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

« on: September 14, 2012, 03:05:39 PM »

52° Sunny. Nice and crisp morning after a low of 31 last night.

Brrrrr, that's too cold for me at this early in the season. I already start freezing my butt off when it's only 60 degrees out. I guess it's because I'm so used to overnight lows in the 60's and 70's.


79.9°F Mostly Sunny

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 13, 2012, 04:19:36 PM »

Glad to be going to the 4th Tri-state Weather Conference on October 13th. Going to this conference will expand my knowledge and meet new people. WCBS-TV's primetime on-air meteorologist Lonnie Quinn will be there, a great opportunity for me to begin networking. 

http://www.wcsu.edu/weatherconference/ 

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Forecasting / Re: Ask The Weather Expert!

« on: September 12, 2012, 05:54:02 PM »

Sorry to keep you busy in this thread, but can you explain to me what exactly is the difference between "stable" air and "unstable" air? I'm quite curious about this, I would also like to know how higher instability favors stronger thunderstorms. Thanks Pat. 

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 12, 2012, 04:27:47 PM »

Apparently, NBC forgot 9/11 

NBC's 'Today' Skips 9/11 Moment Of Silence For Kardashian Interview

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General Discussion / Re: Gas prices in your area

« on: September 12, 2012, 04:21:46 PM »

$3.99

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 11, 2012, 02:24:31 PM »

Today is the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. My thoughts go out to all of the families and victims. United we stand 

Second that. And anyone around the New York area, while we're at it, how is the new WTC complex looking? I've seen photos of WTC 1 and it looks stunning. 

It's absolutely amazing. I was in NYC on Sunday and the first building you could see while driving in from the east was WTC 1. It already surpassed the Empire State Building in terms of height and it's almost complete. I don't have any very recent pictures, I do have some pictures of WTC 1 and the whole complex from July though.

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

« on: September 09, 2012, 10:11:34 PM »

67.1°F Partly Cloudy

Some very strange weather phenomena is going on right now. About a half hour ago, winds were calm then all a sudden a gusty NW wind comes through. Some weather stations on parts of the island recorded a temperature increase, radar showed some thundershowers south of here and moving SE, keep in mind, NO showers or thunderstorms were in the forecast. This leads me to think that maybe land breeze shower formed. There were some showers NW of the area earlier today and they may have moved into our area so it may not be a land breeze shower, but that still doesn't explain the temperature increase. My best conclusion for the temperature increase would be a from a small heat burst from the depleting showers coming in from the NW. Air temperatures over the ocean have increased several degrees even after sundown. 

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: September 09, 2012, 05:45:53 PM »

A week and a half ago, I made a post stating how cold it was going to get. But now it really is going to get cold! In the LI Pine Barrens, EXTREME radiational cooling will take place, dropping low temps into the LOW 40's! Coastal locations are expected to stay in the mid to upper 50's, where I'm at, low to mid 50's. Here's the NWS forecast for my area then below it, the forecast for the pine barrens.

Credit: NWS

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

« on: September 09, 2012, 09:32:51 AM »

67.9°F Fair

Fall is here. 

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: September 08, 2012, 07:46:51 PM »

000
NOUS41 KOKX 082301 CCA
PNSOKX
NYZ075-090330-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
657 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR CANARSIE IN KINGS COUNTY NEW YORK...

LOCATION...CANARSIE IN KINGS COUNTY NEW YORK
DATE...SEPTEMBER 8 2012
ESTIMATED TIME...11:05 AM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...110 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...1/2 MILE
BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.62N / 73.90W
ENDING LAT/LON...40.63N / 73.90W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK NY HAS CONFIRMED A
TORNADO NEAR CANARSIE IN KINGS COUNTY NEW YORK ON SEPTEMBER
8TH 2012.

THIS TORNADO WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
THAT PRODUCED A WEAKER TORNADO NEAR BREEZY POINT IN QUEENS
COUNTY. THAT TORNADO WAS GIVEN AN EF0 CLASSIFICATION.

