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9a-12p (M-F) on The Weather Channel. M.S./Ph.D. Atmospheric Dynamics, UW-Madison. Post-doc Tropical Cyclones, UW-Madison. Goin' Back To Nassau Hall

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Greg Postel
5 years
I have never seen this. #Dorian
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6 years
I've never seen such an intense hurricane this close to the northern Gulf Coast. Not Katrina, not Opal. #HurricaneMichael #flwx #gawx
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Greg Postel
3 years
Mother Nature must be a painter.
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Greg Postel
4 years
Early reports suggest storm surge flooding thankfully wasn't nearly as high as some prior projections ... waiting on more data #HurricaneLaura #txwx #lawx
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Greg Postel
9 months
Unreal heat indices in Kansas this afternoon. Actual temp at Lawrence is 102F. But with a dew point of 83F, the heat index is .... 131F. It's about as high as I've seen in the U.S., anywhere, anytime. #kswx #heatwave
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Greg Postel
4 years
This is a remarkable temp forecast for tomorrow afternoon, with 80s and 40s separated by a couple of counties.
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2 years
Ever seen a High Wind Warning over so many places at once?
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Greg Postel
5 years
#Dorian 's eyewall will unleash tornadic-like destruction .. as EF3 (+) winds last for hours near RMW (radius of maximum winds) #flwx #gawx #scwx #ncwx
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Greg Postel
5 years
The ferocious encounter with Grand Bahama Island has begun, as the eyewall of CAT 5 #Dorian delivers a tornado-like assault ... for hours #flwx
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Greg Postel
8 months
#HurricaneLee will be making headlines for a *long* time.
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Greg Postel
3 years
Here's a (small) sample of some wind *gusts* reported with Cat 4 hurricane #Ida . Port Fourchon anemometer elevation slightly above standard height of 10m. #lawx #mswx #alwx #flwx #txwx .
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Greg Postel
6 years
Before v. After ... homes swept off their foundations in Mexico Beach #HurricaneMichael #flwx #gawx
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Greg Postel
2 years
Bath water
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@GregPostel
Greg Postel
2 years
Among the most deadly, longest-lived, and violent tornadoes on record occurred last night. From Arkansas to Kentucky. Never seen anything like it.
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Greg Postel
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@JoJoFromJerz Buttigieg
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Greg Postel
5 years
I generally don't like what I see in the tropics going forward in the next 1-2 weeks. Candidates for development will be moving through generally favorable governing dynamics .. and there is reason to suspect at least one of those candidates will be successful.
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Greg Postel
4 years
What ...isn't... circled? Really.
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Greg Postel
4 years
Dear Tropics, You're more than welcome to stop. Signed, Everyone
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Greg Postel
6 years
Before v. After #HurricaneMichael in Mexico Beach, FL #flwx #gawx
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Greg Postel
6 years
The latest recon suggests surface winds in extremely dangerous #HurricaneMichael are 125-130 mph. With its pressure dropping, and the satellite presentation "improving", Michael may be on its way to Cat 4, if not there already. #flwx #gawx
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Greg Postel
5 years
Not cold everywhere. The Willow 300 Sled Dog Race in Alaska was cancelled due to recent rain and warmth ๐Ÿ™„ย  #PolarVortex
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Greg Postel
4 years
Ice Storm Warnings are right now pretty darn close to Hurricane Warnings. Can't recall seeing that one. And I'm old. #HurricaneZeta #lawx #mswx #alwx #gawx #txwx #okwx #nmwx
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Greg Postel
5 years
Snow day in Georgia. #gawx
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Greg Postel
4 years
What the? 100F to SNOW in Denver, thanks to an arctic blast ... Fall-style
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Greg Postel
4 years
#TD13 and #TD14 lurking, and poised to make a run at the United States early next week. Please keep up with the tropical updates. #txwx #lawx #mswx #alwx #flwx #gawx
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Greg Postel
4 months
I can't recall the last time I saw -51F in Edmonton, Alberta. ๐Ÿฅถ๐Ÿฅถ๐Ÿฅถ๐Ÿฅถ๐Ÿฅถ๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคฎ
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Greg Postel
3 years
My Goodness! A must watch ....
