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I already expressed great admiration here for the QST92s that I have been skiing on for the past several years for everything from boot deep powder to hardpack, east and west. The general reviews are quite good as well. But you might consider a slightly longer ski than the 168s if you're 5'11". That sounds too short IMO.

This-- growing up in Dorchester in the early 80s we don't wistfully think back on the snowy winters of our youth

We still getting brandywine tomatoes, cherry peppers, anaheims, and scotch bonnets all doing great, dahlias blooming like crazy. We did turn the basil into pesto by now... it doesn't love the mid/upper 30s... but most of the garden continues unabated for now, even as the last week has been slightly BN in the means.

I just retired a pair of Salomon QST 92s which I really liked en piste and off. Great all mountain option and I am probably going to buy another pair. They also have 98s as well. All the skis you mentioned are quality though and most folks I know that ski Volks rave about them, so I wouldn't worry too much about the Mantras if you like them.

If a top QB isn't on the board, trading for multiple high picks is exactly what a team with bare cupboards should do. Gonzalez looks like a legit, top 5 caliber pick stud, but even injury aside, one stud (non QB) doesn't do much for you. Then it's just a matter of using the picks correctly.

that's a nice look for this weekend, if it were January.

Hey look... another rain event next Saturday.

I like how everyone's all bundled up in snowsuits

By "go somewhere" they mean outside to play in it.

Big Greek festival in Springfield tonight about to be big and wet here pretty soon it appears.

Sorry but at this point even if it rams straight up Buzzards Bay all you're getting is LBSE posts

we lost power in BTown quite a ways away from all that. Pretty good hit on the grid I guess.

Shades of Hugo... the hurricane hunters weren't expecting that kind of intensity going in, with a lot less technology at their disposal in those days. And nearly died.

Not really. Just got back and it was totally meh there. I literally saw a guy show another guy the never forget tipped over lawn chair meme, which apparently was new to both of them. Decent gusts on mountain tops way inland and good rains in Palm Springs.

Can't upload the loop but this was BOX closest scan of the cell near Scotland. This is not the same as the cell that hit Scituate fwiw, and the velocity loop did not really show the couplet very well. Not sure if OKX might have seen something. But as I mentioned a few days ago, I thought this was the best organized cell of the day, at its peak.

Honestly I felt in reviewing the data that Scotland had the best looking storm of anyone yesterday from a radar perspective. The Scituate tornado was a strong embedded spinup behind the leading edge but Scotland had borderline supercell characteristics.

Same out here in Eastham

So the little couplet on the top is shown right over Byron Randall Rd where that TOR damage is. Nice timing for the BOX lowest base velocity sweep. Not your classic EF2 sig, but it is indeed there. Low LCLs and strong winds ftw. The red spot below at the intersection of 14 and 116 is just folding, not a couplet. Maybe an area of slightly higher localized gusts.

Typically SD water is notably warmer than in LA. 61 seems unusually cool... will be no worse than Coast Guard beach tomorrow. Edit- Coronado was 69 today, Torrey Pines 70

In this neck of the woods it's been absolutely the least impactful season in terms of wind I can recall in 20 years. We were due for a dud. Congrats to S CT, Cape Cod, and SEMA though. You love to see it. I'll take the under, but certainly impressive regardless

word to the wise... after it rains in SD you want to not swim in the ocean for a couple days. Bacteria and pollutants really spike, but after about 48-72 hours or so it's back to normal. Because of the heavy rains inland , including possible thunderstorms even after the TS passes, there could be a lag. You might consider waiting til end of the week to hop in. I'm heading out myself on Friday, but think we should mostly be good by then. Maybe check out Balboa park and walk around Little Italy on Thursday instead of hitting the beach?

We've been hugging it for years Severe, winter, tropical... you name it we hug it.

perfect camping weather, and we camping