powderfreak

1.82” at the ASOS. Haven’t emptied stratus but it’s very wet out there. Rivers are raging.

The “principle of Stein” has definitely moved towards a jackpot fetish verses soaking rain for vegetation. Get 1.5” of rain and it’s a Stein if everyone else gets 4”.

Good stuff south of you. Models pegged 4-7pm.

Twitter and 7-day TV icon forecasts for decades long weather fans is tough to hear sometimes when so much actual info is available at your fingertips.

Not directed completely at Taunton, but sometimes it surprises me on this weather board how often long-time weather fanatics don’t just take a few minutes to look at widely available guidance to see what the weather will do each day around the area. I just figured that was like SOP for all on here.

Yes. If one looks at models it’s there. Euro later today. NAM at 5pm has it moving in.

No Stein talk for at least another 2-3 weeks after this one.

Yeah and often those days feel worse despite departures. Can be solidly above normal mins without radiational cooling and precip/wind… that wipes out the daytime bit below departures. So on the books it’s not close to cold but people remember the afternoon vibe.

Yeah definitely been spoiled. We forget even normal this time of year can be rough. Like when you get a solid winter taste in mid-November with a widespread snower and everyone wants winter…. then realize that climo is still for highs of 45F with mins just below freezing in early December. Thats what days around 50F are like this time of year after a period of 75F.

Craziest thing is it’s not even that bad it looks like. Once you get outside of ORH/495 it was likely an above normal day. -3 BOS 0 ORH +4 BDL

Up north, the MVL normal is 56/31, today was 61/46. A healthy +10 day.

Yeah the land of $15 breakfast sandwiches and stuff like that.

Cocaine bear. Dogs bite people walking/running daily too but you don’t run from them or carry a gun for it.

Getting some bloom in the warm spots, and a little dusting overnight.

Honestly it may have nothing to do with COVID now, just a lingering behavior. Like Asian cultures really started wearing masks in past outbreaks but continued to do so even after they ended. I think you see Immunocompromised folks continuing with masks when they found out it does seem to keep you from getting sick (with anything) as many folks went two years without even a sniffle thanks to masks and sanitation (though we need our bodies to get sick, so it’s too much of a good thing if you aren’t testing the immune system). I’ve also had a coworker wear one because they were sick with something not COVID and wanted to be polite and not spread it. I’m not sure I’d do the same (maybe I’m too selfish) but can’t hate the gesture.

I’m not sure why my mind went here but this sums up why people are so divided on every little thing. Should be able to just say it’s laughable and a comedy show to get a point across… but we all love to make sure people we don’t agree with are labeled something further, like nutcases and lunatics. And we see it everywhere now, even Presidents. Although everyone has a bit of crazy in them, just shines through in different ways.

Does it look troughy? Yes. Does that mean all doom and gloom? No. There is zero evidence to say it “isn’t trough-y” going forward. Upper level heights look lower on average. There can also be a trough without long stretches of terrible weather. Day 6-10 Day12-16

Steady light snow most of the day up here at the mountain. Mid-30s.

Accumulations up here at work, a half inch to an inch coating. Looks like 3-4” fell above 2500ft.

Snowing to valley floor this morning, no accum down here though.

Just light rain mixed with graupel in the valley with temps upper 30s. Feels pretty shitty outside to be honest, ha. Definitely weather where if below the snow line it's miserable.

I’m surprised you don’t spray paint your lawn deep green this time of year.

It is the chicken pox for Adults, ha. “A reactivation of the chickenpox virus in the body, causing a painful rash. Anyone who's had chickenpox may develop shingles. It isn't known what reactivates the virus.”

Isn’t shingles always in you if you had chicken pox as a kid?

It was all-time. The hill tapped out the season with 8 straight days of sunshine, including 4 straight record highs days. Everyone on social media talking about the time of their lives.