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Hurricane Central / 2012 Atlantic hurricane retirement predictions

« on: September 01, 2012, 07:09:28 PM »

With the Atlantic hurricane season in full swing, now is the time to do our retirement predictions for the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.

Here are my predictions so far:

• Alberto - <1% - very minor effects on the East Coast.
• Beryl - 10% - strongest pre-season storm to hit the U.S., although effects were minor.
• Chris - 0% - fishspinner.
• Debby - 20% - moderate effects, but nothing too severe.
• Ernesto - 15% - some moderate effects, although Mexico has seen much worse before.
• Florence - 0% - fishspinner.
• Gordon - 10% - some impact on the Azores, but nothing severe.
• Helene - 5% - minor impact.
• Isaac - 60% - Damage total estimate is about $3 billion, so it could have a shot at retirement.
• Joyce - 0% - fishspinner.
• Kirk - 0% - fishspinner.
• Leslie - ?? - to early to determine, however, Bermuda should be watching this storm.

Replacement male I names:

• Icarus
• Ignatius
• Ioan
• Irving
• Ichabod
• Italo
• Italus
• Innocenzo
• Ippolito  (my pick)
• Ignazio
• Inigo
• Inocencio
• Ildefonso
• Isandro
• Iago
• Immanuel
• Indigo
• Izzy (Yes, this can be a male name)
• Isamu
• Ifor
• Ilswyn
• Iggy

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Hurricane Central / 2011 Atlantic hurricane retirement predictions

« on: September 01, 2011, 12:29:07 AM »

If you think any names this year will be retired, which ones it will be?

I would say that so far only Irene is likely to be retired as it caused $10.1 billion in damages ($3.1 billion in the Caribbean, and $7 billion in the United States).  Arlene and Harvey may have a slight chance, but are unlikely.  Everything else so far is here to stay.

However, if Katia affects Canada, it could have a chance, considering Canada's rather low retirement standards (as proven with Juan in 2003 and Igor in 2010).

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General Discussion / Poll - Male users: Do you ever wear pink

« on: August 23, 2011, 12:56:58 PM »

I was wondering, for the male users here: do you ever wear pink?

I personally enjoy it.  It reminds me of nice smooth jazz.  Also, Real Men Wear Pink!

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Local Forecast / Why no Marine Forecast on Great Lakes IntelliStars?

« on: August 21, 2011, 01:02:57 AM »

I was wondering, is there any particular reason where there is no Marine Forecast product on Great Lakes IntelliStars?  I can see why there is no Tides product, since the Great Lakes does not actually have tides, however, the NWS still gives marine forecasts for the Great Lakes.

And no, the Marine Forecast product does not have to coexist with the Tides product.  For example, Choice Cable TV upgraded to IntelliStar in 2006 where it had the Tides product, but didn't get the Marine Forecast product until 2007.  Therefore, it would definitely be possible to have a Marine Forecast product for the Great Lakes without having to add a Tides product.

Is there any reason why?

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Local Forecast / Idea: Assign music to IntelliStar flavors by genre

« on: August 19, 2011, 04:06:31 PM »

I came up with an interesting idea, with the mix of rock, New Age, and jazz that TWC plays now, I was thinking, perhaps the flavors of the IntelliStar can be assigned to different music genres.

Here is how I would do it:

• Rock at :08 and :38
• New Age at :18 and :48
• Jazz at :28 and :58

I personally like the :28/:58 flavor, which is why I assigned jazz to it.  And by "Jazz", I mean both traditional and smooth jazz.

What does anyone think?

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / IntelliStar 2 specifications?

« on: November 07, 2010, 08:03:00 PM »

I have three questions about the IntelliStar 2.  My first question is: what type of hardware does the IS2 use?  I would think it would be an x86-based (or maybe x64-based) Intel processor machine, although I could be wrong.  I wouldn't be surprised though, considering how TWC moved from the higher-cost SGI/MIPS-based WeatherStar XL to the lower-cost Intel/x86-based IntelliStar.

