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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: September 30, 2011, 03:25:37 PM »

Well that sucks. I knew this **** was permanent. 

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Local Forecast / Re: TWC Songs you've heard in other places

« on: September 29, 2011, 10:20:25 AM »

I heard "It Is What It Is" by Vincent Ingala in a restaurant back in May. I was saying to myself like, "I heard this song from TWC"

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General Weather Chat / Re: Heavy snow warnings, blowing snow advisories, and such

« on: September 28, 2011, 08:06:54 PM »

They should bring back the Blowing Snow Adv.

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Forecasting / Re: Weather Models

« on: September 28, 2011, 05:18:01 PM »

Here is a extremely easy to use website for models:
http://wxweb.meteostar.com/

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

« on: September 28, 2011, 05:15:56 PM »

I can't recall if this has been asked before, but does the IS2 display a record high/low screen?

It does, but it's quite rare. It's called Climate Data. It has the average and record highs/lows, not to mention pixie dust.

It doesn't. Here, we had a record high tied the other day and no record screen was displayed.

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

« on: September 27, 2011, 02:37:14 PM »

I can't recall if this has been asked before, but does the IS2 display a record high/low screen?

I don't think so. I've never seen it on my IS2 nor any other.

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General Weather Chat / Re: When Do You Expect the First Snowfall to Happen In Your Area?

« on: September 25, 2011, 02:31:20 PM »

40s and 50s dont scare me bring on the 10s and 20s lol weve had a whole week of teens and twentys for 2 winters in a row.

Just get outa here. Texas doesn't get that cold. Maybe northern Texas does, but since you said you were in Ike, you live near the coast. Give me your location so I can look up the weather data.

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

« on: September 25, 2011, 10:16:21 AM »

At the Airport:
Temp: 76°F
Dew Point: 75°F
With Fog and Mist
At my weather station:
Temp: 77.8°F
Dew Point: 71.8°F
Under Mostly Cloudy Skies

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

« on: September 24, 2011, 11:43:09 AM »

Current Temperature: 77.2°F
Dew Point: 72.0°F
Heat Index: 81.5°F
Under mostly cloudy skies

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General Weather Chat / Re: When Do You Expect the First Snowfall to Happen In Your Area?

« on: September 23, 2011, 05:13:57 PM »

Probably by mid November if not, by early December. Last year, we had one of our earliest snowfalls ever. It was Nov. 8th. Not surprising, I know 

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General Weather Chat / Re: Farmers Almanac Winter 2012 Prediction

« on: September 21, 2011, 07:46:04 PM »

Well NAO and the AO and the ENSO are major factors in making winter forecasts. Unfortunately, we can't predict what will happen with these as the winter months approach. NOAA predicts the La Nina will return this winter which will persist the drought conditions over the south central US. The AO is THE biggest factor in making a winter forecast, especially for the east coast. If the NAO and AO indices are negative, that will allow cold air from the arctic to mix with the warm Atlantic Ocean water. This will create numerous areas of low pressure known as a nor'easters. Depending on how warm the ocean is and how cold the air is will determine the intensities of these storms. The intenser the storms, the more precipitation occurs. BUT, this also depends on the storm track. If the low pressure takes a track that's more west like going over central PA, much of the precipitation would be rain and the low pressure would be weaker. We can't predict whether this will happen or not. This is why I disagree with Farmer's Almanac. What we can do is determine is the storm tracks. Storm Tracks don't change drastically so it's much easier to forecast. The predicted storm tracks for this winter appear to be very similar to last year so I wouldn't rule out a repeat of last year.

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General Weather Chat / Re: Farmers Almanac Winter 2012 Prediction

« on: September 20, 2011, 06:02:55 PM »

I never agree with Farmer's Almanac predictions. Last year, they predicted extremely cold and below average snowfall for the northeast. We had well above average snowfall and slightly below average temps. They can't even get their 3 month regional forecasts correct. That's just my opinion.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: September 19, 2011, 05:17:27 PM »

The ratings should go down. There's really no point in watching TWC anymore. It's not just good anymore. The L-Bar was the tipping point for me. This IS permanent. They aren't testing this. They been using the L-Bar quite often even before this  happened. Like for Hurricane Irene, they were using it. We can rule out testing because they have been using the L-Bar for a long time now. I've been tuning into TWC everyday to see if they reverted back. Obviously not.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: September 14, 2011, 07:51:34 PM »

Here's where to start the petition

I don't want to start it, I want to make sure I have all right info before I make it. If someone else can make it, I would be glad. 

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: September 14, 2011, 07:37:20 PM »

I totally agree with you TampaMillTWC88. We need to sign a petition, each of us, although we would need a lot of people, maybe more than everyone on this site. Who knows, I'm just hoping this isn't a permanent thing.