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AI6YR Ben

Bloomberg: US Weather Analysis for 21 States Goes Dark After Funding Lapse

"...eather analysis tools used by a wide array of businesses and government entities across the US have gone dark after funding for long-running regional climate hubs lapsed.

The websites for three US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration regional centers serving 21 states across the central and southeastern US — including the Dakotas, the Carolinas, Alabama and Georgia — have gone dark, according to service notifications posted on the centers’ home pages. The Southern Regional Climate Center, which serves Texas and Louisiana, among other states, has also lost funding, director John Neilsen-Gammon said in an interview Thursday...."

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bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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AI6YR Ben

Stand Up for NOAA Research — The Time to Act Is Now

April 17, 2025

A Statement of the American Meteorological Society in Partnership with the National Weather Association

The administration’s 2026 budget passback plan, currently under consideration, eliminates NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Office and its 10 research laboratories and 16 affiliated Cooperative Institutes, and moves the few remaining research efforts to different NOAA departments. If enacted, the passback would close all of NOAA’s weather, climate, and ocean Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes.

The speed at which these decisions are being made translates into little to no opportunity for feedback or consideration of long-term impacts. Without NOAA research, National Weather Service (NWS) weather models and products will stagnate, observational data collection will be reduced, public outreach will decrease, undergraduate and graduate student support will drop, and NOAA funding for universities will plummet. In effect, the scientific backbone and workforce needed to keep weather forecasts, alerts, and warnings accurate and effective will be drastically undercut, with unknown — yet almost certainly disastrous — consequences for public safety and economic health. As key stakeholders, AMS and NWA stand ready to provide our expertise so that the U.S. can maintain its competitiveness in the years ahead.

blog.ametsoc.org/2025/04/17/st

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NWS (bot)

#wx #NWS Active Weather Alerts weather.gov Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
408 AM EDT Thu Apr 17 2025

Valid 12Z Thu Apr 17 2025 - 12Z Sat Apr 19 2025

...Spring snowstorm to produce heavy snow and strong winds across the
Rockies...

...Much colder weather to sink south across the Northern/Central Rockies,
Great Basin and Northern/Central High Plains, while above average
temperature push east into the Mississippi & Ohio Valleys...

...Critical to Extreme Fire Weather threat for the Central to Southern
High Plains...

...Severe Weather and Heavy Rain threaten parts of the Central U.S. late
this week...

An amplifying upper-level patte

Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 408 AM EDT Thu Apr 17 2025 Valid 12Z Thu Apr 17 2025 - 12Z Sat Apr 19 2025 ...Spring snowstorm to produce heavy snow and strong winds across the Rockies... ...Much colder weather to sink south across the Northern/Central Rockies, Great Basin and Northern/Central High Plains, while above average temperature push east into the Mississippi & Ohio Valleys... ...Critical to Extreme Fire Weather threat for the Central to Southern High Plains... ...Severe Weather and Heavy Rain threaten parts of the Central U.S. late this week... An amplifying upper-level pattern will be the driving force for much of the impactful weather that occurs across the lower 48 over the next few days. A potent cold front pushing south through the West and Central U.S. will continue to produce heavy snow and strong winds over portions of the Rockies. Heavy snow focuses over southern-central Montana and much of Wyoming today before shifting south into the Colorado Rockies on Friday. Additional accumulations of 1-2 feet (isolated 3 feet) are probable over Wyoming while areas in Colorado could pickup anywhere between 6-12 inches. Frigid air drives southward into the Rockies, Great Basin and High Plains behind the cold front. High temperatures are likely to be 15-30 degrees below average in many of the aforementioned areas through Friday. A developing cut-off low over the Four Corners is expected to generate enough winds and d
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NWS (bot)

#wx #NWS Active Weather Alerts weather.gov Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
249 PM EDT Wed Apr 16 2025

Valid 00Z Thu Apr 17 2025 - 00Z Sat Apr 19 2025

...A Spring snowstorm to produce heavy snows across the Northern to
Central Rockies...

...Much colder weather to sink south across the Northern to Central
Rockies, Great Basin and Northern to Central High Plains, while above
average temperature push east into the Mississippi & Ohio Valleys...

...Critical to Extreme Fire Weather threat for the Central to Southern
High Plains...

...Severe weather threat from eastern portions of the Central Plains into
the Upper Mississippi Valley...

Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 249 PM EDT Wed Apr 16 2025 Valid 00Z Thu Apr 17 2025 - 00Z Sat Apr 19 2025 ...A Spring snowstorm to produce heavy snows across the Northern to Central Rockies... ...Much colder weather to sink south across the Northern to Central Rockies, Great Basin and Northern to Central High Plains, while above average temperature push east into the Mississippi & Ohio Valleys... ...Critical to Extreme Fire Weather threat for the Central to Southern High Plains... ...Severe weather threat from eastern portions of the Central Plains into the Upper Mississippi Valley... An active weather pattern on tap for large portions of the Lower 48 over the next few days with big temperatures changes from recent readings set to occur from the Plains to the east coast. An amplifying upper trof over south central Canada into the Northern Rockies will help propel a strong cold front southward across the Northern Plains/Northern Rockies region Wednesday night and into the Central Plains/Central Rockies on Thursday. This will be setting the stage for a spring snowstorm across the Rockies of Montana, Wyoming into Colorado where snow totals in the 6 to 12 inch plus range are likely. This developing snowstorm will be in the wake of recent much above average temperatures across the Northern to Central Rockies and Northern to Central Plains. High temperatures in the 70s on Wednesday will be replaced by much colder temperatu
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Union City, CA Weather

California weather service office will no longer answer public phone calls amid staffing cuts

The National Weather Service office in Sacramento, which serves as a hub in California and forecasts weather in areas including Redding, Modesto, Vallejo and the Sierra Nevada, has been forced to cut down its operations and services due to “critically reduced staffing,” triggered by Department of Government Efficiency layoffs.

The weather service office sent an email to partners Wednesday afternoon detailing major changes. The shifts include:

Public phone calls will no longer be answered

Written forecasts, including fire weather forecasts, will only be published once per day, rather than twice per day

Staffing levels will be routinely reduced during overnight shifts, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Social media channels will be monitored less frequently

The office plans to remain fully staffed during extreme weather events. #weather #STO #NWS #CAwx
msn.com/en-us/weather/topstori

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NWS (bot)

#wx #NWS Active Weather Alerts weather.gov Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
249 PM EDT Wed Apr 16 2025

Valid 00Z Thu Apr 17 2025 - 00Z Sat Apr 19 2025

...A Spring snowstorm to produce heavy snows across the Northern to
Central Rockies...

...Much colder weather to sink south across the Northern to Central
Rockies, Great Basin and Northern to Central High Plains, while above
average temperature push east into the Mississippi & Ohio Valleys...

...Critical to Extreme Fire Weather threat for the Central to Southern
High Plains...

...Severe weather threat from eastern portions of the Central Plains into
the Upper Mississippi Valley...

Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 249 PM EDT Wed Apr 16 2025 Valid 00Z Thu Apr 17 2025 - 00Z Sat Apr 19 2025 ...A Spring snowstorm to produce heavy snows across the Northern to Central Rockies... ...Much colder weather to sink south across the Northern to Central Rockies, Great Basin and Northern to Central High Plains, while above average temperature push east into the Mississippi & Ohio Valleys... ...Critical to Extreme Fire Weather threat for the Central to Southern High Plains... ...Severe weather threat from eastern portions of the Central Plains into the Upper Mississippi Valley... An active weather pattern on tap for large portions of the Lower 48 over the next few days with big temperatures changes from recent readings set to occur from the Plains to the east coast. An amplifying upper trof over south central Canada into the Northern Rockies will help propel a strong cold front southward across the Northern Plains/Northern Rockies region Wednesday night and into the Central Plains/Central Rockies on Thursday. This will be setting the stage for a spring snowstorm across the Rockies of Montana, Wyoming into Colorado where snow totals in the 6 to 12 inch plus range are likely. This developing snowstorm will be in the wake of recent much above average temperatures across the Northern to Central Rockies and Northern to Central Plains. High temperatures in the 70s on Wednesday will be replaced by much colder temperatu
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NWS (bot)

#wx #NWS Active Weather Alerts weather.gov Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
249 PM EDT Wed Apr 16 2025

Valid 00Z Thu Apr 17 2025 - 00Z Sat Apr 19 2025

...A Spring snowstorm to produce heavy snows across the Northern to
Central Rockies...

...Much colder weather to sink south across the Northern to Central
Rockies, Great Basin and Northern to Central High Plains, while above
average temperature push east into the Mississippi & Ohio Valleys...

