diff --git a/src/components/weather/WeatherCard.tsx b/src/components/weather/WeatherCard.tsx
index 7ab0fce..95545c6 100644
--- a/src/components/weather/WeatherCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/weather/WeatherCard.tsx
@@ -105,20 +105,22 @@ export const WeatherCard = memo(function WeatherCard({
   const [fluxEmoji, setFluxEmoji] = useState(entry.fluxEmoji || null);
   const [valueCreationEmoji, setValueCreationEmoji] = useState(entry.valueCreationEmoji || null);
 
-  // Reset local state when entry props change (React-idiomatic pattern)
+  const isCurrentUser = entry.userId === currentUserId;
+  const canEditThis = canEdit && isCurrentUser;
+
+  // Sync state when props change from SSE refresh.
+  // Notes are NOT synced for the current user's own entry — they may be mid-edit.
   if (entryVersion !== entry) {
     setEntryVersion(entry);
-    setNotes(entry.notes || '');
+    if (!isCurrentUser) setNotes(entry.notes || '');
     setPerformanceEmoji(entry.performanceEmoji || null);
     setMoralEmoji(entry.moralEmoji || null);
     setFluxEmoji(entry.fluxEmoji || null);
     setValueCreationEmoji(entry.valueCreationEmoji || null);
   }
 
-  const isCurrentUser = entry.userId === currentUserId;
-  const canEditThis = canEdit && isCurrentUser;
-
   function handleEmojiChange(
+
     axis: 'performance' | 'moral' | 'flux' | 'valueCreation',
     emoji: string | null
   ) {