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18z GFS wasn't shy about moisture this time. Thank goodness, we've been in need of moisture.

18z GFS swinging for the fences.

Hey now, there was a little foreplay on the 12th. Don't count it out.

Late November? Man, I've been missing out on some wild Novembers up here then.

Nope, Limmy!

Me when I woke up this morning and sun was streaming through my window.

Don't worry, that's 6cm.

My clown of the night, the 00z GFS run all the way out to 384 hours. This one is going to focus on Atlantic Canada, where several spots are clowned all the way up to 281cm, which is over 9ft. Fun!

Down to 949 and hammering the shit out of Newfoundland.

Just switched to the maritime maps. down to 951 now, lol.

I just checked. Uranus is low to the west and below trees.

The GFS has been sorta attempting this for the past few runs, but the 00z really does manage to drop a little surprise on CNE and NNE at hour 165. Ends up as a 2-4" deal per Kuchera.

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Sorry to hear that. Really hope you feel better in the morning.

Damn, worth a shot. Have a good time down there!

Moonshine, not to poke or prod, but is there any chance you can stay down there until at least the 15th? Because if you do, you just know Brattleboro is gonna get hammered with snow on or around the 14th, and when Brattleboro does well, I do well. Thanks in advance!

My man! Get on those Voodoo Rangers Ed!

Maybe a different province? Or a different type of sailing ship? We can always change the name.

Forget the weird coastal, what is that I see rolling out of the plains of Canada and slashing across the Midwest before cutting right through New England, resolute and sturdy, sailing along as if it were a vessel designed for speed? I propose we call it a Saskatchewan Schooner, I think fitting, given its behavior.

Went to get lunch at the Flying Goose and on the way back home passed the entrance to the land of wealth. Looked like the cloud deck was a little higher than last time so decided to drive up and check it out. Much better visibility this time, and is that Okemo I see poking out?

My word, the clouds are beginning to lift. The Southern flank of Sunapee is finally free! Went to Market Basket to pick up a facial lotion with SPF. Gonna need it for all this sun I'm anticipating.

When I think climate engineering I'm thinking reactive measures vice preemptive measures, so stuff like switching to renewables (though hugely important) wouldn't fall under that definition, while something like carbon capture would. And while I know there are several companies, research institutes, think tanks, universities, whatever, engaged in coming up with ways to either mitigate solar radiation or remove carbon from the atmosphere, you are correct in pointing out that they aren't at scale because they aren't profitable. The mantra I used to hear from climatologists is that money and intellectual effort is better spent not on figuring out ways to pull carbon from the atmosphere, but on how we ensure it's left underground in the first place. A crude example might be as follows: A company develops some sort of carbon capture infrastructure that requires power. Given that this is a green energy project, the company ensures that their device is run off locally installed solar panels. Under that aforementioned mantra, it would be better just to take the power from those solar panels and plug it into the grid - bypass the silly hardware. By doing so you've prevented more carbon from leaving the Earth's crust than you could've ever captured from the air. Crude example but that's the gist of it. To Tip's point, and like you've highlighted, we're already there. If we had a magic button that switched all of our energy needs away from fossil fuels we would still have more carbon in the atmosphere than desired. And so now we have to look at those climate engineering projects and begin to envision them at grand scales. And that's when the clown show starts because some of the options on the table are pretty drastic, zany, and downright absurd. Anyway let's bomb Krakatoa!

00z GFS nightly clown map for the weenies (myself included). Nearly all accumulation south of the White Mountains is from a storm that impacts New England at around hour 280. If nothing else, hopefully this helps lend credence to the idea that we will be entering a favorable pattern mid-month.

The real excitement will start when we decide that attempting to induce eruptions is a good idea. Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai? Oh my poor dear, you have chest congestion and a sore throat. Take this lozenge in the form a low yield nuclear weapon. That will clear you right up.

One of my rather childish ambitions (and there are many) is to plant some more, let's say, unusual specimens in the yard. I'd really like to see if a Tulip Tree could grow - I've never seen one in New England but I know they're around. I'd also like to see how well a Douglas Fir would do. My parents planted some kind of Magnolia in Pepperell, MA and it would blossom beautifully every spring, but I think the poor thing only managed to grow from about 3ft to 5ft in 15 years.