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Today turned out amazing, though I will say it's pretty impressive how we can go from Colorado dewpoints to sort of humid in one day. We're pretty good at that...along with clouds and wind.

That's ok. The west needs a real winter more than we do.

Why can't we do normal during that 3 weeks from late Jan to mid Feb? lol. I gained like 10lbs during that time period. Slowly shedding...though disregard the tacos I'm currently eating.

That's music to my ears.

Who needs late January when you can have late March.

At least it's sunny. But yea, the variance in temps this month has been wild...and a perfect example of why medians/modes should be used when evaluating the central tendency of weather here.

I tried +10 and disliked it lol. Now 110 and humidity is a problem. At that point, I’m moving to northern Cali and breaking even.

Today’s weather is incredible, but lol at these temp swings lately. Some consistency would be nice.

That sounds absolutely horrendous.

I can probably be classified as a warmanista-leaning stormanista lol.

Lol this is true. I think the big thing for me is having ample sunshine. Like, today is chilly, but I’m getting a sufficient recharge of Vitamin D. I’ve considered Nevada because my mom is out there, but funny enough my sister and nephews are in the southeast. I’m remote at my current job, but the company and customer are here, so I may stick around this area for a bit and just try to be less annoying when the weather isn’t going my way.

Man, I’m ready for a 6 month long Bermuda High at this point. I’m actually contemplating relocating south or west. Totally subjective, but I’ve realized that the weather just kinda sucks here in the winter and sometimes beginning as early as November and lasting through March. Just not my cup of tea anymore and doesn’t really serve my hobbies very well…mostly because the payoff in the snow department just is not there. On the flip side, I guess I’m one of the few that loves mid-Atlantic summers. Yea, it can get hot, but most of the time I still find the peak heat to be tolerable. Mosquitoes get annoying, though.

Beautiful sunshine today. It’s amazing how much nicer 40 degrees feels when it’s not cloudy or too windy.

Nice, that’s a lot of mileage lol. Going from the Roscoe (which I still have) to the FX on road has been a huge upgrade, but it seems like it would struggle on anything except maybe gravel, so I’m almost inclined now to consider more of a road bike like the Domane. I’ll have to see how much I get into the road biking. I used to only ride the trails and then rocks once I moved to Frederick, but road biking has been more convenient and I have one hill nearby that’s punchy enough to get a solid workout.

I’m truly loving this weather. There’s a little breeze as well.

lol that’s awful. In other news, I like my Trek FX 2 so far, but sometimes I want a road bike that has those style of handlebars like what the Trek Domane has. Certainly could see the benefit on longer rides (though mine are more neighborhood fitness loops).

It’s wild that 2 months ago we were tracking a snowcrete storm and an anomalous stretch of cold that left mounds of snow and local lakes frozen to the point that you could play ice hockey on them. That was fun and interesting meteorologically, but needless to say I prefer this weather. Screen door is open, birds are chirping, and March Madness is ramping up.

I’m getting fringed, but looks like an active cell scooting just to my west.

You called it…again. Just saw lightning while watching hoops and heard thunder.

Clearing to the south, but the blue ridge has different plans. Central VA might be an underrated place to live. They’re far enough south and east to be significantly less impacted by the clouds produced by the Great Lakes and Appalachian’s, but far enough north to get snow every now and then.

What kind of bike do you have? Got a trek fx 2 recently and it def beats my Roscoe on pavement. Could use a slightly lower gear ratio for some of the more punchy climbs, though.

Too cold. Colder than I expected actually. Just got a bike ride in and needed a couple layers and gloves. I’m ready for summer.

Yea his is about half of what it was and that takes into account a few months early last year where one of (or some) of his 48 ground panels wasn’t working properly. 1.4mwh last March (to date) compared to 772.5kwh this month, to be exact. Sunny af today, though.

My friend shared his solar panel production stats (also via Enphase). Definitely cloudier this month compared to last March.

It reminds me of the 2013-2015 winters, but just less precip/snow. Satellite does show clearing to the west, though. Hoping to get some afternoon sunshine.