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@Damage In Tolland traveling today?

This is a teachable moment for the neighborhood. They all pulled up the driveway stakes 3 weeks ago, and ran the gas down on the snowblowers. Well the resident meteorologist did not pull up the driveway stakes.

I love BGR being warmer than MHT because the backdoor goes so hard south.

Nothing would really surprise me at this point. Everything is mostly focused on cost saving right now, but there is a certainly a strong feeling at the secretary level that we could generate some profits.

We may actually be trying to sell it along with a few other leases across NOAA.

Yeah, our techs were saying it's usually when the fan shits the bed. It can't draw enough air through the sensor and it starts to accumulate heat. You can see it especially at night there. The black dots keep drifting warmer (when it's usually less mixed than day) until it is fixed.

The more sun the better, but mine is doing fine on the shaded side of the house.

As long as you don't have any snow falling from roof issues, I have a Stewartstonian azalea that is a really nice year round plant. It never drops its leaves, but they become a deep reddish green in winter.

No word of a lie, we had a forecaster take a trip to NYC once and he drove to NJ to go to Cicis Pizza because it was his favorite. He then moved to St. Louis and picked his apartment based on the proximity to chain restaurants. Net gain for GYX.

I have neither the time nor the patience to go all grass all the time, but the clover drives me nuts. Most of the time it grows taller than the grass and the damn white flowers everywhere. The only time it has been useful is during drought when it stays green and doesn't go nuts flowering. I'm stuck with it though.

Stopped in VT on my way to the conference and nabbed some Heady, Focal Banger, and Experimental Jet Set. Maybe Tree House on the way home.

Rare opportunity for us to agree.

Hey @ORH_wxman, @AtticaFanaticais going to try and teach me something during the keynote at the Northeastern Storm Conference. I feel like this is a flashback to 20 years ago.

The trend seems to be away from storms breaking out ahead of the line as a result, which should lower the tornado coverage threat (intensity still has potential) but maybe just a big blow down.

Found out my neighbors are moving. I like them, but they didn't want me to cut down the tree that was shading my raised beds (it is like right on the property line). LFG is right!

So much is happening above our heads it's hard to know what exactly is going on. At least initially all probationary mets were let go. Then we've heard that this was a mistake and 1340s (meteorologists) were being waived as public safety, but it's always easier to terminate someone than bring them back. It doesn't include all the support staff, researchers, modelers (which tend to be group as something else like a 1301 physical scientist). It's been a steady drain for years with tight budgets and the usual drip of retirements (about 5% per year), but between this and the Fork in the Road resignations this is likely the largest reduction in staff since modernization in the early to mid 90s. Next up will be the Ides of March deadline for agencies formulating a plan for RIFs (reduction in force). Nobody is sure whether the NWS will be granted a public safety waiver on that end either. We're typically essential for gov't shutdowns but have never been formally considered public safety. It could amount to staff reductions, or location reductions (cancelled leases), or both. If you have strong feelings either way, it won't hurt to contact your reps.

Just a 1 hour loop!? I think I need it longer than that.

With everything.

That run is like 1" QPF as freezing rain. Average ILR is like 70%.

It's been very localized of late. 2008 in NH got it good, 2013 parts of the Kennebec Valley, last March on the southwest Maine coast. That type of ice should be expected every 2-3 years. The big boy regional events are more like 15+ years. There are definitely parts of Maine are ready for nature's tree trimming.