For forecasters that rely on the ensembles for pattern recognition, I can see why the ball is being punted to the end of Dec. The only real trough after this week is the one we keep coming back to thinking there will be food/snow there.
I saw a documentary once explaining how counseling is so desperately needed in areas of the world that stay dark for months at a time (North Alaska, etc) because of the sadness, depression and miserable feeling that comes with it.
No offense to any poster but we are good at pointing out the issue of the day and complaining about it. I agree that we get plenty of sun here on a yearly basis.
Hopefully. My wife put out some of the plans we keep in the garage to get some. The Mesos's I looked out have at least partly cloudy though.....so not a fully sunny day if they are right.
Last Christmas was the only real cold period of the entire season. Ironic if it gets extremely cold again this year. We had one pipe burst (external spigot which routes through the garages.)
Is it worth it to you to collect $200 from 20 people but have a smelly house? To me it is because I love animals but probably not everyone's cup of tea.
The cafe part fooled me the first time we came here. I thought I could get an Italian soda with the cats but it is just cats and a gift shop. It is WV through.....
There is a house here where you can pay 10 a person a walk around and visit with dozens (hundreds) of cats. We love animals and it is a fun way to see a lot of cats and give them some money to help take care of them. Going on a hike too. Town is busy.
Some (or all) of the LSV zones simply say chance of snow for Wed. Back before models being visible on the internet, that was always the first sign of a chance of something brewing whether it materializes or not.