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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Igor

« on: September 08, 2010, 12:03:07 PM »

Tis the season as they say!

1697

Hurricane Central / Hurricane Igor

« on: September 08, 2010, 11:26:52 AM »

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WTNT31 KNHC 081459
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TROPICAL STORM IGOR ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL     AL112010
1100 AM AST WED SEP 08 2010

...IGOR FORMS IN THE FAR EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN...TROPICAL
STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN CAPE VERDE ISLANDS...


SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...13.7N 23.5W
ABOUT 95 MI...155 KM SE OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 265 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES

1698

Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: September 07, 2010, 12:31:16 PM »

Please don't disappoint us...

Honestly, I haven't heard a single compliment about "Flick and a Forecast."  It just doesn't belong on The Weather Channel.

Especially when FAAF is airing in the midst of a tornado, without preempting. 

They did continue on the dual feed but I admit thats weak

1699

General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 07, 2010, 12:24:13 PM »

So it's official.. I've made a goal. By the end of next summer, my goal is to have enough money to get a Mustang! Don't know what year, but I'm interested in 2003-2005 ones.. I looked at some on Craigslist and autotraders, and there are some good ones for sale between $6,000 and $10,000 that are years 2003-05 and only have between 50,000 miles and 80,000 miles on them in my area!

Nice!

1700

Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Hermine

« on: September 07, 2010, 12:22:59 PM »

Hermine appears to have somewhat of an eye on the radar, even though it's only a tropical storm.

It was only a few miles in diameter. A very very tight circulation.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jon Erdman

« on: September 07, 2010, 12:21:41 PM »

Yea he is there afaik. TWC dropped their little experiment of showing shots of a producer during Weather Center. Kind of a shame really. I enjoyed it

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Poll: Favorite OCM?

« on: September 06, 2010, 07:20:38 PM »

Well Jim will probably win once the poll closes.

In a year....

1703

General Weather Chat / Re: 2011 Edition of the Farmer's Almanac & Winter Outlook

« on: September 06, 2010, 05:00:41 PM »

Eventhough I think accuweather is right about their forecast, I'm still crossing my fingers that the  Farmer's Almanac is right about my area. 

Yea in terms of which I would like beter, Farmers Almanac wins!

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Programming and Graphics / Re: AL Roker Should Be on Weekends Too

« on: September 06, 2010, 04:59:54 PM »

uhhh I think Todd Santos should uhhh be the Weather Update anchor for the uhhh weekend WUWA show.

Brilliant!

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 06, 2010, 04:59:07 PM »

I noticed last night that the radar in the "ad" space was only showing coastal cities, moving clockwise down the east coast, across the south, then back up the western US.  Anyone else notice this, and know why it was only coastal cities?

Labor Day beach/coastal getaways would be my guess

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Programming and Graphics / Re: i heard a rumor that twc has quit Storm Alert for hurricanes

« on: September 06, 2010, 04:57:21 PM »

its to early to tell but the GFDL shows Gaston coming back as a strong hurricane but then drives it west right into the southern ucitan peninsula and then keeps it west and kills it over land

This topic is not for weather discussion. Please make storm comments in the appropriate topic

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 06, 2010, 12:55:22 PM »

Is the LDA back on TWC HD?

No, not yet. I wish they would do away with the 33% LDL and LDA, but that obviously is not going to happen. My guess is that everything will be back to normal tomorrow.

Or whenever the storms are all gone

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Programming and Graphics / Re: AL Roker Should Be on Weekends Too

« on: September 06, 2010, 12:54:20 PM »

Actually, while Weekend View's ratings are relatively high, WN's are surprisingly low. Only about 2.7 million as of 2007, which made it the second to least popular show (after WO) at the time. The other weekend live shows (Weather Center, PM Edition) didn't have good view counts either, which prompted the long-form.

ok. No weekend network has as strong numbers as in the week but compared to the ratings weekend shows on TWC are decent. Of course not in the afternoon. No TWC show after the morning hours gets high numbers. I was referring to weekend morning shows.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: i heard a rumor that twc has quit Storm Alert for hurricanes

« on: September 06, 2010, 12:36:12 PM »

i see it possible that they may go into full storm alert mode for Hermine because it could become a hurricane...i dont think they are going to wait for a cat 3 or greater because this is the first relatively strong tropical system to make a us landfall since ike in 08 (if it does still exist)

You just had a Cat4 threaten the east coast and they didn't do it. Hermine is a weak pathetic storm. Good luck getting TWC to even really cover it. And that storm has little to no chance of being a hurricane upon landfall

lol

Your acting like TWC is the world yet it should be the least of priorities so what i said wasnt supposed to be funny 

Several people here on this forum need to learn to expand their horizons.

I'm skeptical about that, I tend to monitor storms like Hermine since they could easily pull a "Humberto" on us.  It looks stronger than a 50mph tropical storm as the NHC is saying.

Looking at the latest info I would have to agree. I was looking at some old info from 5am Still little to no chance of a storm alert

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General Weather Chat / Re: 2011 Edition of the Farmer's Almanac & Winter Outlook

« on: September 06, 2010, 12:32:55 PM »

I can't see that map being correct with transitioning ninos.

If they're basing this off of La Nina, their forecast would be spot on for the SE. That's already occurring right now, we usually don't see 90's anymore in my area by this point in the year, but we still are. Plus it has been dry as of late.

I'm thinking this will be our trend for the winter months ahead. Who knows, we will have to see