Syrmax

Espn insider had a really insightful article on the game, the adjustments made, what worked and did not, and does touch on the officiating aspect at the end. It's paywalled, and I apparently can't copy the link to here. I have access thru my espn+ sub to watch soccer. Upshot on Refs is that they have a demonstrated tendency to "let them play" in playoffs and teams take advantage of that with more aggressive individual tactics but...there is also a pattern for the refs to start throwing flags late because it becomes too much by late in these bigger games. If teams were smart enough, they could tone down taking liberties late in games to avoid exceeding the referees limits. Easy to say, hard to consciously do I'm sure.

Yes, my snowboard in backyard. Oops...caveat. the first 3 years are KSYR. NWS lost my first 3 years of data in the old system pre CoCoRaHS.

In fact, here are my annual snowfalls: 04/05 139 05/06 128 06/07 144 07/08 132 08/09 155 09/10 114 10/11 178 11/12 44 12/13 121 13/14 143 14/15 130 15/16 72 16/17 103 17/18 138 18/19 136 19/20 88 20/21 78........ Avg 122.8"

I'd agree. Given the surrounding results and having a longer term view, I ascribe this 3 year run in the SizzleCuse area to random probabilities. And of course the Jonah moving locally. ;) I'd have to check my records but I seem to recall that of the first 10 winters here only 2, maybe 3, that were substantially below avg with the rest being at or a bit above avg.

We will need a pretty solid next 4-5 weeks just to reach the putrid snowfall levels of the past two winters. And this week looks lost already.

Well, this is in my signature (not viewable on phone) but here are my last several winters: Snowfall 2021/22 55.8” Thru 2/05/22 Snowfall 2020/21 78.3” Snowfall 2019/20: 87.7" Snowfall 2018/19: 135.5" Snowfall 2017/18: 138.3”

Stop hitting the crack pipe so early in the day! Soon, many rains come.

The final drive flag fest really changed my perspective on the overall game which I thought was a good one. Prevailing consensus on TWTR (the experts LOL) was that the initial PI call on the Bengals during the final drive was a makeup call for the missed offensive facemask on Cincy's TD at start of 2nd half. And then it's like they couldn't help themselves. I'd like to think the refs are better than that but looked fishy to me given that almost no ticky tack penalties were called all game till that point. Did the better team win? Probably but the Rams were just a shade better, not convincing...

Rogers so hard to warm up to, and his postseason history is not great. But...great regular season numbers. I'd take him on the NYG over the current options...

Snowpack here, about 6", is glacier like. My Husky walks on it without leaving footprints.

Are you not feeling well? Let me call Nurse Ratchet...

Is this going to be your new Avatar? Strongly recommend.

I'm at 56" of total snowfall for the season and it's looking like we will struggle to reach even 70" at this rate, unless we nickel and dime our way there over the next month. Which is what i suspect happens.

About 6" of avg snowdepth here still though we've lost over 1/2 of it in the past few days. Looks like most of the rest of it will be gone other than snowpiles over the next week. Sigh.

Beautiful mild evening out there! Sizzle Sizzle.

Sizzle Sizzle...

What if Aunt Gertrude was run over by a snowplow in March because her glasses were fogged up wearing a mask? How insensitive. Do better.

I think a lot of people who report can usually only do about once a day, or maybe x2 if motivated/home. I've seen where more frequent measurements make a difference, esp if you measure right after/during a snowfall vs waiting overnight where settling/melting can reduce measured amts. Not always but...

Maybe Carol has a Unabomber shack you could get on the cheap?

Down here in the heart of the Sizzlecuse, a few flakes have been spotted despite the roasting temperatures.

You skipped over Snowy Spring and Sizzling Summer. Weird.

Well, it's gone on 12Z but always lurking in the shadows for @TugHillMatt

Like this?

12Z GFS has 5 synoptic misses in this run. Most are offshore and/or S&E. Hope that's just its usual bias showing up.

Well, looks like we are going to get exactly that...