WxWatcher007

Sneaky cold day here. Still at 31.4° at 1:15.

Some souls are so broken, a blizzard could slap ‘em in the face and they’d still complain that they weren’t slapped hard enough.

The fall where my neighborhood was nearly engulfed in flames like a California countryside?

Right at average or slightly below normal with named storms. That would be a dramatic departure from the hyperactivity between 2017-24. It’s early of course.

Do you mean 1899?

It’s totally random, but it’s the best thing I saw today. I’ve always appreciated time but each year I get older I appreciate it more—especially considering the year me and my family has had. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/arts/music/dick-van-dyke-coldplay-all-my-love-video.html?

A beaut

Wasn’t here for that but my benchmark Christmas storm is 2002.

Merry Christmas on the Euro.

I know. Just using the ole Torch Tiger & Kev talking point. Winter’s flying by.

Someday, I hope my great great great grandchildren can enjoy an EOR jackpot in a real storm.

It’s absolute crap that in these marginal events I’m .1 higher than West Hartford but when we get real snow they get like 20% higher totals.

Almost 1/3 over. Sad to see.

I’m not paying attention at all, but my gut says backloaded and dramatically quieter, particularly given the ongoing eastern MDR stability issues we’ve seen and possibility of a warm neutral ENSO. Way too early though as you said.

Mods should’ve given me the ability to really reap posters for the winter. Something about lawsuits scared ‘em. Wrongful death and such.

Deep deep trouble. Wish we had those problems. 57° here with underperforming wind and rain

Man, thank you for reminding me that I’m not losing my mind around here

Too true lol

Absolutely rocketing toward 60°

I’m at .64 total with dry slotting most of the day. Hard to believe most in CT won’t get 2” at minimum.

At least there’s hope two weeks out

Same

Anyway sorry for derailing mods. Been raining consistently here. Still sub 40 and at .53 on the day .60 total.

I agree in part. I think how we communicate wx definitely needs to continue evolving. A lot of people still think in a deterministic way rather than probabilistic. So if I’m a layperson and I read a NWS warning I’m going to (maybe) act on what’s in front of me. However, downplaying because of uncertainty or prior history is problematic too. You want people to take reasonable actions to protect themselves. It doesn’t need to be on the verge of disastrous to be bad. 80-90mph winds are an order of magnitude worse and would be catastrophic if widespread. But there would be a hesitation to say that. I don’t have an answer but I think it’s far more nuanced.