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^ Hello darkness, my old friend.

radar looks nice. Perfect timing on the season's first real event. Coming down nicely.

winter mode initiated

Perfect for the kick off of Holiday season if you can't get a blizzard. Tree goes up tonight. Be nice to wake up to a coating of white for a nice setting. Good timing to say the least.

thank you.

agreed. trends are made to be broken.

El nino years many times do have a good start in December but by Christmas it's game over. Per NOAA:"El Niño means The Little Boy or Christ child in Spanish. This name was used for the tendency of the phenomenon to arrive around Christmas. " and so might the winter of '23-'24.

so we can skip the December thread this year?

as they say....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Rumor had it we were going to have a cold Thanksgiving. 42 and sunny is the current call.

oddly, I drove I-80 to NYC this week. It seemed like most areas were pretty much bare except for our area.

at my age I'm screwed regardless. Though I did live though the "new "ice age. It came in 1979 and ended less than a year later in October of 1980. Truly, something to have experienced.

the process maybe to slow for us to fully enjoy it in our time.