...Critical to Extreme Fire Weather threat for the Central to Southern
High Plains...

...Severe weather threat from eastern portions of the Central Plains into
the Upper Mississippi Valley...

Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 249 PM EDT Wed Apr 16 2025 Valid 00Z Thu Apr 17 2025 - 00Z Sat Apr 19 2025 ...A Spring snowstorm to produce heavy snows across the Northern to Central Rockies... ...Much colder weather to sink south across the Northern to Central Rockies, Great Basin and Northern to Central High Plains, while above average temperature push east into the Mississippi & Ohio Valleys... ...Critical to Extreme Fire Weather threat for the Central to Southern High Plains... ...Severe weather threat from eastern portions of the Central Plains into the Upper Mississippi Valley... An active weather pattern on tap for large portions of the Lower 48 over the next few days with big temperatures changes from recent readings set to occur from the Plains to the east coast. An amplifying upper trof over south central Canada into the Northern Rockies will help propel a strong cold front southward across the Northern Plains/Northern Rockies region Wednesday night and into the Central Plains/Central Rockies on Thursday. This will be setting the stage for a spring snowstorm across the Rockies of Montana, Wyoming into Colorado where snow totals in the 6 to 12 inch plus range are likely. This developing snowstorm will be in the wake of recent much above average temperatures across the Northern to Central Rockies and Northern to Central Plains. High temperatures in the 70s on Wednesday will be replaced by much colder temperatu
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NWS (bot)

#wx #NWS Active Weather Alerts weather.gov Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
417 AM EDT Wed Apr 16 2025

Valid 12Z Wed Apr 16 2025 - 12Z Fri Apr 18 2025

...Snow and strong winds spread from the Northern to Southern Rockies...

...Critical Fire Weather Risk returns to Southern High Plains/Southwest
today; Extremely Critical Risk on Thursday...

...Severe Weather returns to Central U.S. beginning Thursday...

...Well above average temperatures over the Central U.S....

Snow showers should come to an end over the Lower Great Lakes this evening
while the associated upper-level low spins off into the Canadian maritime.
Below average temper

Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 417 AM EDT Wed Apr 16 2025 Valid 12Z Wed Apr 16 2025 - 12Z Fri Apr 18 2025 ...Snow and strong winds spread from the Northern to Southern Rockies... ...Critical Fire Weather Risk returns to Southern High Plains/Southwest today; Extremely Critical Risk on Thursday... ...Severe Weather returns to Central U.S. beginning Thursday... ...Well above average temperatures over the Central U.S.... Snow showers should come to an end over the Lower Great Lakes this evening while the associated upper-level low spins off into the Canadian maritime. Below average temperatures persist through this evening as surface high pressure settles in. Meanwhile, an amplifying upper trough will pivot over southern Canada and send a strong cold front surging southward through the Rockies. Moderate to heavy mountain snow and strong winds are expected to expand from the Montana ranges today into northwestern Wyoming on Thursday, followed by Colorado by Friday. The heaviest snowfall totals are likely over portions of southern Montana into Wyoming where 1-2 feet, isolated higher amounts, are probable by Thursday morning. Widespread moderate to isolated major impacts are expected from the combination of snow and wind. Cooler air filters into the Rockies and Intermountain West behind the cold front, leading to well below average temperatures for the region late this week. An upper ridge over the Central U.S. will continue to
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NWS (bot)

#wx #NWS Active Weather Alerts weather.gov Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
359 PM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025

Valid 00Z Wed Apr 16 2025 - 00Z Fri Apr 18 2025

...Gusty winds in Northeast/Mid-Atlantic today...

...Snow across Lower Great Lakes today then Northern Rockies on
Wednesday...

...Critical Fire Weather Risk returns to Southern High Plains/Southwest
beginning Wednesday...

...Above average temperatures in the West and Central U.S.; cooler in the
East...

