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General Discussion / Re: Neil Armstrong has died
« on: August 25, 2012, 04:43:46 PM »
Wow, another hero gone. 
RIP Neil!
RIP Neil!
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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Isaac
« on: August 25, 2012, 04:41:13 PM »
To be honest, I don't think we'll ever hear the Storm Alert music on the local forecast again. By tomorrow (before Isaac hits the Keys), they will probably preempt all regular programming (if they haven't already today), and reduce the local forecasts to the :28's and :58's.
Anyway, as of 2PM EDT, Isaac weakened ever so slightly due to it impacting Cuba. It's pressure is now up to 1000mb, but winds remain at 60 mph.
Anyway, as of 2PM EDT, Isaac weakened ever so slightly due to it impacting Cuba. It's pressure is now up to 1000mb, but winds remain at 60 mph.
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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Isaac
« on: August 23, 2012, 10:28:28 AM »
NAM continues to be the far-east outlier, showing a landfall likely in northern FL or as far north as NC (however, I'm just guessing since the NAM goes out to only 84 hours) but it is certainly showing a western Atlantic storm.
The Euro continues to be the far-west outlier (even though it trended ever so slightly east with the 00z run.) It shows Isaac hitting the MS gulf coast as a hurricane.
I'll analyze further, but currently I'm forecasting a cross between a 00z GFS and 00z CMC (making landfall near the Everglades.)
The Euro continues to be the far-west outlier (even though it trended ever so slightly east with the 00z run.) It shows Isaac hitting the MS gulf coast as a hurricane.
I'll analyze further, but currently I'm forecasting a cross between a 00z GFS and 00z CMC (making landfall near the Everglades.)
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Local Forecast / Re: August 2012 Playlist
« on: August 22, 2012, 09:42:47 AM »
I like the Moby song and the Temptations song (at least Ain't too Proud to Beg has somewhat of a jazz sound to it!)
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Winter Weather / Re: 2012-2013 Winter Outlook
« on: August 16, 2012, 12:09:35 PM »
I'm not really a fan of long range/seasonal winter forecasts because there are too many variables. For example, the El Nino/La Nina (even though that can be predicted with fair accuracy several months ahead.) However, if you have a positive NAO almost the whole year, and forecasters are predicting a winter with well below average snowfall for the Ohio Valley, but the NAO breifly goes negative (among other factors such as position of a trough, etc) around the time a deepening sub 985 mb low moves up the Appalachians, some places could get their average yearly snowfall (and more) in just one storm. Basically, seasonal forecasting is nothing more than a blurry generalization.
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Local Forecast / Re: TWC Songs you've heard in other places
« on: August 05, 2012, 11:02:56 AM »
Grazing In The Grass by Hugh Masekala, Loves Theme by Love Unlimited Orchestra, and In Memory of Elizabeth Reed by the Allman Brothers -- all on different channels on Sirius.
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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: July 30, 2012, 09:28:09 PM »Hmm, that seller who had the 4000 on eBay now apparently has two of them, but they are certainly overpriced..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NORTHERN-TELECOM-NORTEL-WEATHER-STAR-4000-WEATHER-CHANNEL-FORECAST-BROADCASTER-/290750348357?_trksid=p4340.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D43%26meid%3D978233420636994586%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1028%26rk%3D1%26#ht_7077wt_1396
Also, I notice that the headend ID label is missing from it. Is this a decommissioned unit?
Yeah, I certainly wouldn't pay that, let alone half that for the condition it's in.
I was looking at different pictures of cable headends, and I came across this one. Apparently, this picture was taken in October 2009 of the Sunrise Communications headend near Onaway, MI. You can see that they still utilized the Weather Star Jr.
Also, here's their website:
http://www.src-mi.com/
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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?
« on: July 17, 2012, 05:14:17 PM »
100° and Partly Cloudy.
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General Discussion / Re: SGI O2
« on: July 15, 2012, 07:20:29 AM »
Just a general question. I saw a few on eBay. One was as low as $100, and one was as high as $600, both in similar working order.
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General Discussion / SGI O2
« on: July 14, 2012, 07:13:27 PM »
How much would you guys pay for a gently used (but still in decent working order workstation?)
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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: July 14, 2012, 05:35:27 PM »
Here's Alexandra Steele (now at CNN for any of you that don't know) explaining what a derecho is! 
| Meteorologist explains what a derecho is | |
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Local Forecast / Re: TWC Songs you've heard in other places
« on: July 10, 2012, 09:08:40 PM »
Michael Haggins - Daybreak in the movie Hall Pass.
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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: July 07, 2012, 12:07:41 PM »
Oh, Okay. Well, hopefully HAMweather will have that fixed soon.
Anyway, inverted V/microburst anyone?
Anyway, inverted V/microburst anyone?
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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: July 07, 2012, 11:53:40 AM »
I just noticed that the current weather information under all of our profiles aren't working.