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Yeah I mean you can barely enjoy the scenery before it goes poof! And then you're imagining what could've been, lol (like the storm last year that got yanked NW by another NS piece) Just doesn't quite satisfy, lol

Question: How do you identify an STJ at the 500mb level?

I get ya...yeah that option what just be dumbdy-dumb fail, smh So what causes an SE ridge, anyway? Warm water?

Maybe we should save the freakout for if it actually happens? Lol I mean I know it's not impossible, the last 7 years, etc but...we ain't there yet, man. I wouldn't even let my brain go there unless we get closer and it starts getting support. Question: Is it overly simplistic to say a SE ridge is caused by a warm Atlantic? Not sure I understand exactly what influences it.

Maybe this is over simplistic, but...even if the two meet squarely in the middle, that must be better than what we've had, right? Lol And I personally like the period towards the end of the month/Feb...feels like we can get another dice roll at least! (I don't count this coming weekend as a dice roll, lol)

Oh my goodness--will certainly pray she gets better soon! P.S. I snickered a bit at "family chase"

Man it's been rough here lately if Ravens and snow are two of your main winter pleasures, lol I mean dang!

For right now...I think it's just pattern tracking, basically. Ain't no point trying to track a particular threat until the pattern gets a little more favorable.

Ya don't think that would be a tad soon? I'd thought we'd need until the weekend to flush out the warmth, lol

I'd imagine that applies most to specific threats as opposed to just trying to figure out temperature.

I was wondering why some in here are still trackin' this thing...lol I mean Friday's runs told the story and I was out then! Better to track a pattern change if we can get it later this month as some Twitter met seem to think is possible.

Well if we gotta watch to see when cold can get back here...300 hrs is where it's at

When did they add the little drum riff at the end? Lol

Kinda feel like IF we're gonna get anything at all this month, that would be around the time something would pop up in the LR for the following weekend...lol

Folks...this happens on a regular basis. After all my melting and debbing yesterday, look what popped up in a devotional today. TODAY of all days right after what some of you were telling me yesterday (p.s. not trying to force anything on anybody, but I had to share this): The dude could've used any example but he mentions the weather of all the random things, lol @Ralph Wiggum and @ers-wxman1 he even mentioned the exact same thing you guys mentioned: Message received, lol I mean it's gonna take some time and work to shift thought patterns and perspective, but...I'm praying this can be a start!

The thread: This adds another reason why I won't pull the plug on this winter unless we don't get anything by late Jan/early Feb. If we could get just a week of cold...

Glorified therapy courtesy of yours truly

You're not the first person I've heard say that on here...almost the exact same thing actually--She also said she used to get upset then had some losses and gained perspective. It's always kinda stuck in my mind...I mean I hope that ain't what it's gonna take for me to break out of it, though. Logically ya know there are more important things...and yet ya find yourself getting upset--all because somehow it looks larger than literally everything else in life at that moment. But it ain't so and really is just snow...far worse things can happen than it not snowing. But Iogic is one thing, emotion is another, lol If ya feel like you need it, ya gonna think you can't live without it.

For me end of January is my line of demarcation. Feels like if we have another 2016 in us where we get a brief period of decent cold to get one storm, that (or perhaps early Feb) would be the time. I'm not putting all my money on it...but that's about how long I'd let it play out before just unplugging completely (eh who am I kidding I'll probably peek through the blinds through PD, lol)

Believe it or not...I'm more at peace with this season being a dud then I am about future duds happening this way and more often (and a longer snow drought if things don't work out next year). One bad season ain't my issue...I get over fails that don't even make inside 5 days rather quickly, actually.

Listen KNOWING it's bad doesn't make the pain go away, dude. I'm not sure you understand what if feels like. For some of us the present reality is not what we came up with like at at all. This problem is potentially bigger than now...but the FUTURE. It's not just bad now, but talkin' worse in the future. That part is NEW. Before ya had duds then hits, not 7 straight duds with no guarantee it breaks. That's pain, dude, and it's a tough pill to swallow this new reality.

I didn't mean "position" like it's a matter of opinion. What you're saying about what's happening right now is right (it is)...you're just saying it a LOT. Why you gotta say it over and over and over--it only reinforces depression in an already depressed thread. It's kinda like...yeah we know, we heard ya, it's horrible (it actually is).

Yeah but just consider the thread though...I mean we are as downtrodden as we ever have been already. I mean your position is like crystal clear, seriously. It's like a constant reminder even if based on how things have been

Better Of course I know you're just calling balls and strikes...but man, every now and then if ya don't have good news to post...

Same question...That week is gonna be one to watch to see if we can re-establish some kind of cold before the next weekend/beginning of Feb