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Didn't realize the title of this thread changed to "COVID OBS/DISC"... Guess I'm going to AmericanMedicine.com for the weather discussions there.

Noticed on Tropical Tidbits an alert about ECMWF super computer upgrades. Found this interesting article: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2022/taking-ecmwfs-new-high-performance-computing-facility-operation Looks like software/model upgrades to follow the hardware upgrades being done now.

You should! It's quite easy to self-publish these days - especially if you're not looking to make a living at it.

With that storm coming up the coast, Sunday evening definitely looks like an oxford shirt with slacks kind of day. Might even go to bed early so I can get my eight hours of sleep. . . . . . (Definitely wanted to work slacks into the conversation and stay on topic, though I'm not sure what the topic is at this point.)

I will assume all the costs involved with that person being an employee of Beasley. So payroll taxes, benefits, etc. Anything the company would have paid as their share of hiring an employee full time. They are being d#$cks about it, and saying we are not footing 1 cent of the bill for this person to remain on the payroll. A literal "you want him, you pay for him!"

Obviously, we're only hearing the T&R side of things, but to be honest, this sounds like a shot across the bow on whenever their next contract negotiation comes up. Even though they are the highest billing show based on revenue in the cluster, they decided to cut a staffer from their morning show and not the other morning shows. Either that or they are insanely stupid - in the modern era of podcasting T&R could easily take their show off the radio and still make money, and Beasley would probably not have anything good to replace the revenue that would leave with them. So glad I didn't go into that industry as a career. Was a Comm major in college and was working part-time in radio in Providence as well and decided to get out of it right when they first started to consolidate in the late 90's. The entire industry is full of financed debt from all the big consolidations of the last 25 years, and its sucking the personality out of the industry/medium. JMTC...

Yeah Jones definitely has the job when he comes back. Two good wins in a row for the Pats, but good defense, good special teams, and conservative offense are more than enough to beat the Lions and the Browns. Jones would have most likely beat them as well. Zappe has played well but they were lucky to get two terrible teams to run “rookie” level offense with and come out on top.

Thanks! Was snooping around that site but that second link was the one I was looking for!

At this point we just need a Stein thread to track his movements and social media posts...

Gotta love the map, with no blog post or even thread comments to explain his thoughts as to why he believes there will be below average temps and above average snow.

I know this question has been asked before, but where does one get the maps or generate the maps that are used for multi-month and multi-year analogs that I see posted here often? Just curious to play around with them when free time allows... fascinating stuff...

Were there really models spitting out that much QPF yesterday? I thought I saw mostly 1-3" amounts on the models except for a couple of bullseyes in NH and ME higher elevations. Then again I only checked a couple of times yesterday in the morning and early afternoon before primary precip moved in...

Just got a flood watch notification. Looking at radar I can see why...

Feels like Christmas Eve out there tonight! Dog is grumpy, no walk tonight. Been moderate to heavy rain here for a couple of hours now. Radar and models look quite wet.

Euro, NAM, HRRR locked in. Just have to get the Commodore 64 on board...

https://www.bestparking.com/providence-ri-parking/destinations/amica-mutual-pavilion-parking/bridgeport-islanders-at-providence-bruins-1233941/ I don't know if the parking prices fluctuate at the Pavilion/Convention Center garages, but it's still $2 to park over at Providence Place Mall for five hours if you don't mind walking a couple of blocks. I think you'll spend less than $20 per game either way...

I would tend to agree. Many controversies have started by unintended statements without context made on Twitter that are amplified to hell in the echo-chamber of the Internet . His job isn’t to generate controversy. I’m sure if you were having some beers with him at a bar, the conversation would be different.

The models didn't really have what fell last night either - I mean it was there, but what it ended up looking like on radar overnight was was much more widespread than the surface depictions on the HRRR. The NAM was closest I believe - though that was overdone... but I wouldn't count out another decent .25" - .50" of rain even back into CT.

Ugh, KBOX radar being down tonight kind of bit me in the a$$ tonight. Was trying to pick a time in between rain showers to walk the dog. Went out and immediately got caught in a downpour despite no echoes overhead (checked a few times). Dog definitely was not happy with me. Will assume it’s a beam angle, or distance issue with the showery nature of this storm. Irony… my dogs name is Radar.

Interesting discussion for rain tonight in SE NE “.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... * Steadier rain overspreads the region tonight, with localized 3 to 4 inches totals possible through tomorrow morning for portions of SE MA. Surface low pressure associated with a vertically stacked upper level low is centered over southern NJ. That upper low will slowly track towards the 70W/40N benchmark, bringing a period of steadier rain to much of our area. There will be a rather sharp gradient between areas with generally 0.25 to 0.5 inches of rain and areas that receive 1 to 3 inches of rain. The latter areas appear to be mainly across eastern MA, and especially southeast MA including Plymouth county and the Cape Cod Canal. This is where the nose of the mid-level dry slot and low-level jet is, and local research has shown that rainfall amounts tend to overperform due to the jet dynamics. In addition, the Trough of Warm Air Aloft (TROWAL) will help to further boost rainfall rates and even lead to elevated convection or a few rumbles of thunder overnight. Upon coordination with WPC, have used the HREF Probability Matched Mean (PMM) product to boost rainfall towards the 90th percentile of guidance for overnight tonight into Wednesday morning.”

I use RadarScope Pro as well, but this is my backup, especially on desktop computer as my RadarScope Pro license doesn’t transfer over at the subscription level I have: https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/index.php?type=BOX-N0Q-1-12 The graphics aren’t great but love the 200 frame view for the price ($0). Worth a try before you buy anything considering your reference point is NWS site.

HP is not over Ontario this time, and seems to be moving east out of the area pretty quickly. Could let a little more low level moisture in than on Saturday.

About two feet...