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General Discussion / Now a Father

« on: June 05, 2009, 01:25:03 PM »

Hi everyone, sorry I'm not on here much anymore, life has gotten way too busy and my lack of being on here will definitely continue!

Rowan Lloyd and Hayden Carsten were born on May 7, exactly 8 weeks early.  She was 3 lb 6 oz and he was 2 lb 11 oz.  They are both still in the hospital and progressing nicely, she is in a crib and breathing on her own, he is still on a breathing machine but getting close to going off it, also getting close to being in a crib.  We can't wait to get them home!

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Local Forecast / Found a working 4000!

« on: April 11, 2009, 05:59:49 PM »

I don't know if anyone remembers, about 3? years ago I lived in the town Wahoo, NE, and they had a non-deprecated 4000. Well, I spent today helping my wife do some cleaning at her school in Plattsmouth, NE, which is on the same Charter headend as Wahoo, and I can confirm that the 4000 is still being used, still no signs of deprecation.  I apologize, I have no pictures or video but thought I would just mention it.

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General Weather Chat / It would be fun to live here today!

« on: March 23, 2009, 02:04:54 PM »

This forecast is not fabricated, and the meteorologists did not mess up when making it, watch/warnings are true.

NEZ005-240545-
EASTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE
1236 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

...TORNADO WATCH 53 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

.REST OF TODAY...WINDY. RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
OR SNOW SHOWERS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH TORNADOES.
NO NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
90 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT...WINDY. MUCH COLDER. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW MAY BE
HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH UNTIL
MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT.

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General Weather Chat / Stormy Monday in the Plains?

« on: March 19, 2009, 10:49:19 AM »

It's looking like a good chance of a severe weather/tornado outbreak on Monday, and I'm in the expected area!  Threat area is from parts of South Dakota to north-central Texas, including most of Nebraska and Kansas, extreme western Iowa, NW Missouri, and central Oklahoma.

Graphic:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/exper/day4-8/

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General Weather Chat / I'm confused by this forecast.

« on: March 10, 2009, 11:06:23 AM »

Zone Forecast for Wednesday for Duluth, MN, something seems wrong with this.

Wednesday...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in the morning. Areas of blowing snow in the morning... Then patchy blowing snow in the afternoon. Highs 7 to 12. Temperatures falling in the afternoon. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Wind chill readings 10 below to 20 below zero.


Edit: Looks like they have fixed it, but here's a link to this forecast.
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KDLH/0903101359.fpus53.html

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General Weather Chat / Fire Weather

« on: March 04, 2009, 04:36:23 PM »

Broomfield, CO is reporting 73^oF with a dewpoint of -22^oF giving a relative humidity of 2%.  Wind gusts up to 31 mph, I think the red flag warning for the area is a good idea.

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The Game Room / Let's tell a story!

« on: February 04, 2009, 04:59:48 PM »

Let's tell a story, each poster can only say one word and if needed a period, comma, etc.

For example, if I were to say "Once", then the next poster could say "upon" and the next can say "a" and so on.

If two people post at once, we will use whichever word was posted first.

No double posting please.

Get it?  Ok here we go.

Some

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General Discussion / Twins!

« on: February 04, 2009, 03:32:38 PM »

We are expecting twins to be born in July!  We don't know boy/girl yet but we will know in about 3 weeks.  Everything is going great so far.

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General Weather Chat / Change in Severe Weather Criteria

« on: February 04, 2009, 01:06:00 PM »

The Central region of the NWS is proposing chainging the severe threshold for hail from 3/4" to 1", and issuing significant weather alerts for hail between 3/4" and 1".  I am for this idea because studies have shown that 3/4" hail does not really cause a lot of damage, and it would hopefully reduce the number of false alarms and the "cry wolf" effects that come from these. 

However, I wish that if this were to happen, it would be an all or none thing, either everyone does this or no one, not just a region, because now how do you verify a severe thunderstorm warning?  If Texas were to get a storm with 3/4" hail and a warning, it verifies, but if Nebraska were to get between 3/4" and 1" hail and a warning, the warning does not verify.  Thoughts?

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General Weather Chat / Severe Thundertorms Southern/Central Plains Early Next Week?

« on: February 04, 2009, 12:59:50 PM »

From the SPC, they are looking at severe weather across parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas on Sunday and Monday. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/exper/day4-8/.  Word around the office this morning is we may see some this far north as Omaha.  I'm not sold on it at all, based on our forecast highs and the fact that it is February.  We may see enough instability for storms, and maybe even some hail based on our temps, but so far I'm not sold at all on seeing severe storms here, I think they're "wishcasting".

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General Weather Chat / Interesting Forecast Discussion

« on: January 31, 2009, 08:44:55 PM »

For the other weather buffs on here who read area forecast discussions from the NWS, here's an interesting snoppet from one from Nashville.  I really love the very last sentence in here.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
922 PM CST THU JAN 29 2009

OTHERWISE...MAIN FORECAST FOCUS WILL BE POTENTIAL WINTER STORM FOR
THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH WE MUST ALWAYS THROW IN
THE USUAL DISCLAIMERS ABOUT THE TRACK OF THE LOW..EXACT
TIMING...BLAH BLAH BLAH...IT PLEASES ME TO SAY THAT THE UPCOMING
SITUATION LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SETUP FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW. EVEN THOSE
WHO DO NOT LIKE SNOW (SHAME ON YOU) WILL HAVE TO ADMIT THE MODELS
HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT SHOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
UPCOMING STORM AND THE POTENTIAL FOR REAL SNOWFALL IN MID TN. WILL
EVERYTHING COME TOGETHER FOR A REAL SNOWFALL EVENT IN MID TN? TOO
EARLY TO TELL...BUT ALL MODELS SHOW ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER THE
AREA INCLUDING ALL MEMBERS OF GFS ENSEMBLES. THE 18Z GFS SHOWS BNA
GETTING BLASTED WITH ABOUT 9 INCHES OF SNOW. THAT WOULD ONLY BE
WISH CASTING AT THIS POINT...BUT IT/S FUN TO IMAGINE...AND WE ARE
CERTAINLY DUE! I PERSONALLY THINK THIS ONE WILL PAN OUT WITH AT
LEAST A FEW INCHES OF SNOW. BUT IF IT DOESN/T...AT LEAST WE CAN
ALL ENJOY THE UPS AND DOWNS OF EACH NEW MODEL RUN...AND WE CAN
SHARE THAT UNIQUE SOUTHERN BONDING EXPERIENCE OF FIGHTING FOR THE
LAST MILK AND BREAD ON THE SHELVES AS THE STORM APPROACHES.


Moderators, I just realized this may belong in one of the weather threads, move as you wish.
//Done.

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General Discussion / Happy birthday ruhgster!

« on: March 31, 2008, 10:24:12 AM »

Happy birthday ruhgster!