Dark Star

Wind threats usually are overblown (no pun intended)

Good points...

Sometime in 2023. Talk of a coup in Russia could trigger the unmentionable, but may bring a hearty winter for all...

I think I get it...

You are like having our own "personal" meteorologist (I must add that Forky is pretty darn accurate as well).

If I remember correctly, the US leads all developed nations with the biggest net decrease in greenhouse gas emissions?

What is amazing, the temperature really increases as the manufacturing began leaving the United States...

Disagree. Models are tools, the meteorologist must interpret the outcome.

There is a physical limit to the amount of home runs, as well as pitchers giving intentional passes (even with ADHD medication, which Bonds was also taking)...

Yes and no...

The climatological change is something gradual. We shouldn't even notice it (in an abrupt way). More than likely we have already been experiencing it.

I was wondering what the large splotchy type raindrops were from. Guess it was melted flakes? How do we get another inch of rain tomorrow?

My only complaint about '96 was that the towns and oounties never opened up turning lanes. They just piled up the snowbanks on the road. Commuting was a nightmare for many weeks. Public Works Departments never took the initiative to remove the large snow piles from the road. The 29.5" storm was amazing. It just kept coming down, and coming down, and even more coming down...

Totally agree. If by the end of January the pattern shows little prospect, you can begin to write off winter. There are exceptions of course...

Just an opinion: if there is no true arctic air to feed in, and the storm is a very slow mover, I would say this is mainly a rainmaker?

Almost sounds like last winter?

CBD don't do nuttin'

This really filled in nicely...

Wind forecasts generally do underperform.

Supposedly another volcano in Russia is a possibility as well. I think it takes about 6-12 months before the effects on the weather (if any) begin to take place?

If there is a major volcanic event in the northern hemisphere, what is the general lag time to affect the weather globally (or is this a ridiculous question)?

I'd rather see a 4' snowstorm...

I guess I must not have paid attention enough, because I never saw any awesome snow piles from the recent lake effect system. It all looked about 4 feet high in and around Orchard Park, and not the 6+ feet recorded. Did a lot compress or melt during the period?

There are hundreds of Poly fluoryl aklyl substances. Health studies have only confirmed multiple ill effects on mice. I'm not a health expert, so I'm not sure of the absolute link between animal and human health. It s beleived that some PFAS substances are worse than others. I have heard of the 1965 incident. However, the US government knew about negative health effects in cows since at least the 1970s. Now all of a sudden they have a hard on to eradicate all PFAS. We did ban PCBs and chlorofluor-carbons, but there was more solid evidence of the health effects on humans. If PFAS is as bad as the EPA is telling us, why are they not being banned outright. Is it possible the government does not want ANY industrial manufacturing in the United States?

I do not advocate hunting, but you can't ignore it was a way of life, and for some, still is. What some don't understand is the hunters and environmentalists want the same thing: open space and a sustainable animal population.