40/70 Benchmark

So is death, are you waiting for it with baited breath?

Good luck down there this year, guys. I know many of @bluewave and @TheClimateChanger's posts are grating to read for a winter enthusiast, but the truth is that I think my work is much better for trying to make a more concerted effort to incorporate CC into the forecasts because there is no question it's having an impact. That doesn't mean you have to agree with 100% of their takes; I certainly don't, but tolerance for different viewpoints is the most powerful tool in anyone's arsenal.

Topped at out 37 here.

Thanks. I don't give regional specifics for your area, but you can deduce my thoughts based on the composites and such. In case you couldn't, "get nude" about somes it up-

Pretty clear it was over much more than Nov 11th. Agree that at least the first half of December looks good, but lets see it produce. There have been several "giddy up" patterns over the course of the past several years that just dissapointed.

Drought is inherently boring

Since March 2018, there have been 3 events that I was honest to goodness thrilled with, enjoyed and wasn't dissapointed. 12/2019 snow event, 2/1/2021 and 1/7/2024.

On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being winter in SNE, how safe do you feel?

I had zilch-zero, ma nature being singy with dinero.

You mean spending an inordinate amount of time of an internet forum investing emotionlly into something of which you have no control, while commismerating with other similarly ill-minded individuals isn't on the list? $hit, I'm in the wrong field.

I was never invested because I was balls-deep in the outlook until yesterday. So, yea...better now for that reason, and climo wise.

2025 may be the most boring calendar year of our lives....Maybe 1988 or 1990? 1988 had the huge heat in the summer at least...1990 had a nice ice storm in March. This year has had absolute-dick. I think it's the most boring calendar years of our lives.

Correct on both accounts. I haven't even started raking...def need some decent days with light wind.

Absolutely correct.

-PNA. I'm fine with that, as long as it isn't 2022-2023 type extreme, which it isn't. I'm all set with the core of the coldest anomalies being over me.