I spent $6 on nail clippers that are great and haven't broken in 7 years.

What variables do you look at that indicate blocking patterns?

18z ECMWF now has 4.5" for Seattle Tomorrow night. Correction 2" tomorrow night and then another 2.5 later in the week.

I guess I should check it out. Normally I just search for a specific high quality item after I get tired of cheap ones not lasting a year. Two great examples are nail clippers and flashlights. I spent $25 on the good nail clippers and they were WELL worth it!

LOL. There are plenty of those, probably too many, maybe you just haven't looked hard enough on the internet? There is absolutely no shortage of high quality products of any kind.