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Even when we've had some below-average temperature airmasses (using 850 as a metric here), if we're getting Sun we are still finding a way to get very close to average (for daytime high). At some point you would have to think (or hope) we reach a tipping point. Could you imagine though even if we see another 3-5 years of warmth at the pace we're at? I've mentioned this several times over the years but one key metric for me is going to see how the globe responds once we flip the AMO to the negative phase. Even when the AMO does flip it will take several years to probably reflect on the global state but if we're deep into the negative AMO phase and still shattering warm records...then I think we're in big trouble. But we probably wouldn't even be deep into the negative AMO probably for another 30 years or so. I would imagine the AMO should start transitioning towards the end of this decade.

I think what's interesting too is when we're dealing with negative departures, it's not necessarily a product of just the airmass itself. It is usually related to either extensive cloud cover and/or precip or an unfavorable wind direction (though this ties more to coastal areas and is time-of-year dependent).

Outside of some troughing over the Bearing Straight (which isn't really anything to write home about) its just anomalous ridging over the eastern two-thirds of the U.S., Europe, and Russia on the GEFS. Just glancing but seems to me like the PV is stronger than usual for this point in the season? Something to watch moving deeper through the Fall. That is some mind blowing warmth in the Arctic region. Going to need something to really shake up the hemispheric pattern and something of subsidence. Probably going to need a few recurving typhoons.

The last 3-4 years have been wild. We're either getting too much rain or can't buy any rain.

I've seen pictures...NO thank you. I have no clue how people can live there, let alone sleep. Not sure if this is true but I saw a video once of one of those spiders (maybe not Huntsman but it was massive...like Jupiter size) and it was crawling on the back of someone's car at a stop light and snuck into the inside of the car. That would not end well for me.

Not sure what their multiplication rate is but I could envision their population growing quickly in the Northeast. Once they get some nests established, boom it's off to the races. I don't like to take my chances with the "they don't bother you if you don't bother them stuff". I think that is a bunch of voodoo. Just like with bees, "if you don't bother them or swat at them they won't sting you". BULL**** that's a bunch of BS. Every time I've been stung by bees I wasn't doing anything except standing there. When I got stung by white faced hornets that was because I put my hand into a bush trying to get a frisbee not knowing there was a nest. But I've swatted and ran away from bees thousands of times and have never been stung once doing that. Spiders like to bite people in their sleep for some reason so don't need them crawling into bed, biting, and then running away. I also hope we don't start seeing cross breeding between spiders and get some new species that is extremely dangerous and aggressive.

I'm nervous one of those suckers is going to find its way inside. These things are getting massive too. My friend thinks the one I saw the other day may have been pregnant given its size. When I opened the garage door moments later, I saw another one at the bottom of the door, though its possible it may have been the same one. My friend finding a black widow in his apartment has me a bit creeped out. There is no doubt in my mind those types of spider are migrating northwards. If it's happening with ticks and other insects then its absolutely happening with spiders.

Finally the pest people are coming Thursday. This is getting outrageous with the spiders...they're running rampant everywhere. That massive wolf spider outside the other day, the one that was in my coffee filters, a few weeks back I had a spider crawl on my phone while I was watching stuff in bed, a few days after that one was running at me on the sheets, there were two in the office room the other day and I can't find them, and there is this tiny one on the ceiling and it looks like its humping the ceiling. Looks like one of those tiny jumping ones though I hope its not a baby wolf spider. They better spray every square inch of the house, both inside and outside. Don't care if we have to stay somewhere overnight.

May sit outside tonight and watch the Bruins game. Would get a little fire going but clearly not doing that in this state. Sucks the game is so late but at least it will be pretty nice out.

No, not required for the program there. At least I don't believe so. I had sent over all my materials and got the letter of acceptance and it didn't mention anything about it. But I should double check into this.

Been wanting to do this for several years but figured now is the time before I get any older and have kids but I'm going to start the masters program at Mississippi State University online in Fall of 2025 Just debating on whether I want to try and get it done in 2 years or draw it out longer. Anyways, pretty excited. The courses look super fun (just hopefully not crazy math intensive or heavily involving programming or I screwed )

I didn’t but my brothers girlfriend did

Was in New Britain today for my nephews soccer game. What a day. Those yellow jackets were vicious though

Friend of mine that lives outside of Boston said he just killed a black widow in his apartment

He needs to be away from the house. I have to call these pest people. I’m paying $50/month and they’re supposed to spray outside and inside to keep bugs out. They came once in July and haven’t seen them since. More bugs and spiders than ever. I want my money back. I just walked through a spider web in the basement, there was a spider in my coffee filters the other morning, and a spider in the bathroom.

Omg it’s a massive wolf spider. was sweeping some leaves to cut carpet and this idiot came out of the leaves

This is the 2nd or 3rd ever home opener I’ve missed. Their first season in Hartford, maybe 2015 or 2016, and then 2022.

Ughhhhhhh had to miss the Wolf Pack home opener. There was an accident on the highway and it took two hours to go from Springfield to Enfield. By the time I was able to get off the highway for backroads…projection into Hartford was like 8:30

Much better today, after a freezing morning, this is more like it. Going to be beautiful going into Hartford for the Wolf Pack's home opener later on. Won't be too bad coming out of the game either. Glad I don't have to wear my winter hat tonight.

Because it's a piece of junk

Maybe its because I have a light jacket, a heavy sweatshirt, and winter hat on but when I went outside with the dog I actually thought it would be colder out.

The snow makes the cold more tolerable so hopefully we have least have a snowy winter. But outside of snow there is just no use for this type of weather. If you're involved in physical activity it's not so bad but it takes so much longer for your body to get going. The cold makes me cramp so easily and it seems to get worse every year. I get cramps in my arms when I had them in folded position for a certain amount of time and then stretch them out. I'll even get like cramps in my throat which is odd.

I don't think this place is well insolated. If its above 60/70 outside it gets hot in the house and the house must retain alot of heat because at night, even if its in the 50's it can be very warm. Even last week when it got down into the 40's or 50's at night, we had the bedroom AC on. But once it turns cool its become downright freezing...says its only 63 in here .

The differentiator is the clouds. This becomes much more tolerable when there is Sun and winds are light. Like if it was 50 right now with bright Sun, it wouldn't be terrible. But these cloudy days, especially when we're dealing with the late sunrises and early sunsets, freaking brutal in the mood department.

It is FREEZING. This is absolutely miserable, brutal, and not fun. Want to put the heat on so badly but have to get the furnace serviced but I feel like I am in an ice box. Hands are frozen. 80's and 90's are so much more enjoyable. Literally have to wait another 8 months until we get consistently great weather....the North SUCKS