THERE WAS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES AS WELL AS DAMAGE
TO SEVERAL LARGE TREES IN CANARSIE PARK.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY THANKS THE NEW YORK CITY
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN CONDUCTING
THESE SURVEYS.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/NYC.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES
INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

$$

DW

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: September 08, 2012, 04:36:38 PM »

NOUS41 KOKX 082025
PNSOKX
NYZ178-090030-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
425 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR BREEZY POINT IN QUEENS COUNTY NY...

LOCATION...BREEZY POINT IN QUEENS COUNTY NY
DATE...SEPTEMBER 8 2012
ESTIMATED TIME...1058 AM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...200 YARDS
BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.55N / 73.93W
ENDING LAT/LON...40.56N / 73.93W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK NY HAS CONFIRMED A
TORNADO NEAR BREEZY POINT IN QUEENS COUNTY NY ON SEPTEMBER 8 2012.

A WATERSPOUT THAT BEGAN OVER THE NEW YORK HARBOR ENTRANCE WATERS
MOVED ONSHORE AT THE BREEZY POINT SURF CLUB...AND PASSED OFFSHORE
NEAR BEACH 216TH STREET. THE PARENT STORM CROSSED ROCKAWAY INLET
AND MAY HAVE SPAWNED AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO IN THE CANARSIE
SECTION OF BROOKLYN. A DAMAGE SURVEY THERE IS STILL ONGOING.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/NYC.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES
INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

$$

GOODMAN

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012

« on: September 08, 2012, 01:15:35 PM »

A tornado touched down in New York in Brooklyn. Also another possible tornado struck off the coast near Rockaway Beach. I am looking at the photos and that thing looks scary and frightening. There's no doubt that's a tornado - classic funnel shape http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/tornado_hits_beach_off_coney_island_O8QHGmMoi04EUCFQFD333O?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local

It was only one tornado from what I believe because it was only one storm that issued the warning, if anything, the tornado may have dissipated and then reformed but most likely was not the case.

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: General IS2 Discussion

« on: September 08, 2012, 12:22:18 PM »

Has anyone else seen this text forecast "and possibly a tornado with some storms". I just saw this on my IS2 today. I wonder if it happens to anyone else. 

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: September 08, 2012, 10:50:40 AM »

Northeast Severe Weather Outbreak - 9/8-9/9/2012

**This discussion will mainly be based off of Long Island.

Severe Weather Outbreak possible this afternoon and tonight. Out ahead of frontal boundary, moderate 20-25kt sustained surface winds will develop, primarily in coastal locations. Gusts could be as high as 40kts excluding thunderstorm wind gusts. Thunderstorm wind gusts could be as high as 60-70kts. Isolated tornadoes are possible. Given the timing, Long Island will be most impacted tonight between 8PM-3AM. **Tornado warnings have already been issued for Long Island, this is going to be one crazy day for weather here on LI. Damaging non-thunderstorm and thunderstorm related wind gusts are expected. I posted the tornado warning above^. Non-thunderstorm related wind gusts could be even as high as 50kts if strong LLJ develops. SPC said that a TORNADO WATCH IS LIKELY.

Surface sustained winds in kts, green = 20-24kts, yellow = 25-29kts.




Tornado watch just put into effect:
Tornado Watch 635 is in effect until 900 PM EDT for the
following locations

NY
. New York counties included are

Bronx Dutchess Kings
Nassau New York Orange
Putnam Queens Richmond
Rockland Suffolk Westchester

NOTE: I did not make this video, full credit goes to rcurrlin

breezy point tornado (?) 9-08-12

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: September 08, 2012, 10:41:48 AM »

TORNADO WARNING
NYC047-081-081500-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0005.120908T1434Z-120908T1500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1034 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT...

* AT 1033 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SHEEPSHEAD
  BAY...OR NEAR FLATBUSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CANARSIE...CROWN HEIGHTS...HOWARD BEACH...OZONE PARK...FOREST
  HILLS...JAMAICA...LITTLE NECK...CLEARVIEW EXPRESSWAY...
  WHITESTONE...JACKSON HEIGHTS...FLUSHING AND BAYSIDE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

&&

LAT...LON 4057 7394 4058 7400 4079 7388 4081 7383
      4080 7377 4078 7376 4078 7374 4076 7371
      4074 7372 4055 7389 4055 7391
TIME...MOT...LOC 1434Z 208DEG 20KT 4062 7392

$$

GOODMAN