General LF Discussion

[TWCCraig]

Just to bring up this crazy thing I just saw on the LDL. HiRAD is reporting Medford, NY with a thunderstorm right now, when there is clearly nothing on the radar.   

EDIT: It appears the LDL is stuck on 2 days ago! The forecast on the LDL called for 73°F with a 100% chance of Thunderstorms, which was the forecast for 6/25/12! The LDL is still on during the commercial breaks. The forecast on the LDL also includes a forecast for Tuesday, which already happened!!! Deja Vu

[Zach]

Is the LDL frozen? I would definitely report that to the STAR Team.

[TWCCraig]

Is the LDL frozen? I would definitely report that to the STAR Team.

No, but it is stuck on two days ago.

[Trevor]

Code Red ozone was just issued for Memphis. I'm going to get a recording of it!

EDIT: The IS is just showing a Code Orange, but you can clearly see here that it's in effect for today and tomorrow.

[Trevor]

Double post, sorry. Code PURPLE in effect for the Memphis area. Oh, how I wish the IS didn't update at 4:00. Otherwise, I'd be recording a rare video.

http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.local_city&cityid=179

[gt1racerlHDl]

Since WinTV doesn't work on my acer i tried using the tuner as a webcam on Skype and here's how it came out (Recorded with Camstudio)

Cape Cod Garden Thunderstorms with Atlantic Ocean Swirl

Pyros lHDl Opener

[Charismatic Applesauce]

Just to bring up this crazy thing I just saw on the LDL. HiRAD is reporting Medford, NY with a thunderstorm right now, when there is clearly nothing on the radar.   

EDIT: It appears the LDL is stuck on 2 days ago! The forecast on the LDL called for 73°F with a 100% chance of Thunderstorms, which was the forecast for 6/25/12! The LDL is still on during the commercial breaks. The forecast on the LDL also includes a forecast for Tuesday, which already happened!!! Deja Vu

That's been happening a lot on my IS lately. The first time I saw it happening, the LDL stayed on for more than a day. When it was supposed to be on, there would appear to be two "lights" under the yellow city bar.

[toxictwister00]

I feel incredibly stupid for not noticing this sooner, but I never realized there's a fade in/out transition on the time shown on the HD LF. I noticed it for the first time yesterday while doing a test video recording on my HD PVR.

[gt1racerlHDl]

Would this make a good IntelliStar background? this was used during the extreme heat segment

[Trevor]

With some color tweaking, I think it would look pretty good.

[toxictwister00]

With the current templates being used? Absolutely not, that burnt contrast of colors doesn't work.

[gt1racerlHDl]

With the current templates being used? Absolutely not, that burnt contrast of colors doesn't work.

The templates would probably be different if that background was used.

[toxictwister00]

I'm under a CODE RED Air Quality Alert now for tomorrow. I'll see if it shows up on the LF this evening because I've also have never seen a code red on the current IS before.

AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
GEORGIA DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
140 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2012

...CODE RED AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR ATLANTA FOR
FRIDAY JUNE 29...

THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES...ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION DIVISION HAS ISSUED A CODE RED (UNHEALTHY FOR
MANY PEOPLE) AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR ATLANTA FOR
FRIDAY JUNE 29.

[Trevor]

I tried to record the Code Purple yesterday, but the IS had already switched over to the next day ;(

[toxictwister00]

I tried to record the Code Purple yesterday, but the IS had already switched over to the next day ;(

Was it in effect for Wednesday and it had already switched over to Thursday's AQF? If so, it must of have been after 4pm ET when you tried to catch it, that's usually when the forecast products update to the following day.