Lake effect snow is expected to develop downwind of the Lower Great Lakes
tonight through Wednesday as northwesterly winds persist on the backside
of a strong cold front. Accumulatio

Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 359 PM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025 Valid 00Z Wed Apr 16 2025 - 00Z Fri Apr 18 2025 ...Gusty winds in Northeast/Mid-Atlantic today... ...Snow across Lower Great Lakes today then Northern Rockies on Wednesday... ...Critical Fire Weather Risk returns to Southern High Plains/Southwest beginning Wednesday... ...Above average temperatures in the West and Central U.S.; cooler in the East... Lake effect snow is expected to develop downwind of the Lower Great Lakes tonight through Wednesday as northwesterly winds persist on the backside of a strong cold front. Accumulations of 4 to 8 inches will be possible for portions of Upstate New York/Adirondacks while elsewhere will likely have lower totals. Wind have already began increasing up over the Midwest, Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic region and there are Wind advisories are in effect for portions of the Central Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic. Further west, snow showers will likely increase in coverage over the Northern Rockies beginning Wednesday, leading to some moderate impacts for parts of west-central Montana into northwestern Wyoming. The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted critical fire weather conditions for the Southwest and Southern High Plains starting Wednesday as the mild, dry and gusty conditions persist. The eastern half of the country will have cooler air behind the strong cold front tonight. In contrast, warm southerly flow streaming into W
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NWS (bot)

#wx #NWS Active Weather Alerts weather.gov Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
359 PM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025

Valid 00Z Wed Apr 16 2025 - 00Z Fri Apr 18 2025

...Gusty winds in Northeast/Mid-Atlantic today...

...Snow across Lower Great Lakes today then Northern Rockies on
Wednesday...

...Critical Fire Weather Risk returns to Southern High Plains/Southwest
beginning Wednesday...

...Above average temperatures in the West and Central U.S.; cooler in the
East...

Lake effect snow is expected to develop downwind of the Lower Great Lakes
tonight through Wednesday as northwesterly winds persist on the backside
of a strong cold front. Accumulatio

Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 359 PM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025 Valid 00Z Wed Apr 16 2025 - 00Z Fri Apr 18 2025 ...Gusty winds in Northeast/Mid-Atlantic today... ...Snow across Lower Great Lakes today then Northern Rockies on Wednesday... ...Critical Fire Weather Risk returns to Southern High Plains/Southwest beginning Wednesday... ...Above average temperatures in the West and Central U.S.; cooler in the East... Lake effect snow is expected to develop downwind of the Lower Great Lakes tonight through Wednesday as northwesterly winds persist on the backside of a strong cold front. Accumulations of 4 to 8 inches will be possible for portions of Upstate New York/Adirondacks while elsewhere will likely have lower totals. Wind have already began increasing up over the Midwest, Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic region and there are Wind advisories are in effect for portions of the Central Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic. Further west, snow showers will likely increase in coverage over the Northern Rockies beginning Wednesday, leading to some moderate impacts for parts of west-central Montana into northwestern Wyoming. The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted critical fire weather conditions for the Southwest and Southern High Plains starting Wednesday as the mild, dry and gusty conditions persist. The eastern half of the country will have cooler air behind the strong cold front tonight. In contrast, warm southerly flow streaming into W
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NWS (bot)

#wx #NWS Active Weather Alerts weather.gov Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
359 PM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025

Valid 00Z Wed Apr 16 2025 - 00Z Fri Apr 18 2025

...Gusty winds in Northeast/Mid-Atlantic today...

...Snow across Lower Great Lakes today then Northern Rockies on
Wednesday...

...Critical Fire Weather Risk returns to Southern High Plains/Southwest
beginning Wednesday...

...Above average temperatures in the West and Central U.S.; cooler in the
East...

Lake effect snow is expected to develop downwind of the Lower Great Lakes
tonight through Wednesday as northwesterly winds persist on the backside
of a strong cold front. Accumulatio

Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 359 PM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025 Valid 00Z Wed Apr 16 2025 - 00Z Fri Apr 18 2025 ...Gusty winds in Northeast/Mid-Atlantic today... ...Snow across Lower Great Lakes today then Northern Rockies on Wednesday... ...Critical Fire Weather Risk returns to Southern High Plains/Southwest beginning Wednesday... ...Above average temperatures in the West and Central U.S.; cooler in the East... Lake effect snow is expected to develop downwind of the Lower Great Lakes tonight through Wednesday as northwesterly winds persist on the backside of a strong cold front. Accumulations of 4 to 8 inches will be possible for portions of Upstate New York/Adirondacks while elsewhere will likely have lower totals. Wind have already began increasing up over the Midwest, Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic region and there are Wind advisories are in effect for portions of the Central Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic. Further west, snow showers will likely increase in coverage over the Northern Rockies beginning Wednesday, leading to some moderate impacts for parts of west-central Montana into northwestern Wyoming. The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted critical fire weather conditions for the Southwest and Southern High Plains starting Wednesday as the mild, dry and gusty conditions persist. The eastern half of the country will have cooler air behind the strong cold front tonight. In contrast, warm southerly flow streaming into W
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NWS (bot)

#wx #NWS Active Weather Alerts weather.gov Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
358 AM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025

Valid 12Z Tue Apr 15 2025 - 12Z Thu Apr 17 2025

...Gusty winds in Northeast/Mid-Atlantic today...

