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  1. WSWatch here 4-6, up to 8. Mt Holly went fairly aggressive imo for me, was thinking this would be predominantly south of me but we’ll see. I’m at 4.5 inches on the season, will this get me to double digits?
  2. Where in TR are you? I’m at the Manchester border, inland. Definitely a cold spot in TR and very slightly elevated relative to the rest of the town closer to the bay / river. My grass is coated in mixy sleet / ice along with our cars, but p-type appears plain rain.
  3. Nothings more frustrating than being at 31-32 degrees and raining with some sleet. I haven’t looked at this event too closely but must have warm 825’s down by me? Still below freezing and raining. But wasn’t expecting anything here anyway. Enjoy guys! Edit: Currently 31.3 on the tempest and straight raining lol.
  4. Definitely some icing down here at TR / Manchester border. Just ticked up to 33F, was below freezing most of the night here.
  5. There’s a bit of an ongoing seismic crisis at Santorini / Kolumbo volcanoes in Greece (Kolumbo is a neighboring system of Santorini, only a few miles northeast - and is also capable of powerful eruptions and has done so in historic times). The resurgent dome of Nea Kameini in the middle of Santorini’s caldera has effusively erupted numerous times in recent history, but this doesn’t appear to be that as the locus of quakes is between the two systems. This, IMHO, is very unusual. And appropriately, Santorinians are quite nervous at the moment. It’s unlikely any major eruption is about to begin just because, as always, large eruptions at any given system are rare. But something is going on and this warrants considerable caution. I’m seeing daily large magnitude quakes … mag 4-5. I have actually been to Santorini in the late 2000’s, I dated a young Greek woman when I was just starting college and I traveled with her there. Santorini is unbelievably beautiful, but also the size and magnitude of the caldera is incredibly apparent - the whole area is born of extremely powerful volcanism. Edit: 9000 evacuate Santorini https://watchers.news/2025/02/04/over-9-000-people-evacuate-santorini-as-seismic-crisis-worsens-uk-issues-travel-advisory-greece/ If the seismic activity continues to escalate and doesn’t begin to peter out relatively soon, the chances of an eruption increase. However they’re also talking about this as a potential tectonic event or prelude to a large earthquake. Part of why is because the locus of quakes is between the two magma centers of both volcanoes which is part of why this whole thing is odd in the first place. No idea what’s going to happen, I wouldn’t have thought this type of seismic crisis as foreshocks to a large earthquake (this seems volcanic for sure, IMHO) - but I overall agree in getting people out of the area. Something is definitely going down right now.
  6. Was just reminiscing about 1/29/22 as we approach the end of the month, that was such an epic and fun storm for both myself and the LI crew. The only thing that knocks it down a peg for me is the fact that the storm needed to shift west like 50-75 miles and most of the metro would’ve been absolutely blasted, and we would all be fondly reminiscing about that absolute beast of a storm. The city did fine, but there’s a big difference once you start to go over a foot in terms of memorability, of course. That was so close to a much needed forum wide KU, it hurts in hindsight given our current position. And that was such a cold storm, 22F at time of peak snowfall down here, (I think) we could’ve easily handled a much closer track without tainting the coast / LI. In a way, that was the one that got away of recent memory, at least IMHO in terms of huge upside potential.
  7. 0z is truly one of the most bizarre GFS runs I’ve ever personally watched. You have the thinnest overrunning of all time followed immediately by a drunk clipper, oh then there’s the omega level … Dakota cutter bringing rain to Ellesmere Island. That of course finishes with a perfect coastal nuke for everyone, from the ashes of the cutter that’s now probably plowing into Novaya Zemlya.
  8. Ugh - I’m sorry that’s absolutely horrid. I did read that can happen, no way of knowing what will happen in my case so I’ll just have to wait and see. Just underscores what an unpleasant virus this is.
  9. Starting to feel better, but holy hell - not fun. I have a coxsackie viral infection, like Hand Foot and Mouth disease most common in young children. That first night I went from completely fine to pushing a 104 fever in something like six hours, but the fever itself broke by the 36 hour mark. I’m used to COVID lately where I’ve had low to moderate grade fevers for as long as ten days, so that was maybe the only good aspect of this. Then a terrible sore throat kicked in, total razor blades, tough to swallow and combined with near zero appetite. Just hellacious thirst for water (and tons of electrolyte powder , Ultima - really good stuff and a lifesaver when your body is depleted ). This also lessened in about a day, and I thought I was somehow coming out the other side already. My only nagging thought was that the initial fever was stupid high, which logically suggests your body was fighting something fairly significant. Sure enough within a few hours I began breaking out with super painful blisters all over my hands and feet that initially hurt so much it was tough to stand or do anything. Eventually it kinda morphed into a painful burning itching feeling. Highly unpleasant. Do not recommend. Stay safe out there guys. It’s really wild how much stuff is circulating this year, and unfortunately there’s an argument to be made that having COVID in December at the back end of my trip (unfortunately) left my immune system weakened enough to pick this odd virus up. It’s not super typical in adults although I’ve read a lot the past two days that the idea adults don’t really or rarely catch this is false. That said, I need a volcano or snowstorm to track - bad . Posting at 3:30am because it’s still extremely difficult to sleep due to the discomfort of this rash.
  10. 3 here atm, wasn’t quite expecting the lowest temps tonight!
  11. Thank you so much, Don! Much appreciated.
  12. Ugh that’s horrible, and honestly scary. A fever above 103.5 starts to freak me out, and I rarely get them that high. Glad you were okay though !
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