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February Banter 2020


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1 hour ago, Bob Chill said:

@psuhoffman check out this piece of the forecast discussion from the CAIC:

"The atmosphere dries out overnight as the upper-level trough shifts east. This will be short-lived as the eastward movement of the trough eventually puts Colorado under moist northwest flow. Beginning tomorrow night the Northern Mountains will see an extended period of snow with moderate, and at times strong, northwest winds. The strength of the jet stream and abundance of moisture should also provide ample snow down to portions of the Southern Mountains that are favored in northwest flow."

 

NW flow is the absolute best and most prolific snowfall setup for Steamboat/Winter Park/Summit County in CO and Jackson in WY. The central mountains like Aspen do "ok" usually with NW flow but moisture has to cross a lot of tall ridges to get that far south. It's the same reason that Summit Co sucks ass with SW flow. Aspen gets hammered but there are too many tall ridges between Aspen and Summit Co. I learned my first year there that any winter storm warning with S or SW flow was ripe for an epic bust. I didn't learn it until I suffered through 3-5 epic busts. lol

 

Yea I’ve learned a “little” about the climo there from my extensive visits. I definitely made the right choice with Jackson. They will get way more this week plus another wave clips then over the weekend that stays mostly north of CO. Additionally they stay north of the front so Saturday it might hit 45 in Aspen but Jackson stays below 32 and could snow all weekend. A sunny 45 degree day can destroy the snow conditions quick. 

Someone took the last cheap flight into Jackson right before me so I got a flight into Idaho Falls and I’ll make the little under 2 hour drive. That’s not bad.  Plan to ski Saturday-Monday.  

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35 minutes ago, wxtrix said:

the super bowl is for adults.

That’s not how the NFL markets it.  

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And let me say that I had no problem at all with the halftime show.  I just don’t agree that the Super Bowl is just for adults.  I’ve been watching it since I was 4 years old (as have many of you) and my kids enjoyed watching it too.  

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12 minutes ago, wxtrix said:

football is marketed to adults. people upset about the half time show but not upset about how cheerleaders dress are missing that point. kids may like it but it’s not a Disney special, nor is it marketed as one.

Yeah, no.

"We’ve been laser-focused for the last five years trying to connect kids to the NFL.”
- Peter O'Relly, Former NFL VP of Fan Strategy & Marketing

https://commercialfreechildhood.org/wp-content/uploads/archive/outofbounds.pdf
https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/nfl-football-moms-kids/
https://playfootball.nfl.com/
http://www.nfl.com/play60

I don't give a crap about whether someone was offended by the halftime show; if you want to protect your younger kids from that, just turn it off until the game comes back on. But @jaydreb's point stands.

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Saying the SB is just for adults is pretty dumb imo....Plenty of kids have interest and want to watch football, despite violent hits, fights yada yada.  And it IS in some ways marketed to kids...I mean its a tradition for the damn SB MVP to yell "Im going to Disney World"! and then create a commerical off of that...Not to mention they typically do some sort of kid event like they did in the example shown above. They also have many NFL kid community programs.  That said, I do not have a problem with the halftime show. Kids are subjected to much worse, I doubt a halftime show will change their minds and content for the good or bad. I also dont have a kid so theres that. Now we can move on;)

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57 minutes ago, mappy said:

who the **** cares. move along. 

I remember having to explain viagra and cialis commercials to my then 5 year olds while watching Nat Geo or Discovery or whatever nature shows they would air on 10 years ago. Beautiful and talented women wearing attractive costumes is 5 levels below that. And I still didn't care. We're all human so may as well learn what that means as often as possible. 

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2 hours ago, Bob Chill said:

Looks like it's starting to show a way for our region to be on the right side of the gradient at some point  d11+. As is it's a brief window of a few days with cold air overhead. It would only take 1 slow juicy gradient wave to launch our area out of the disaster zone. Guarded skepticism is warranted until it hits a range that is believable. I'm obviously pessimistic for now. If it breaks right we'll run naked in the streets. Or at least wearing candy apple red speedos. 

I guess that means cute, furry bunnies would be safe as well? :D

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1 hour ago, Bob Chill said:

I remember having to explain viagra and cialis commercials to my then 5 year olds while watching Nat Geo or Discovery or whatever nature shows they would air on 10 years ago. Beautiful and talented women wearing attractive costumes is 5 levels below that. And I still didn't care. We're all human so may as well learn what that means as often as possible. 

I'm with you; had those same convos early on with my own two. My last obs was focused on NFL marketing and not the manufactured SB halftime brouhaha, which apparently required some soft moderation. So...I"ve "moved along."

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33 minutes ago, vastateofmind said:

I'm with you; had those same convos early on with my own two. My last obs was focused on NFL marketing and not the manufactured SB halftime brouhaha, which apparently required some soft moderation. So...I"ve "moved along."

No worries. It's divisive so butting heads at times is inevitable. The SB is the most watched tv event in the world. Massive diverse audience. Marketing's job is to attract the largest viewership possible. The halftime show appealed to a global audience and as with any huge audience some people like it and some people dont. 

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16 minutes ago, Chris78 said:

Oveckin with 3 goals in the last 5 minutes. 

2 away from 700.

I'll be at the game on Saturday. Would be cool to see 700 in person. 

 

 

Good.  Get it out of the way now before we come back to play you again.  And win in your building... again

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7 hours ago, Baltimorewx said:

Saying the SB is just for adults is pretty dumb imo....Plenty of kids have interest and want to watch football, despite violent hits, fights yada yada.  

I think people believe that this allows kids to be influenced by the hard hits and contact nature of the sport, but honestly in my experience it deterred me from wanting to play contact football. I was an avid fan when I was real young (still am). Was told by my dad that after Redskins losses I'd go up to my room to cry, until I got to the age where I just accepted Sunday losses as a fact of life. Honestly, I've heard from many that allowing their kid to watch a sport and get attached to a team will teach them a lesson about being let down by something they can't control. Pretty sure this doesn't apply for Pats fans though. 

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7 minutes ago, losetoa6 said:

Nice breakdown this morning @showmethesnow. But going through several posts of "game over " , game set match , over Grover gave me a hint.  At least your post had substance . Keep up the good work :D

I hope my 5:59 am posting met your needs. ;)

As currently depicted on both the GFS and the Euro there really isn't much upside to possible snow. Even if we would end up with the separation we would need the farther N track of the SW and very little dig probably argues for 1-2 inches at best. Still time to see the changes we need but I am not overly optimistic at this point.

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11 hours ago, stormtracker said:

I can't figure out if I want to kill or kiss Weather Will and "WB xxZ" probability maps.   He might be a bot.

Since he likes to post maps, I suggested we let him start his own WB map thread. That way it won't clog up the main threads, and the rest of us can just cancel our WB subscription and save some $$.

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