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They like to gather in my pool

watch out for gators

Cottonwood puff ball season might be starting here. See some float by out there today in the sunshine and light breeze. Might look like its snowing in places by this weekend.

Nice day on the river.

FWIW... the 12Z control run is also on board with a second ridge.

yoink

I prefer Feb - April to Nov - Jan. Sure I love snow and the core of winter is when we’re most likely to get it. But it rarely happens, more often just gray. Starting in February the days start getting noticeably longer and the weather is more variable. Overall more enjoyable to me.

Humans biologically need sunshine/UV light to survive. In the summer this isn’t a problem because there is ample sunshine. However in the winter this is a problem for some areas. The solution that Mother Nature they gave us is snow. There is a reason why 99% of people like snow and there is a biological explanation for this. In the winter there is less UV light due to clouds and less daylight. So in order to maximize the UV light we get from the sun we need snow since it can reflect around 80% of the UV rays. That’s the reason why they say to wear sun screen when going skiing or snowboarding. You can get more sun when you have snow than at the beach. So if you are ever feeling down during the winter go up to the and get some .

Oh yeah, beautiful day on the gulf again today. Pelicans keeping watch over the ship.

I’m edging on going all in for this next winter. Anybody else believe?

Full 12Z ECMWF run is completed now.

This weather station is near my sister's place in SC oof

Might be Fox News, but scary real University of Texas anti-Israel encampment sees Hamas propaganda, weapons (msn.com)

Early look at the 12Z ECMWF shows the ridge rebounding a little better early next week than the last couple runs.

It's almost like Humans can change climate on a small scale and large scale. Crazy. Thanks for confirming the impact humans have on climate.

12z GFS seems to be showing a less intense secondary warm spell, but it’s also backed off from the troughy pattern in the long range being shown on some runs yesterday. Seems the models are struggling with how to handle that period.

Snow definitely would’ve added to the fun, but overall the blast this January was pretty top tier in every other aspect. Who knows when we will actually see ice formations like this down on the Puget sound again. Might be decades before it happens again.

Ok, let me put it more plainly: In what way did Trump "drain the swamp"? Can you point to any specific actions he took that accomplished that goal?

The conversations this morning in my PT session (can't help overhearing with 10 different sessions going at the same time in a big open room) would have made Jesse's head explode. I am not sure he could have made it through without bursting out and telling everyone they are wrong. Its a burden being superior to all other humans.

Jan cold driven by other factors obviously

The 80s had a lot of arctic blasts around here but their overall dryness would have a lot of posters here discounting them completely. Looking back at old stats they seem more enticing, though!

Awesome story!

So very true. In general 1975 through 2005 was awful for the NW, in spite of some great Arctic blasts and a few snowy winters. The last 10 years have been far better so the map makes sense.