UnitedWx

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

Lets keep those systems away from Christmas day! Get that Eve wave in early, and keep the second one for Christmas night! We're having our first big family GTG in a while and don't want people to cancel. Shit, I'll fill up the Power Wagon and drive them myself LOL

1 hour ago, ineedsnow said:

GFS trying to change over here at the end Friday.. it would be nice to get a coating after losing it all

"Rain changing to snow before ending" The weather call of the 80s... that 99.725% of the time never happend

Just now, CoastalWx said:

You can see it on tropical tidbits too albeit later vs pivotal weather.

Thanks.  For some reason I've never noticed it there.

34 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

18 Z Skynet is a white Christmas 

Help a guy out... where are you seeing Skynet. I haven't been able to find any of the AI... stuff

8 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Pretty sure he suggested I’m canceling winter which is quite the contrary. It’s long and unrelenting and will be here until April…and I dread it.

Here’s the cliff notes for trying to mentally decipher my posts….

• The only things I care about in winter are my chickens, plants, and energy bill. I’m no longer ACATT. 
• I wish winter was shorter
• I want at least 6” of pack (10” is better) throughout the portion of the season when single digits or colder are common
• I will always enjoy a good snowstorm
• I can do without below 0F temps
• Yet I still enjoy the week of peak deepest winter that we get
• I do not cancel winter before March 
• Despite what weather I wish for I always try to be a realist here
• I like to troll 
• 76% of my posts contain some level of sarcasm and the other 24% usually aren’t serious

Sorry I didn't see that he was talking to you..  I thought it was a generalization

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

Beer?

Logic... not a favorite theme here at times 

It's been over for us out my way for hours. Ended up with an inch even. That brings my Westfield total to 7 inches for the season. It's great to see those of you that missed out so far finally get something!

Couple hours ago it looked like the snow was going to end but it picked up again and we've broken three quarters of an inch in Westfield. And speaking of sharp cut offs, 100% solid frozen pack at Home here and pretty much 100% still down in simsbury. Ran on a call to South Windsor yesterday and it was a different world.

47 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Ugly OP runs through the end of the month. Everyone should cherish what they get today 

Understood, however they've really been having a hard time handling the pattern we've been in in general as well as the cold up to the north. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if we see a bit of a more forceful cold press then we're seeing currently

58 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

She’s always here 

How Dare You! Not here 

Half inch now in Westfield. Not bad i guess, considering I didn't expect anything but flurries 

28 minutes ago, alex said:

Chance of rain in the forecast for Thursday (although followed by snow on Friday). Still a good reminder to enjoy what we get when we get it. 

Beutius to the maximus! Thanks for the pictures. I've been lucky in my area of SNE vs most. Your pics make me miss my snowmobiling days

13 minutes ago, CT Rain said:

Midday video update if anyone's interested lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F45qrarkeBY

 

Looking forward to the YouTube videos Ryan. I hope it works out well, seeing as 80 percent of what i watch is there... and lacking serious meteorologists