The 'Terrible Twos' of Weather...

Mind you, in this lifetime I've been a parent only of the 4-legged canine variety...but I've been exposed enough to very young 2-leggeds to where I can appreciate "The Terrible Twos", and I extend unfettered sympathy to all who have and are dealing with it with their progeny...(even if this one is not quite in the "2" category...)
Winter forecasting is one tick short of full-fledged insanity here in the Southeast...while our Holiday trickery for the Triad is one of nuances in timing and temperatures, it is nonetheless a pain in the patoot when each model run wildly varies the upcoming scenario...

...systems strengthen suddenly, disappear suddenly, cold air stays north, then suddenly appears 3oo miles south, highs are over Pennsylvania, then they're over wester Illinois...all that and then some...it is simply a CYA forecast for us at News 14 as we try to peg a week's worth of weather/travel concerns down to some sense of finiteness.

"CYA" you ask? Cover your "south-end if you're facing north"...I was hoping that I would see some semblance of 'agreement' in the models, but, alas, there has been precious little. What to do? Go with intuition deep within. The ol' gut call. Honestly, we'd be better off in life if we would learn and develop a sense of trust with our Inner Nudge instead of trying to rationalize every decision we make. The real Magic in Life is not found through 'thinking' and 'doing'...rather, it is about 'being' and trusting in the Process. After all, we are human 'beings', not human 'doings'...worth some thought.

Okay, so the extended forecast into next week is crazy...I'm off duty until Wednesday morning the 27th, officially...so what should I care? I just do care, plain and simple...comes with the territory. When you live your passion, it's 24/7...and even though my passions go far beyond weather, it's always a matter of "putting your best foot forward" just for the sake of always giving your best. All a part of 'being' who you are, not just doing a list of tasks. Got Milk?

putting my only feet forward in a 2005 Badlands snow...

No white Christmas here in the Carolinas, though Christmas night the mountains should see their rain become some light snow before precipitation ends early Tuesday. Speaking of snow, my aunt lives in Evergreen, Colorado, up in the Front Range next to Denver...checking out the co-op observer totals from this storm there...40", 44", 39"...and that's not counting the drifting going on! "Liquid equivalents" reported with that snow have it around 2.0" of water...ouch!

"weatherproof" my (see animal photo above)

And those poor people at Denver airport, built +20 miles outside of Denver in the middle of nowhere, ironically touted as 'weatherproof' in the world of airports. Pass the plate of Crow, please.

And now for a couple of other worthy seasonal links:

Phenomenal House Light Show Intricate house light display synched to music...

Have some fun with this interactive SNOWGLOBE