My second question is: What company developed the IntelliStar 2?  The Jr was designed by Wegener Communications (who also was partly responsible for the III, along with Compuvid), the 4000 was developed by Amirix, the XL by SGI, and the IntelliStar by Wind River (now a subsidiary of Intel).  Does anyone know who developed the IntelliStar 2?

My final question is: what operating system does the IntelliStar 2 run?  I know the XL runs IRIX and the IntelliStar runs FreeBSD.

I hope someone could answer these questions

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Hurricane Central / 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season running out of names - a possible idea...

« on: October 27, 2010, 11:20:15 PM »

It looks like that Shary has a 50% chance of formation, which would leave only three names remaining (Tomas, Virginie, and Walter).  I was thinking, before going to the Greek Alphabet, perhaps there could be a little alternative idea, which would be to add X, Y, and/or Z names to the lists of Atlantic hurricane name lists, as was done in the EPac in 1992.

As for which letters, there aren't really very many X names out there, so I would probably add just Y and Z names.  Here are some of my ideas for Y and Z names:

• Y names (male) - Yang, Yoda, Yale, Yancy, Yasser, Yanni, Ying, Yoshi, Young, Yul
• Y names (female) - Yasmine, Yumi, Yvonne, Yvette
• Z names (male) - Zhane, Zell, Zachary, Zach, Zack, Zephyr, Zhong
• Z names (female) - Zena, Zillah, Zola, Zora, Zoey, Zoya
  

Also, don't bother about Q or U names, since it would screw up the pattern of alternating male/female names, and the fact that there are very few names beginning with those letters (especially Q).

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Hurricane Central / Predictions for 2010 Atlantic hurricane season retirements

« on: October 18, 2010, 07:40:37 PM »

Well, it has been a while since I posted here, however, I think now is the time to make our predictions on what names will be retired.

Here are my predictions:
     

• Alex - 60% - caused $1.885 billion in damage, however, there is a possiblity that it may go the way of Dolly in 2008.
• Bonnie - 1% - Minimal damage, although I think Bonnie should have been retired after the 1998 season as Bonnie in 1998 caused about $1 billion (in 1998 USD) in damage.
• Colin - 1% - Minimal damage
• Danielle - 0% - Pretty much a fishspinner.
• Earl - 10% - Did some damage but not extreme damage.
• Fiona - 0% - Fishspinner.
• Gaston - 0% - Fishspinner.
• Hermine - 15% - Damage moderate but not too severe.
• Igor - 50% - While damage was not extremely severe, it was one of the worst hurricanes to affect Newfoundland in many years, and Canada might request its retirement to the WMO as they did for Juan in 2003.
• Julia - <1% - Very minimal damage.
• Karl - 90% - Caused $5.6 billion in damage.
• Matthew - 40% - Casued a severe mudslide in Oxaca, although overall damage is not known at this time.
• Nicole - 15% - Damage moderate but not severe.
• Otto - 14% - Damage not extreme.
• Paula - 25% (preliminary) - Damage unknown at this time.

Does anyone have their own guesses?

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General Weather Chat / Dean, Felix, Noel retired from 2007 hurricane season names

« on: May 16, 2008, 06:00:55 PM »

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080513_stormnames.html

Yes, the retirements have been decided.  The names Dean, Felix, and Noel have been retired, and have been replaced by Dorian, Fernand, and Nestor.

I personally would have preferred Derek, Fritz, and Norton.

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General Weather Chat / 2007 hurricane name retirements

« on: February 12, 2008, 08:39:01 PM »

I know I have talked about this at TWC Classics; I would like to see the opinions here.

Here are my thoughts:

Likely retired:
Dean - severe damage, totaling near $6 billion
Felix - 130 confirmed deaths, severe damage likely
Noel - 163 confirmed deaths, significant damage

Possibly retired:
Erin - Damage total still pending, but worsened a severe flooding problem in Texas
Olga - 40 deaths, record for an off-season storm

Very small chance:
Humberto - $50 million in damage
Lorenzo - $92 million in damage

Not retired:
Andrea - minimal damage
Barry - minimal damage
Chantal - very minor damage
Gabrielle - minimal damage
Ingrid - fishspinner
Jerry - fishspinner
Karen - fishspinner
Melissa - fishspinner