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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: December 27, 2011, 10:02:10 AM »

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
458 PM EST THU DEC 1 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AT UPTON NEW 
YORK/KOKX WILL BE UPGRADED WITH DUAL POLARIZATION TECHNOLOGY
JAN 16 - 29 2012...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS ARE RECEIVING A MAJOR SOFTWARE AND
HARDWARE UPGRADE CALLED DUAL POLARIZATION TECHNOLOGY.

CURRENTLY...RADARS COLLECT DATA ON ONLY THE HORIZONTAL COMPONENT OF
WEATHER AND NON WEATHER TARGETS. DUAL POL TECHNOLOGY WILL PROVIDE
RADARS WITH THE CAPABILITY TO ALSO SAMPLE THE VERTICAL COMPONENT OF
WEATHER AND NON WEATHER TARGETS. THIS UPGRADE WILL RESULT IN
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR PRODUCT SUITE
THAT WILL ENHANCE PROTECTION OF LIVES...PROPERTY AND THE ECONOMY
THROUGH IMPROVED WARNING OPERATIONS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT UPTON NEW YORK WILL BE
UNAVAILABLE FOR 2 WEEKS AS THIS MAJOR UPGRADE OCCURS FROM JANUARY 16
THROUGH JANUARY 29 2012.

THIS UPGRADE IS PART OF A NATIONAL DEPLOYMENT THAT BEGAN EARLIER
THIS YEAR AND IS SCHEDULED TO LAST THROUGH 2013.

DURING THIS OUTAGE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR COVERAGE
FOR OUR LOCAL SERVICE AREA WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE FROM SURROUNDING
RADARS AT

FORT DIX NEW JERSEY...DESIGNATED KDIX

ALBANY NEW YORK...DESIGNATED KENX

BINGHAMTON NEW YORK...DESIGNATED KBGM

TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS...DESIGNATED KBOX

TO BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH THIS LATEST UPGRADE AND CHANGES TO
RADAR PRODUCTS...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES WARNING
DECISION TRAINING BRANCH WEB PAGE AT

HTTP://WWW.WDTB.NOAA.GOV/COURSES/DUALPOL/OUTREACH

USING LOWER CASE LETTERS

THE TRAINING BRANCH PROVIDES FREE TRAINING FOR OUR CUSTOMERS AND
PARTNERS.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THIS TEMPORARY DISRUPTION OF RADAR SERVICES.

IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS
UPGRADE AT THE UPTON NEW YORK OFFICE...CONTACT

JAMES CONNOLLY...RADAR PROGRAM LEADER AT JAMES.CONNOLLY@NOAA.GOV

GARY CONTE...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST AT
GARY.CONTE@NOAA.GOV

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: December 26, 2011, 06:28:01 PM »

39°F and Clear
Tomorrow night looks to be a powerhouse storm:
High winds up to 70 mph
Thunderstorms
Oh, this is gonna be fun 

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The Game Room / Re: Rhyme Game

« on: December 26, 2011, 06:25:59 PM »

Known

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: December 26, 2011, 06:05:24 PM »

Oh boy! Looks like tomorrow night's winds are going to be monstorous. I just took a look at a few models. I wouldn't be surprised if the NWS issues a high wind warning. Might see gusts up to 70 mph. TWC is only predicting sustained winds of only 29 mph, which brings me back to the night of Dec 7th, where TWC predicted winds of 28 mph but we had sustained winds at around 40 mph.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: December 26, 2011, 02:41:13 PM »

The only thing disgusting about wintery conditions is when you drive in it and in an area like here, it's usually not a problem. There's nothing distgusting with having snow on the ground. I would certainly take snow on Christmas than 80 degrees on any day and be sweating. IMO

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: December 26, 2011, 10:29:44 AM »

You guys would never experience a true Christmas living in Florida. To me, 80 degrees on Christmas is distgusting. It never gets me into the Christmas spirit. Just ask anyone else that lives up north.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What is Your Christmas Day "Dream" Weather?

« on: December 25, 2011, 02:51:04 PM »

Either cloudy and cold or snowing would be my dream Christmas weather.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: December 25, 2011, 08:17:06 AM »

Hmm, We got the cold, We got the clouds, all we need is snow! And the forecast calls for a few flurries tonight!

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General Discussion / Re: MERRY CHRISTMAS

« on: December 25, 2011, 08:15:43 AM »

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Lucky you Zach. My Family has yet to wake up... ugh! 

That's my family every year. Sleep till 10 will ya.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: December 25, 2011, 01:06:31 AM »

24°F Clear

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: December 23, 2011, 04:50:06 PM »

Can I ask what type of font you used for the highs and lows on your 2nd to latest pic? It looks a lot like the font on the IS2

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: December 23, 2011, 02:31:09 PM »

Well, thankfully, if I could move I would only a few miles from here to the more richer side of town (Brightwaters). I can't assume that it would be better there but it would be a much better environment. Some of the homes there go into the tens of millions. But back to before, my neighborhood has "Neighborhood Watch". I was talking to my friend and he says there's obviously no point for them since they do absolutely nothing. Not only that, I rarely see a cop car around here, maybe once every 3 to 4 months if I'm lucky. I've heard gun shots before around here. Thankfully I don't live in a town like Brentwood or Wyandanch, which for those who don't know, is like the 90's Compton of Long Island. There's not much to do other than move. One last thing which just blows my mind. New York State law prohibits smoking on school property. However, I see high school students smoking outside all the time at the end of the day, and administrators are right outside watching them, and don't even say anything!

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: December 22, 2011, 10:26:29 PM »

Now I'm going to be honest. I hate my neighborhood. There's a lot of undiscussed crimes that happen. There's constant drug deals in front of my house, literally, I live next to a crack house run by teenagers, I saw this guy jack off, yes I said it, on my neighbors property and he was butt naked too. Just the other day, this car was driving up and down my block and he specifically kept slowing down in front of my house as if he was looking at something.  Also, there's this car I hear almost every other night, that parks just outside, then drives away shortly after like wtf? My neighborhood is very strange and scary. Ironically, on this day last year, this lady that was high crashed into a parked car in front of my house lol. BTW, I'm not making any of this up. Sometimes, especially on Saturday nights, the crack house next to me throws a party I guess, so I see people parking there cars, you know, smoking weed in their cars. I know this post is a bit crazy, but I thought I should bring it up, since there was just a drug deal in front of my house 5 minutes ago!

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: December 22, 2011, 06:35:03 PM »

Thank god I don't live in Florida  I can't complain though. It hit 60°F today, way off from the forecast high of 53°F.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: December 22, 2011, 02:18:21 PM »

Sorry for double post

60°F and sunny 
Breaking a record