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I'm surprised there's no SWS here as we've almost got an inch of graupel/snow...

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/teleconnections.shtml The ensemble means are showing a good trend into Dec...

Be patient, this is what we want...something different than the last couple of years in Nov! The PNA, NAO, AO, and EPO are all exactly opposite of what we need for cold and snow, but they are all forecasting to trend opposite towards the end of Nov into Dec. This would be a good thing...especially if we can finally get the NAO negative for the winter months. Also, keep an eye out for an SSW event - nothing in the forecast now, but maybe sometime in the winter months.

I wasn't offended by it. I was just calling it out because it seemed to get deleted around the same time TugHillMatt posted his stuff. Even though this is a 'banter' thread, I wish it was more focused on C19 than politics. There have been some really good info here on C19...

Didn't answer the question, but no, it's not the truth for all Trump supporters.

Would you call this 'respectful' then?

Did you delete a Trump supporter list from this thread?

Anyone notice that 160+mph hurricane (Iota) about to hit the same location in Nicaragua as cat 4 Eta 2 weeks prior? Pray for those people...dang.

When?

Really amazing how fired up (in a bad way) the country is. Partly, of course, due to cabin fever courtesy of Covid, and partly, of course, due to a very un-political POTUS. However, I cast the majority of the blame on the media...they really, and I mean really took the 2016 election hard and severely pushed many questionable narratives 24/7/365 for 4 years straight, literally. With America's addiction to 24/7 news, this was (and continues to be) a recipe for division. Real journalism is sadly, dying - being replaced with tabloidism. Really sad to watch real time.

Keep the cold away until Dec. This is a good thing for winter here!

I definitely agree that many things said by the POTUS have been cringe-worthy and was clearly 'amplified' on social media. Unfortunately, much of it was also used (in and out of context) against him by the liberal-leaning media to fuel their narrative, which was mostly false. All together it brought a lot of confusion and manipulation to the general public, especially the younger-gens as social media is their primary source of news. With that said, even if Trump withheld the majority of his tweets and other negative comments, I'm sure the media would attempt to do the same, just with less fodder to work with.

Not principles of the man, principles the policies are based on. This is what gets lost in all the media frenzy - so focused on the people.

I'll give a quick review on the Tempest. Had it about 2 months now... Ease of install - 9/10 Quick if you install mount on a 1" PVC from the ground - I install on the roof, so that took more effort. Ease of use - 8/10 Nice app, a little buggy, but mostly fine (1 update/month so far) Nice notification bar (on Android - would like a widget or something though) Reliability (hardware) - 7/10 My wind sensor ended up being faulty so WeatherFlow sent a new unit. This was a bummer as I lost all my data from the other device (not sure if it could have been salvaged). Service - 9/10 WeatherFlow was great, responsive (especially with the return). They can perform remote diagnostics. 2 year standard warranty, 10 year extended. Accuracy - 9/10 All the readings seemed quite accurate to me, not sure how the rain sensor will work with snow, we'll see. Custom forecasting - 8/10 After a few weeks of readings, it seemed to begin fine-tuning the local forecast - some days temp data was more accurate than NWS in our microclimate. Data customization - TBD Haven't had a chance to upload data to excel or something. Integration - 8/10 Works with IFTTT, Alexa, Google, etc. I'm not sure how frequent any hardware failures are (or will be), but I'd recommend the Tempest as it's quite unique, works well, and is the next-gen of weather stations.

70 million didn't just (or only) vote for a man, they voted for principles & policies and against other policies.

Yes. All the naysayers about 'Trump's' vaccine rush can be more at ease as buku $$ is what was needed to make this successful, quickly. This pandemic will have many silver linings and one of them is a jump forward in vaccine development - with inevitable spill over to other diseases. Goes to show you people can really accomplish great things when working together.

Wisconsin is about 20k as well, recount warranted with such a close race? I know 2016 WI and MI had very small gaps, but even if those went to Clinton, it still wouldn't have mattered.

The Arizona gap is shrinking as well. Now about 69k with 350k left (was 79k last night). The thought is that the remaining "mail in votes" are actually voting day drop-offs which have been leaning more for Trump. If they are 60/40, that would make up the gap. I think Arizona is still in play and called too early.

Sounds like there needs to be a national voting standard that all states must follow. All these state-led rules/laws around national elections is confusing, inefficient, prone for error, and poor optics in tight races. Florida did it the best, it seems.

Maybe if you sign, send in, but don't mark anything?

The question I have is: Are they basing values on all of the absentee ballots they sent out or actually received and not counted yet? I'm sure there's more sent than received back. The Dep AG in Penn said there were 1.4M outstanding mail-ins...is that # how many were sent out or received? Also, it would be nice to know how many people double-voted - I'm sure that's happening (to some extent) as well.

Totally agree and happy to have a above average November. Then the teleconnections change and the hammer drops mid-Dec through Feb. Keep an eye on any SSW events as well.

Go figure. Greater % of Latino vote for Trump than in 2016 as well. Interesting.

The weather across most of the country is very nice so that will definitely encourage people to vote today. I would imagine if there was a big storm ripping through, the turnout would be significantly lower.

45 and light snow in kROC. Lol