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It’s pretty evident just looking at the h5 maps. It’s been difficult to get a shortwave under our latitude. Probably need both the Pacific and Atlantic to cooperate better. I’m not convinced it’s one or the other, though would obviously make sense that the Pacific is more important for the overall jet stream. If there’s blocking, but a steroidal NS, then I guess we end up with an array of clippers that lack a gulf tap. If the Pac relaxes and we get a healthy ejection of energy from the SW, but no blocking, then we end up on the warm side?

Sun is popping out here. The thaw has commenced. In other news, I was concerned my car might not start after sitting outside BWI for over 3 weeks, but no issues (2 yr old battery)…so that was kinda cool.

Going from the Redskins to Commanders and Bullets to Wizards was wild stuff.

I was always a little concerned about Jayden’s durability compared to a more stocky build player like Caleb. Hopefully they can get him to be an elite passer and not just a playmaker type because he’s really not built for it longterm. And of course, a thoroughbred rb would help.

Taking the reciprocal of a winning season is anti-ideal.

I didn’t make it past the 3rd quarter, but watched the highlights. Ouch.

I’d hate to hear your thoughts on the Commanders lol.

You’re getting your wish tonight. Wiz being the wiz. I’m not watching the game bc they aren’t on yt tv anymore and I’m not paying for monumental, but I can already picture Ant Man cookin’. He’s a beast.

I’m back in Frederick after more than 3 weeks in NV. I’m officially craving a violent nor’easter. It’s go time. Tho looks like I’ll have some time prior to the pattern flip to burn calories…which I’m not completely opposed to.

The west coast and Rockies need precip maybe even more than the MA does. They’ve been struggling this winter up to this point because we’ve stolen the cold air (which ultimately has added up to about 3” in Frederick, tops lol).

They were so bad that they needed to show that at least some of their recent picks can be starters or contribute meaningful minutes.

Are we at the “bus is in the shop” portion of prime winter?

How’s February looking?

If it makes you feel any better, had rain in Vegas NYE and was basically damp and soggy all day yesterday. Looks like I’ll be coming back early next week to a warmista pattern (I’m kinda ok with it tbh). Mid Jan looks to be the start of the most important pattern in this forum’s history.

We need a real snowstorm lol.

Squall lines are fun. I’ve noticed the snow can be out of sync with the radar returns based on the wind direction. Curious what would cause this one to occur as opposed to >95% of the other NS systems.

Meanwhile it’s raining here in Vegas lol. Actually a decent consistent steady light rain in progress. I return to the east side next week…I might be ready for a blizzard by then.

Delayed, but denied?

SW US is getting active after having a very mild December. Not sure what that means further east, but something to keep an eye on.

No, it’s definitely not lol

It’s about as bad of a run as it gets for early Jan. 2014 and 15 were mostly backloaded winters even though it was chilly from start to finish, which seems to be where things are headed as a best case scenario.

Not getting digital blue on a 16 day ops run on Dec 31 is anti-ideal.

This might be the most important January since 2016.

Ngl, it’s like of awesome being on west coast time. 845 here and the gfs is almost done. Looked more like a workable front end App runner than a cutter.

Had tequila the other night and, while I appreciate the fact that it gave me zero hangover, bourbon is still the goat imo.