Have you and the wife decided on if/where/when you’re relocating? I strongly believe you’d be happier living year round in a Florida like climate.

Yakutsk is going to be in the -50s this week at least. Most of Eurasia is torchy though. Seems like as recently as the early 2010s a super mild North America often meant at least a semi-offsetting cold pattern over there. Not so much the case recently. Just a sea of warmth or blah almost everywhere you look.

All good, I can take a punch. And I wouldn’t say you’re completely wrong either, as mesoscale meteorology generally is not my forte. My own region is the only exception to that, having lived there 32+ years. Beyond that I’m confined to the basics. There’s a lot of hyperbole on here. Especially in stretches like this.

The latest Euro has shifted the end-of-year system way south.

.29" so far this morning, still lightly drizzling- we were supposed to only get at the most a tenth - an overachever for surer. 4.68" for the the season so far, so not a total disaster here yet, though there isn't anything in the pipeline except a slight chance for Sunday.