...Snow across Lower Great Lakes today then Northern Rockies on
Wednesday...

...Critical Fire Weather Risk returns to Southern High Plains/Southwest
beginning Wednesday...

...Above average temperatures in the West and Central U.S.; cooler in the
East...

Northwesterly winds on the backside of a strong cold front will generate
some lake effect snow down wind of the Lower Great Lakes tonight through
Wednesday. Accumulations should rem

Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 358 AM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025 Valid 12Z Tue Apr 15 2025 - 12Z Thu Apr 17 2025 ...Gusty winds in Northeast/Mid-Atlantic today... ...Snow across Lower Great Lakes today then Northern Rockies on Wednesday... ...Critical Fire Weather Risk returns to Southern High Plains/Southwest beginning Wednesday... ...Above average temperatures in the West and Central U.S.; cooler in the East... Northwesterly winds on the backside of a strong cold front will generate some lake effect snow down wind of the Lower Great Lakes tonight through Wednesday. Accumulations should remain modest with around 4-8 inches possible for parts of Upstate New York/Adirondacks. Winds will pick up in the wake of the aforementioned cold front across the Midwest, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic beginning this afternoon. Wind advisories are in effect for portions of the Central Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic. Snow showers will likely increase in coverage over the Northern Rockies beginning Wednesday, leading to some moderate impacts for parts of west-central Montana into northwestern Wyoming. Mild, dry and gusty conditions will promote a Critical Fire Weather risk across portions of the Southwest into the Southern High Plains beginning on Wednesday. Elsewhere, cooler air filters into the eastern half of the country behind the strong cold front tonight. Split flow in the West, with an upper trough anchored over southern Canada and a closed l
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#wx #NWS Active Weather Alerts weather.gov Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
308 PM EDT Mon Apr 14 2025

Valid 00Z Tue Apr 15 2025 - 00Z Thu Apr 17 2025

...Moderate to heavy snow over the western portion of the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan from Monday night into Tuesday and lake-enhanced snow downwind
from Lakes Erie and Ontario Tuesday night into Wednesday...

...There is an Enhanced Risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of the
Central Appalachians/Mid-Atlantic on Monday...

A front extending from the Lower Great Lakes across the Ohio Valley and
then over the Lower Mississippi Valley/Southern Pains will move eastward
off the Eastern

Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 308 PM EDT Mon Apr 14 2025 Valid 00Z Tue Apr 15 2025 - 00Z Thu Apr 17 2025 ...Moderate to heavy snow over the western portion of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from Monday night into Tuesday and lake-enhanced snow downwind from Lakes Erie and Ontario Tuesday night into Wednesday... ...There is an Enhanced Risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Central Appalachians/Mid-Atlantic on Monday... A front extending from the Lower Great Lakes across the Ohio Valley and then over the Lower Mississippi Valley/Southern Pains will move eastward off the Eastern Seaboard and southward to the Gulf Coast by Tuesday evening. The front will create showers and severe thunderstorms over parts of the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic. Therefore, through Tuesday morning, the SPC has issued an Enhanced Risk (level 3/5) of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Central Appalachians/Mid-Atlantic. The hazards associated with these thunderstorms are frequent lightning, severe thunderstorm wind gusts, hail, and a few tornadoes. Moreover, moderate to heavy lake-enhanced snow will develop over the western portion of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from Monday evening into Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop over parts of the northern Mid-Atlantic Monday evening into Tuesday as rain moves into parts of the Northeast. Meanwhile, as the system moves farther eastward on Tuesday, light to moderate lake-en
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1/2 The subtext here is the current all out assault on our #Science institutions (along with everything else) .The realization at places like #NASA and #JPL are no different than those at #NOAA and #NWS. It is sickening and stunning at the same time. #Depression and #Outrage are inevitably coming into evidence. #Science and academia can and should seek new partners for work…

The Search for Alien Life with Harvard Professor #AviLoeb
youtu.be/ZwMpWrOt-oo?si=Nl0FL9

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