@aaronjayjack
Aaron Jayjack
3 years
Check out this timelapse of the full life cycle of the SCARTH tornado on Aug 7 2020. This is captured from my 360 camera. This video was first released at the end of my Scarth, MB Webisode if you haven't seen it yet. Chased this with @MisheylaIwasiuk while chasing for @MyRadarWX
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Greg Postel
5 years
Morning temps from -30F to 70F make it look like Winter and Summer are battling it out
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Greg Postel
4 years
NOAA recon sampling 140 mph winds *at flight level* (~10,000 ft) in the northern eyewall #HurricaneLaura #txwx #lawx
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Greg Postel
4 years
You win, 2020. #cowx
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Greg Postel
2 years
My 10 year anniversary with TWC. Yay! โค๏ธ
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Greg Postel
2 years
It's not out of the question #Ian becomes a Cat 5. Atmospheric and Oceanic conditions support such development, if the internal dynamics can take advantage
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2 years
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Greg Postel
9 months
Tropical๐Ÿคฎ Cyclone๐Ÿคฎ Outbreak๐Ÿคฎ
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Greg Postel
4 years
Wind reports coming out of Louisiana from #HurricaneLaura2020 #lawx #txwx
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Greg Postel
2 months
Nearly 200 mph delta(V) with this tornado northeast of Alta Vista, KS. Holy Cow. #kswx
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Greg Postel
5 years
Look at where #Imelda came from ....
@MattReaganWX
Matt Reagan
5 years
The journey of this upper-low/area of interest in the Gulf. The atmosphere is cool sometimes.
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Greg Postel
2 years
Arctic air is poised to vomit on us.
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Greg Postel
5 years
Marsh Harbour on Abaco Island looks as though it's in the eye, with a lightning-filled tempest surrounding it. #Dorian #flwx
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Greg Postel
5 years
Tornadoes over a given location last seconds, maybe a little longer. Nearly stationary CAT 5 #Dorian 's eyewall has unleashed tornadic-like violence for hours in some spots in the Bahamas. #flwx #gawx #scwx #nwx
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Greg Postel
4 years
Hail yes
@grantisfunny
Grant Crosslin
4 years
@wfaaweather check out this hail from Burkburnett, TX. Meteorologists are on the way to check it out, may be a record size for hail. My cousin just sent this to me.
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Greg Postel
3 years
A Tale of Two Texas(es). A Winter Storm Warning and a Tornado Watch separated by less than 200 miles. #txwx
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Greg Postel
6 years
Go Buddy Go!!! Nature finds a way :) #AmeliaIsland FL.
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Greg Postel
6 years
Holy COW! I can't recall seeing this before
@mikeseidel
Mike Seidel
6 years
Arctic Sea Smoke from Pensacola Beach, FLORIDA! It has to get real cold to see this: 22ยฐ air flowing over 64ยฐ gulf water this AM will do it ..... and the wind chill was 8ยฐ. Even some sleet/snow fell overnight. Video from @davidliberatore #FLwx
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4 years
As you might have expected, it's gettin' spicy out there. Please keep up with the tropical updates, as we likely head toward a busy couple of weeks.
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Greg Postel
5 years
Still makes me giggle
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Greg Postel
4 years
I better get home before another storm is named
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Greg Postel
3 years
This is a terrifying image of debris on radar (blue dot on right), following the passage of a violent tornado right through Centreville, AL ... of the EF4-5 type #alwx
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Greg Postel
3 years
Cat 3 Hurricane #Larry has a wide eye. ๐Ÿ‘€
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Greg Postel
5 years
Weird flying times along the East Coast .. thanks to a powerful jet stream. South to North will be really quick. North to South ... maybe have another beverage :)
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4 years
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Greg Postel
3 years
Sophisticated weather definitions. Thoughts?
