Sorry to hear. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Agreed. The only positive thing I can take from this disappointing winter is that we now have a model that is shockingly accurate. The February 2025 event was a good example, especially with the reload. The ECMWF and GFS had another polar lobe coming down into SWBC/PNW but the AIFS insisted that the GOA block would get undercut and bring an end to our cold snap. Turned out, it was right and the only model going with a mild solution. It's so far proving to be reliable enough to be trusted even when all other data suggests an opposite outcome. That's impressive and should be a major step towards improving weather forecasting accuracy. That said, no model is perfect and I'm sure the AIFS has been wrong in the past and will be wrong again at some point. But its no doubt the best model we have and should eliminate a lot of forecast failures.

UKMET finally jumping onboard for the more southern members.

My deepest and most sincere condolences. Life is too short, there’s never enough time.

That is a lot to deal with at once, thoughts are with you.