I don't think you've ever offered a functional alternative. I always appreciate your comments with barometer obs and your personal modeling based on those outcomes but the hit rate seems no better. If you really feel this way I'd love you to offer a clear forecast 7/5/3/1 day out from each event and we can keep score against the AIFS or whatever is performing best
Really tough to beat the total solar eclipse. Enough to make a grown man cry!
Besides that... I mean a truly vivid rainbow is honestly cooler than an aurora. Or just a pitch perfect (for DC area) cumulonimbus cloud is really sweet.
Probably not fair to compare the CMC Ens to the Para CMC since they are running different systems - but not really, lol.
Para CMC and the current CMC are close-ish to each other, though. Reform the low off the Carolina coast vs. over our heads/NJ