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Greg Postel
3 years
Winter Storm Warnings, Valentine's Day style โค๏ธ Happy Valentine's Day ๐Ÿ˜
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Greg Postel
7 months
Thank you all for the kinds words โค๏ธ. Hereโ€™s to another year of being 29 all over again.
@weatherchannel
The Weather Channel
7 months
Happy birthday, Dr. @GregPostel ! ๐Ÿฅณ Show him some love โฌ‡๏ธ
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Greg Postel
3 years
Hurricane-force gusts are probable along parts of the West Coast tomorrow, thanks to this badass storm
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Greg Postel
6 years
Unofficial wind reports from #HurricaneMichael ... with a rapid increase from West to East. I believe we will find evidence of stronger winds between Tyndall and Mexico Beach #flwx #gawx
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Greg Postel
2 years
What is that?
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Greg Postel
5 years
Gravity-wave activity on a variety of scales
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Greg Postel
3 years
Happy Easter :)๐Ÿ’œ
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Greg Postel
7 years
Barbuda, Antigua .... hang tight #Irma
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Greg Postel
2 years
Dec 3rd? or Oct 64th? ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿฅต
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Greg Postel
2 years
What the hell is that? #gawx
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Greg Postel
3 years
My first days at @weatherchannel looked like this. With @JimCantore , @bnorcross , and @DrGregForbes . Good times โ˜บ๏ธ
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Greg Postel
5 years
Trees in bloom in Georgia, on a sunny February afternoon. #gawx
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Greg Postel
4 years
Forget #Fujiwhara effect, #TropicalStormMarco is very likely contributing to the extremely favorable environment #TropicalStormLaura is in now, by enhancing the ridging over the western Atlantic.
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Greg Postel
3 years
Comma,
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Greg Postel
7 months
How do you not like meteorology after looking at this? ๐Ÿ˜Š
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Greg Postel
2 years
Storm Surge #Ian #flwx
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Fort Myers Beach Times Square LEVELED following #HurricaneIan #Ian #HurricanIan
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Merry Christmas ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ from โฆ @weatherchannel โฉ โฆ @JenCarfagno โฉ โฆ @WXMolly โฉ โฆ @Paul_Goodloe โฉ
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Greg Postel
2 years
No no no no no. No. Just go back to where you belong, like north of the Arctic Circle. And stay there.
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Greg Postel
6 years
#HurricaneFlorence has the potential to inflict catastrophic wind damage ... the likes of which rarely seen in recent times and not just at the coast, assuming @NHC_Atlantic forecast holds. Rain/surge hazards regardless. Enact your hurricane plan. #gawx #scwx #ncwx #vawx
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Greg Postel
2 years
A *small* sample of wind reports from yesterday's ferocious storm
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Greg Postel
9 months
Record busting 'heat dome' hangs on through much of this week, with hardly a cloud underneath. ๐Ÿฅต #kswx #mowx maps via @burgwx
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Greg Postel
4 years
In a not-uncommon way, #Invest98L can be linked backward to a thunderstorm (MCV) activity over the Mississippi Valley last week.
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Greg Postel
4 months
Merry Christmas ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ„ Everyone โค๏ธ
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Greg Postel
3 years
I can't recall ever seeing a pressure drop this rapid so close to landfall. Recon just found 932mb with a 39 mph wind. P(min) perhaps in high 920s. #Ida #lawx #mswx #alwx #flwx #txwx
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Greg Postel
6 years
Tropical storm #Kirk fracturing before our eyes.
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Greg Postel
3 years
Good Grief! Some of this arctic chill is tapped (in modified form) next week ... leading to a really cold Christmas Day across much of the Eastern U.S. Especially in the South.
