TWC Today Forums

Present - The Weather Channel 2000 => Local Forecast => Topic started by: Zach on July 24, 2009, 04:00:06 PM

Title: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Zach on July 24, 2009, 04:00:06 PM

Here's a pic.

Derek, I have included a picture of the radar just for you. :yes:


Tuner videos to come :)

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Localonthe8s on July 24, 2009, 04:01:12 PM

holy crap that's awesome! :dance:

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Mike M on July 24, 2009, 04:13:42 PM

Awesome find! This may be one of the closest 4000's to my area.

Do you know the cable company that serves that area? I know most 4000's seem to have trouble displaying the cable company logo so it may be hard to find out.

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: phw115wvwx on July 24, 2009, 05:01:31 PM

That 4000 looks like it's still in pretty good shape.  The pictures suggest that there's not much degradation at all.  How did you even find this one, Zach?

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Zach on July 24, 2009, 05:02:30 PM

It was when I turned on TWC at the hotel I was staying at. :yes:

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Zach on July 24, 2009, 05:06:55 PM

STAR Info :)

(http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab313/TWCZach/General%20TWC%20Pics/chincoteague4000starinfo.jpg)

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Zach on July 24, 2009, 05:51:46 PM

It just skipped the CC screen, but had an LDL at the beginning with the Satellite LF just now. :wacko:


First video :biggrin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3DOsCItums# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3DOsCItums#)

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Zach on July 24, 2009, 06:01:21 PM

Here's something that might bring you to the past. :yes:

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Mike M on July 24, 2009, 06:09:46 PM

Good catch! This seems to be a pretty healthy 4000, not many still show cable company logos correctly because of how severely distorted they are.

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Zach on July 24, 2009, 06:22:34 PM

I'm starting to now see signs of degradation :(

Attached is a picture of the radar banner. It has a gray bar atop.

And I spotted a green LDL overlaying the Satellite LF.

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Mike M on July 24, 2009, 06:27:30 PM

A lot of 4000's have always had that grey bar. It's not degradation AFAIK.

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: TWCToday on July 24, 2009, 08:07:25 PM

Quote from: Zach on July 24, 2009, 06:01:21 PM

Here's something that might bring you to the past. :yes:

Wish you had gotten that recorded. Id like to see a Coastal Flood Statement

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: narunetto on July 24, 2009, 11:16:14 PM

Nice! It's cool to see another one.

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: beanboy89 on July 24, 2009, 11:22:49 PM

Quote from: Zach on July 24, 2009, 05:51:46 PM

It just skipped the CC screen, but had an LDL at the beginning with the Satellite LF just now. :wacko:

That's a somewhat common occurrence for the 4000. It's been happening for years.

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Zach on July 25, 2009, 08:05:52 AM

Damn, this is the second 4000 I've seen confirmed in Virginia as of today. :wacko:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrJEgh3nIvY&feature=related# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrJEgh3nIvY&feature=related#)

It's from Wakefield, VA


Btw, here's the K Flavour before I started seeing that weird LDL overlaying the Satellite LF:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCj3q7EccYE# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCj3q7EccYE#)

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Mike M on July 25, 2009, 12:27:25 PM

Now I'm really jealous. :(

I notice a slight degradation on the radar banner on this 4000, notice how the color codes on the legend change colors slightly.

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Zach on July 25, 2009, 02:30:40 PM

Here's the Station ID video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raY5TYeoLu0# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raY5TYeoLu0#)


Btw, I was talking to Vic, and he says that it reminds him of weatherdaddy's old 4000 because of the song. :yes:

You can see his 4000 here with Layla: http://www.weatherdaddy.us/4000/Weatherdaddy-050721-1008.wmv (http://www.weatherdaddy.us/4000/Weatherdaddy-050721-1008.wmv)

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Zach on July 25, 2009, 06:33:48 PM

Here's an odd glitch that seems to occur everyday at 5:18 PM ET and 5:28 PM ET. :thinking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQgmNhUPJBs# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQgmNhUPJBs#)

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: LFMusicFan on July 26, 2009, 11:52:51 AM

Nice find! Is there any chance you could capture the vertical scroll? There aren't many videos of how it behaves floating around..

Title: Re: A New, Undiscovered 4000 on Chincoteague Island, VA!!!!!!`
Post by: Zach on July 27, 2009, 02:52:25 PM

Hopefully I can go back some time next year, and I'll see. If the admins check out my IP, you'll see I'm back home with boring satellite. :(