Bubbler86

I was just outside and it is almost totally calm here. I am sure some minor winds still to come. I saw MDT is banging 15ish. Some light snow falling right now.

24 this Am.

We still need the rain coming with the storm next week

You cracked it, bedroom humor scores higher than bathroom humor.

Sorry if I relayed that info wrong. It was peaked sometime there around lunch then an eventual slow drop off of sustained winds down under 20 by 7PM...on the HRRR I looked at. The peak lasted 1-2 hours. I would expect gusts all afternoon.

Now MDT is make a bit of a resurgence to near where they were at Noon. No super high gusts but sustained back up near 30. If it is still here at 5-6 then HRRR was way off

Looks to me like it was spot on so far. If it is still windy at 5-6 re: sustained mid 20's to near 30, it was wrong. MDT sustained winds are down from near 30 at noon to low to mid 20's now. There was always going to be gusts in the 40's well into the afternoon. Same for LNS....here is LNS stats

People in Chicago are yelling cutter, cutter, cutter.

Late nooners....temp had dropped to 27 earlier but up to 32 now. Variably cloudy.

HRRR has the wind peaking in the next 45-75 min then a slow wind down to not too bad around 7PM.

HGR has a 51 and 2 49's in the books as to gusts. 46 so far here.

I was just surprised they reached that high. His claim of 40's the next two days is dubious indeed.

MDT struck a 42 already today, FWIW. Surprisingly high.

Picked up a dusting of snow last evening and .02" of rain this Am. 34 degrees.

All good points...since this is National signing day I will tack on the method at which teams stay relevant using NIL and TV exposure to draw players. It makes primary NCAA sports, especially basketball and football, lopsided from day one. I do not think fixing it is easily possible as imagine a draft being instated? Your 18 year old kid goes to Cali because of the draft? Also, with undergrad transfers many schools are lenient on it while others require a transfer to complete at least 60 credits to get a degree there so no one is going to go to that school when they are 3/4 of the way through their college credit requirements. To today's points, the CFP has grown as inconsistent as March Madness and there is really no easy way to fix it unless all teams are playing on even grounds.

They call themselves swamp runners when comparing to the north. A bit racist.

The SEC Bias is strong. You should hear the people down there. They think Ohio State and PSU students are fat, IT workers.

You did not hear that here! What is you thought on SMU? :-)

Not according to the person speaking for the playoff committee. He was quite clear that any team not playing cannot change their position as to new data points. The flaw for SMU is if they would not be in without the ACC title. But for someone like PSU, this would essentially wrap it up for them. The CFP needs to make some changes. Not too dissimilar from players about to be drafted deciding to avoid bowl games.

The theory is, if they do not lose they cannot be taken out of the playoffs. A bit flawed IMO but lots of people are pushing the theory.

Calls from fans and boosters for smu to forfeit their game this week.

The Peach Fuzz boys are not looking at Texas as the number one team themselves but the Horn's stomped the Conner Stalions out of Michigan. This playoff thing is turning in to December Madness.

It is hard because there are just not that many cross conference games. I would not be as high on them were it not for the Oregon game.