matter your flavor

3 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Twitter is pretty useless for weather. I was thinking about posting on there this winter but not sure I’m going to. Lots of hype. You’ll get that anywhere on social media but it’s especially pervasive where people scroll quickly and you want clicks. 

Don't waste your time. With YouTube at least they aren't all bad, still lots to weed out but it IS easier to find some at least decent individuals. Works for Ryan...

17 minutes ago, Pennfisherman said:

This might be impossible but... are there any good social media Mets to follow? Specifically on twitter.

On twitter, near zero chance. The place is all garbage now. Try YouTube. There are a couple decent guys amongst many, many weenies. It's really easy to pick them judge them in the first couple minutes if you have some weather knowledge

11 minutes ago, doug1991 said:

The annual meltdown right on schedule like every other year. 

Great place. Don't worry, it'll be back soon

1 minute ago, WinterWolf said:

Keep up the memes and constant negativity in Rainthuen.  

Their chestnuts roasting on an open fire, plates of prozac nipping at their nose...

Up to 36 in Westfield.  About 2 to 3 otg are about to dissappear today, hopefully some will be back Tuesday 

31 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

May have a nice squall as secondary cold front comes through in SNE. Hi res shows it this evening.

It's going to be an interesting hike through the Christmas light display at McCrays farm in South Hadley this afternoon! Maybe I'll actually get to see the long fabled back end snow lol

5 hours ago, Torch Tiger said:

https://insightspsychology.org/the-dark-side-of-toxic-positivity/

Examples of Toxic Positivity:

• Telling someone who is grieving, “Everything happens for a reason.”
• Advising a friend going through a tough time to “look on the bright side.”
• Posting on social media with hashtags like #NoNegativity or #StayPositive in the context of serious challenges.
• Shaming someone for expressing sadness, fear, or anger by saying, “You’re bringing down the vibe.”

While these phrases are often well-intentioned, they can invalidate the recipient’s feelings and prevent meaningful emotional processing.

LOL you haven't learned yet that labeling almost anything as "toxic" IS toxic? Welcome to the 2020s 

6Z GFS still insisting on the 80s "Rain changing to snow before ending" this afternoon, and even looks to have a little Norlun weenie over Mnt.Tolland  Also still has a decent signal for the 23rd, but I'd feel better if it would trend a little south

18 hours ago, dryslot said:

With not much going on weather wise right now it’s a good time to take some chlorinated water and convert it to RO water stripping the chlorine and minerals out to run in the humidifier in the greenhouse.

Nice! It just hit me, that shop is painted the same color scheme as mine... did a double take lol. That and $300 in wood and a few basic pieces of equipment

3 minutes ago, OrangeCTWX said:

Looks like there is now an AI version of the GFS on TT. Add yet another model for us to use !

Fantastic. More A.I. garbage in, garbage out content

10 minutes ago, Krs4Lfe said:

It is a permanent issue. With a record warm west pacific year after year, that supercharges the pacific jet and/or southern stream and nothing is ever able to phase properly. Back in the 2010s, there would be bowling balls traversing CONUS and anywhere east of the Rockies would do well. Aside from 2021, that has been absent for most of the country. 2020, 2023, and 2024 were very good out west thouhh, with 2023 and 2024 having record snows for Rockies through upper Midwest and Great Lakes (even 2020 and 2019 to some extent.) But the northeast has been the loser time and again, and that’ll continue for as long as the west pacific remains very warm. Climate change will only exacerbate this. Welcome to the new normal. 

The climate has always been changing. Probably why we had shitty ass winters in the 80s and some amazing ones after... and before that. NO one can say this is permanent, and likely isn't. Pattern will continue to morph as it always has, it's the outcome and downstream changes we have no idea about. 

1 minute ago, ORH_wxman said:

Gotta watch 12/23-24 too for a little disturbance. Obviously there’s the Xmas day threat too but not every model agrees on timing. 

At first look it seems the Euro and GFS are far apart, but they really aren't. Seems the GFS is sensing more of a cold press. That seems to be the theme this season so far, mute the warm ups

1 minute ago, WinterWolf said:

OMG…truer words were never spoken lol. And the one time it might, it was literally for about a minute to a minute and a half…maybe 10 flakes lmao…what a joke.  Great recall United.

If I had a hundo for every time I heard that! But,  I did see it happen... ONCE haha. I actually have it on video somewhere, probably about 1987. Golf ball flakes for about 10 minutes, about how long the old video recorders could hold a charge lol