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Greg Postel
4 years
Pressure in #HurricaneSally fell ~15 mb in the final 12 hours before landfall, increasing the wind ~25 mph. This was yet another rapidly intensifying tropical cyclone on final approach to the Northern Gulf Coast. What was once uncommon, is now the norm seemingly. #alwx #flwx
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Greg Postel
7 years
This could easily be one of the worst flooding disasters in U.S. History. The heavy rain will last thru much of the week #txwx #Harvey
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Greg Postel
6 years
The scenario that #HurricaneFlorence stalls near the coast and then parallels it southwestward toward Georgia .... isn't unrealistic. I've never seen anything like this. Please stay updated with the forecast. #ncwx #scwx #gawx
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Greg Postel
6 years
I keep looking for models to show me viable "OTS" (Out to Sea) options for #Florence . Unfortunately, they are becoming fewer and less likely. โ˜น๏ธ Please stay updated on the forecast, and have a hurricane plan. #flwx #scwx #gawx #ncwx #vawx
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Greg Postel
2 years
If it's not cold enough for ya, how about Alaska or the Yukon? One of my fav weather places, Dawson (YT) is checkin' at -35F ๐Ÿฅถ
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Greg Postel
5 years
Where in the entire Northern Hemisphere (including the North Pole :) will it be colder on Wednesday morning than in the Upper Midwest? Maybe nowhere. #mnwx #wiwx
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Greg Postel
4 years
Textbook supercell thunderstorm.... Extraordinaire!
@SarahKassaWx
Sarah Kassabian
4 years
5-21-20 Time lapse from a tornado warned storm near Sublette, KS. It was one of the most perfect storms Iโ€™ve ever witnessed #kswx
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Greg Postel
4 years
Looks like a Norโ€™easter over the Gulf. A Gulfโ€™easter. #Cristobal
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Greg Postel
4 years
Eye see you, hurricane #Delta #lawx #txwx #mswx
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Greg Postel
4 years
Hurricane season 2020 so far: unusually busy and otherwise typical
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Greg Postel
5 years
Anyone for 50 below? It's not THAT far away. -47F in Key Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. Oh, and if there are bigfoots there, could they call it Sasquatchewan?
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Greg Postel
5 years
Regardless of any chance for TC development next week, which is still slim overall from this early view, a Midwest MCV (thunderstorm complex) sliding south over Gulf waters with a front in tow is one way to initiate the process. #flwx #alwx
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Greg Postel
5 years
Ohhhh Florida, I love you โค๏ธ
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Greg Postel
6 years
What's THAT I see? YES!!! It's the first real cold front into the Gulf in months. #flwx #gawx #mswx #alwx #lawx #txwx
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Greg Postel
3 years
Holy crap it's cold in the South this evening. 35F in Gainesville, FL at 7p is no joke. ๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿฅถ๐Ÿคฎ
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Greg Postel
9 months
If you drop a Funnel Cake and it falls to the floor hitting the ground, does it become a Tornado Cake?
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Greg Postel
4 years
Once a nasty and oversized tropical wave, tropical storm #Isaias is now carrying strong winds over hundreds of miles
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@GregPostel
Greg Postel
2 years
Cat 1 hurricane-force winds at Mount Washington (6288 ft) ... earlier gusted to 123 mph. #nhwx #mewx #mawx #nywx #pawx #njwx #ctwx #riwx
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Greg Postel
3 years
Wanna see a developing Hurricane-Force Low ? Right there. Offshore wind gusts over 100 mph, ginormous waves, and squally weather for the Pac Northwest by tomorrow.
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@GregPostel
Greg Postel
2 years
Snow cover from yesterday's storm, as seen from space. #okwx #kswx #mowx #ilwx #miwx
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Greg Postel
11 months
From the MDR to the western Caribbean (and beyond), SSTs are running hot. Record hot. In many areas, 3-7 F above avg.
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