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Offline Spring Rubber

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The problem with weather.com video forecasts
« on: March 29, 2008, 10:40:48 PM »
They're outdated!

Seriously, Dave recorded tonight's videos several hours ago, but the forecast for Chicago on Monday is already outdated. The video shows a high of 55, but the official TWC forecast has already been changed to a high of 62, with many local affiliates already predicting even higher. Even so, the weather.com video won't be updated until at least 5 AM tomorrow. Perhaps they need more OCMs to work later at night on these videos so they won't get outdated like this?
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Re: The problem with weather.com video forecasts
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2008, 10:48:48 PM »
How often do they usually update the video forecasts?

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Re: The problem with weather.com video forecasts
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2008, 10:52:32 PM »
Only twice a day, AFAIK, once around 5 AM and once around 5 PM; it's not nearly enough for the ever-changing forecasts.
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Re: The problem with weather.com video forecasts
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2008, 12:37:57 AM »
Paul Goodloe did tonight's weather.com forecasts without a suit coat; that's different.
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Re: The problem with weather.com video forecasts
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2008, 12:54:01 AM »
Yeah, you don't see that often.  :blink: