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Local Forecast / Re: IntelliStar I and II Update planned

« on: February 19, 2013, 01:51:32 PM »

There is more of a focus on next generation devices rather than software updates for the current IS.

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General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday, phw115wvwx!

« on: February 12, 2013, 07:38:03 AM »

Happy Birthday Patrick!

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Winter Weather / Re: Blizzard for New England 2013

« on: February 12, 2013, 04:19:08 AM »

You know as much as people criticize over TWC naming winter storms, its actually working. I watched several major newscasts on CNN, ABC, and various other shows on other networks following the event. All of them mentioned "nemo" when referring to the storm. The Weather Channel has been able to influence other networks and millions of people into using the name. Even if you don't agree with the decision you have to admit how successful it has been in terms of marketing.

Some of you are blowing the naming thing way out of proportion too. With the NHC you have a world recognized, government scientific organization assigning a name to a storm. In this case you have a cable news station naming a winter storm. Its not supposed to be exact or meet the criteria of quality that the NHC uses. Nobody is expecting that. Its simply a means to better reference events. Why aren't people in an uproar about Tor:Con? Thats a proprietary system used by The Weather Channel to give a threat level to severe events. It specifically circumvents the forecasts put out by the SPC/NOAA in favor for their own.

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Winter Weather / Re: Blizzard for New England 2013

« on: February 10, 2013, 06:45:32 AM »

Jim Cantore just said he was "disappointed" to have not seen lightning so far in Boston.  I guess he's longing for more thundersnow. 

I chatted with him a bit and apparently he was inside the sat truck when we had one of the strikes here in Boston.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 07, 2013, 04:32:48 PM »

My school went into a lock down today after a shooting at a train station nearby. Lots of police in the area and police helicopters were flying until they captured the person. I got to get out this place. 

City life my friend. It certainly makes things more interesting

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Winter Weather / Re: Blizzard for New England 2013

« on: February 07, 2013, 03:54:06 PM »

I'll be in Boston before noon tomorrow

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Winter Weather / Re: Blizzard for New England 2013

« on: February 06, 2013, 10:30:50 PM »

Thinking of chasing this one.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 06, 2013, 02:06:36 AM »

North Dakota defines its winters by our temperatures (also known by the locals as the shortest amount of time between you stepping outside and getting frostbite on your nose). We don't really get much snow unless it's a clipper or a Colorado Low.

This year we hit -20 or lower quite a few times, so our winter has been considered average.

Haha must be interesting to call that average

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 02, 2013, 03:36:55 PM »

Happy Groundhog Day! Depending on where you live you're either predicted to see an Early Spring or 6 more weeks of Winter.

Good Old Phil says Spring is comin' early, however here in GA General Lee says Winter is here to stay the next several weeks. These two are always polar opposites. Whatever Phil says I always expect Lee to say otherwise.

If you are a true southerner you only trust General Beauregard Lee.   

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 31, 2013, 05:49:01 AM »

For those of you who like Dave Schwartz, be sure to like some of the new work he is doing for a startup called Network Weather. Some good ole Dave humor at the end of the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NaUI3DmzHWY#!
https://www.facebook.com/networkweathercompany

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 24, 2013, 11:36:20 PM »

I wish meteorology wasn't so math intense...i'm willing to go up to maybe Calc 2 at most but Calc 4 plus physics and chemistry is insane. Might as well go with pre-med since the track is similar but you need just calc 1 LOL

Well, math is the language of everything in the world and is a the only way to problem solve. If you can get through the four years of math, you'll be a lot better off. At least mets don't use those levels of math daily, now that we have computers, anyway. I'm guessing that its important to learn that level of mathematics so that you understand how everything works on a level other than just the conceptual method.

I don't hate math. I like math and am willing to work hard for it, but like most majors out there (not just meteorology but engineering, computer science, finance, etc), they are math intensive not necessarily because of the math itself but because it teaches you the logic behind in mastering the concepts, and using that logic is vital for many careers.

Also my best friend is a material sciences engineering major and told me the same thing. She's doing Calc 4 and told me Calc 2 was the worst. In Rutgers it supposedly has the highest fail rate of any math course. She failed it once along with her other friends failing maybe twice. Calc 3 was medium but interesting, Calc 4 was a lot easier and Calc 1 is either difficult or managable depending on how you approach the material. I'm retaking Calc 1 because I failed it last semester but I am taking the Economics/Business/bio Calc and not the regular calc that engineers and physical science majors take.

I like weather, I'm not exactly the most passionate weather enthusiast but after all the recent stress, I can safely say it is the only profession I can truly see myself in and the only career I'd be the most satisfied about. The severe weather aspect is by far the most fascinating part of meteorology to me and our school has a pretty decent met program. My question is in the NWS and other weather organizations where you might work, would you lose your job if you had tremendous difficulty with the math required for your field? I am willing to work hard to pursue my future its just that I am not finding any majors that deeply appeal to me besides met.

You might also consider private companies as well. I've come to the conclusion after volunteering at my local WFO, attending several meteorological conferences and talking to many in the industry that the NWS isn't for me. Nothing against those who work there but the schedule is tedious and the upper level management outside the local WFOs is a mess. I can't tell you how many people who work there have told me to avoid it. It's a big field so keep your options open.

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TWC Today News / Re: Slow and laggy

« on: January 24, 2013, 10:53:14 PM »

Thanks for the information - that actually explains a lot!

No problem. Its how hosting has become so cheap these days. Dedicated hosting ranges from $40 for a virtual server up to hundreds of dollars each month for a dedicated one. Its not cost effective for most people. If the problem continues we can ask our host to look into it

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 24, 2013, 10:50:37 PM »

I wish meteorology wasn't so math intense...i'm willing to go up to maybe Calc 2 at most but Calc 4 plus physics and chemistry is insane. Might as well go with pre-med since the track is similar but you need just calc 1 LOL

If you don't care about being AMS certified you could do MSUs program. It's not math intensive so not as highly regarded by some but if you want to go into media its an option. You can still get NWA certified for now at least.

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TWC Today News / Re: Slow and laggy

« on: January 24, 2013, 07:37:20 PM »

We use shared hosting which means that there are potentially hundreds of other sites on the same server as ours. It could be that one or more was using more resources than they should have been using at the time, causing issues for other hosted sites.

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General Discussion / Re: Happy birthday Zach!

« on: January 21, 2013, 01:04:26 AM »

Happy Birthday