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I hope this is the coldest airmass we'll see this winter. This is brutal...not fun at all.

Snowing here...already starting to whiten things up a bit. Hope the roads won't be bad later, heading to Hartford for the Wolf Pack game. And by bad...a rain drop or a snow flake somehow results in 800 accidents now.

I forget what year it was...but it was one of the years when the Wolf Pack were changed to the stupid Whale and they had the outdoor game in East Hartford....BRUTAL....BRUTAL. It was like 50F two days before and then the Arctic front came through. It was in the teens that day with strong winds. The game was 7:00 and I got there at like Noon. I couldn't even finish my 40 tailgating and by the time the game started I was frozen. Many of us spent much of the game in the bathroom where there was some heat. The game also went into OT. It took me like 3 days to warmup. I don't ever think I'll do an outdoor hockey game again because of this.

True story. The Thanksgiving prior to that seasons playoff, I got the biggest piece of the wish bone from the turkey. I forgot who I went against to pull it apart, but I got the biggest piece. Not sure why I did this but my wish was for the Patriots to win the Super Bowl. During that game against the Raiders when the play happened with Brady and it went under review, I went to this little bottle that I kept the piece of the wish bone in and said, “remember my wish”. Moments after, they ruled Brady was in the process of throwing the ball and ruled it an incomplete pass. Well the rest is history. looking back, I deserve a super bowl ring.

One of my brothers is a raiders fan and went to that game. Security had to escort him out because fans were throwing beers, cups, and food at him. I wanted to go to the game but he said I was too young and it was too cold

Back when we used to get snow. Good times

I always forget that Titans game is in October…for some reason I always think it happened on Thanksgiving.

Oh I know what game he’s talking about. The game against Miami the pats defense shut Miami down and the fans were throwing snowballs in the air

Wasn’t that against the Titans? When he threw for like 5 or 6 TDs.

When I think of snow around the holidays in New England, I don’t think about Christmas or Christmas Eve, I think of Tom Brady destroying the Titans in the snow. That’s our white Christmas right there.

100% agreed on that.

majority of snowfall climo is like January/February

Of course it can...but there is a false expectation that snow on Christmas or a "snow covered ground" on Christmas is common or normal. That is probably more true of northern New England but it's an expectation that is way overblown.

It's a fantasy that's been embedded into our heads because of Christmas movies.

There'll certainly be a system moving through, just a matter of how much QPF will be with it. Only real moisture source will probably be as it moves across the Lakes. Don't think there is much room to ingest some ATL moisture or tap into any Gulf Moisture to enhance QPF.

It's still a weakening system on the euro

But it is...when you get past the QPF/snow maps there was nothing ever really impressive looking about this system or anything to indicate this is more than a frontal system moving through. There was nothing to indicate or anything suggestive there was or could be room for shortwave amplification.

Tuesday is nothing more than a weak and weakening frontal system

That's gotta be pushing some record warmth within portions of the Arctic into eastern Canada in the extended range. Those anomalies are off the charts

It's pretty warm up around 2000-3000 feet. Have to watch how quickly we can cool the llvls. Not sure sfc temps right now matter too much. Still think there will be a narrow band of heavy snow but farther north than I was thinking yesterday.

I like how that map captures that narrow area from northeast Kansas into Kentucky...probably from that one "event" a few weeks back

Friday night isn't really far off from becoming something more meaningful. Probably won't happen at this stage but damn it wouldn't take much...

35. I've been making changes the last few years but I certainly have a long ways to go. I think 3 or 4 years ago I joined MDVIP program. Insurance doesn't cover this and it's expensive (like $550 every 3 months) but I love the doctor and the program and with the costs this allows for additional testing with blood work and and reduced cost for various tests. Doctor is great...yearly physical consists of two separate appointments. One is blood work then its about 90 minute exam with the doctor's aid...EKG, eye test, hearing test, grip strength test, lung capacity test, etc. Then in two weeks you visit with the doctor and he spends about 30 minutes going over the blood work results and comparing results to the previous years then he does his physical. I am at risk for heart disease when I am older...it runs rampant in my family and I did this CIMP test when looks at the size of your veins and arteries which can be a good indicator of the potential for bad cholesterol to build over time. My latest test this year had improved results from the year prior and this was a product of changing diet. I've always had a horrific diet and I've worked on that but I really need to work on the exercise.

I've actually gained like 3 or 4 pounds in the last 18 months. Unfortunately, for me though any weight gain is going to have to come from muscle versus fat. My doctor said based on my "frame type" it's unlikely I gain much weight from fat. So I have to start working out...but this is a serious must for me because I have virtually become inactive and I am losing muscle mass.

On the shoreline and just went for a walk to Dunkin...I froze. Very misleading temperature with the wind. It's certainly better than 30 but my hands froze and I couldn't wear gloves because then I wouldn't be able to catch Pokemon.