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68.3 to be exact here.

That is actually pretty amazing - look how much of the country has been REALLY dry...

Our son MIGHT have done exactly that in February 2010...(he was 11 at the time) I have zero clue where he got inclinations like that...

I like how crisp a fresh arctic air mass is - and I'm being serious. Bitter cold days, the air invigorates me. Always has.

See above - they got nothing on ITT.

Sunny and 65 - it is a spectacular day! Just came in from a lunchtime walk across campus and it feels wonderful to be outside.

I was REALLY happy to hear that you're going to the game on Saturday. I'm going to rant, and I will move on with this post, and please understand that this is not at all directed at you - I have followed Penn State football for 50 years. I went to Penn State. I am all about PSU. I'm also upset, disappointed, sad, and yes, even a bit angry about where we're at right now. I was watching a video this week where students last Saturday were yelling things like "you suck" to the players as they headed for the south endzone. This saddens me even more than what happened during the game. There is so much negativity right now - most of it at JF, but when the students are turning on their fellow student athletes...sigh. I had very, very high hopes this year. Though, I was also hedging a bit since we were starting an unproven QB. I was concerned that the expectations might exceed the reality. That has proven to be true. And I know that most of my fellow PSU fans don't want to hear this (I'm not sure I want to hear myself say this) but we are 8-2, with a chance for another 11 win season. My son and I were eating in downtown Pittsburgh Saturday night and there was a group of PSU fans adjacent to us that were at the Beav earlier in the afternoon. They were all bitching and moaning about the game, the server comes to their table and interrupts them and says "yeah, well, I'm a student at Pitt...do you have any idea how much we'd love to be 8-2 right now? We (PSU Nation) wants to get to that elite level SO bad that I think it's jaded us somewhat. There are 128 FBS teams in the country. You have OSU, Georgia, Alabama who perennially are in the mix for the title. Schools like Michigan, Clemson, USC, Texas, are often "up there" but certainly not always. USC has been down a lot. Clemson is barely over .500 this year. Same with some of the Florida schools. Point is, there are only a very few teams that seem to reload consistently - there are many other storied schools, some of which I mentioned, that are perceived to be elite but really aren't consistently there. Shoot, even Michigan had struggled for a few years. All that to say - there are literally tens of thousands of seats available for Saturday's game on PSU's Ticket Exchange, and the going price is less than $10. It's clear that many are disgusted and have checked out. Whatever. Good for you to go and represent. I'll be watching just like I do every week. It's my school and we're a helluva lot better than most schools in the country. Although...we might lose to Rutgers...

Also reached 59 in Maytown, at MU, and I believe at LNS.

Disclaimer: as your HR Management representative in this thread, any post made by yours truly that includes inches of "something" shoulda always be interpreted as snowfall or rainfall. Come on, guys!

I was still stuck at work when my wife texted about getting 7" - I knew then it was time to head home.

Thanksgiving morning that year was pretty chilly - wife and I were walking the river trail and it was interesting to see hardly anyone out there and the few that were had dressed like it was the frozen tundra. Without looking, I think the high that day was only in the low 20s (?) with wind chills MUCH lower. I even sported a sweatshirt that day on the trail since wind chills were at or below zero.

Almost identical experience for me - likewise, I have a 20 minute commute and it took me 2.5 hours to get home the day you're referring to. I even waited a while to leave work that day to give road crews a chance to catch up. Nope. That actually was my worst drive home commute...ever.

Not really - I stated that I was making guesses for fun. I think there will be a lot of storms with a lot of moisture and areas N&W of me should do well. If IPT ends up with 32", so be it. I'm not afraid to make a guess - I'm not a met. Just a thought based on the advertised pattern, history, and my instincts. So, what are your numbers? I put myself out there...your turn.

And I was a good bit colder than Bubbler this morning. (27)

I'm right down the middle of the uprights - 56 here.

I hope so too. It adds to the holiday preparations. I love snow best during this time of the year when the sun angle is low and daylight is reduced. I'm in Florida for an extended time in early December. Get your shovels ready!

I left the post as is intentionally, I did not want to add any commentary. Anyone who reads can take away what they want.

MU's thoughts on the upcoming pattern and snow chances: https://www.millersville.edu/weathercenter/forecasts/weather-discussion.php

27 this morning in Maytown.

Anyone interested in making 2023-24 seasonal snowfall guesses for fun? (I don't have the time to compile and track everyone's guesses, but I'll provide mine for 4 terminals in our area): IPT: 58" MDT: 37" LNS: 29" THV: 33"

If anything, the Packers might be better. They have more talent at a lot of positions. I certainly see it. I suspect that the lack of talent catches up with the Steelers in the coming weeks. Also - through 10 weeks, the Steelers have played only 3 away games. Things could potentially flip very quickly...

Oh yes, I go through that intersection twice every day. I hesitate to share stories like that, fearing that I'll sound like the proverbial grandpa telling the kids about walking through waist-deep snow...

That has been my biggest disappointment over the past 20 or so years. Even when we get a nice snow pack, it seldom lasts. I mentioned here a week or 2 ago, I had 3 feet of snow on the ground on 2/10/2010. 5 days later my south exposed yard was toast. How does that much snow melt in 5 days? I had 2 feet of snow cover in mid-February, 1983 and it lasted a full 2 weeks. If we don't get snow in late December or early January it's going to take an anomalous air mass for it to have any lasting power.

To both of your points - There were 2 HUGE penalty calls on Sunday that affected the outcome. BOTH went against Green Bay. The PI call early on was NOT a flaggable offense. And then the backwards pass from Pickett that was called incomplete when it should have been a GB touchdown...just 2 really, really bad calls and both went Pittsburgh's way. Perhaps a typical fan would say "yeah well, we usually have all the calls go against us, so we were due anyway" while I was saying "those calls likely cost GB the game." It's just the way it went and I'll be honest enough to call it the way it was.

I think that's probably a true assessment about most diehard fan bases. Our oldest son is an Eagles fan and is constantly telling me how the fans are ripping the team on social media for not winning in an "acceptable" manner. As far as Pittsburgh specifically...In fairness...I think most football fans outside of Steelers Nation would say that this edition of the Steelers isn't very good. They've been out-gained in every single game this season. And yet, they're 6-3. As someone who spent a lot of time in Lanco in the past, what are your thoughts for our area this winter?