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General Discussion / Plane Crash at San Francisco Airport

« on: July 06, 2013, 03:44:54 PM »

Live stream about the crash (NBC)

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/06/19323541-boeing-777-crashes-while-landing-at-san-francisco-airport?lite

A Boeing 777 operated by Asiana Airlines crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson Lynn Lunsford.
The airplane was coming in from Seoul, South Korea and apparently crashed sometime after touching down on Runway 28. No other details were immediately available.

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Local Forecast / Question About WeatherStar4000 BG and Radar Font

« on: June 28, 2013, 07:14:12 PM »

I was wondering, I've been studying over various 4000 videos (real and emulated) off and on for nearly 6 weeks or so since I've been making my own in AE and it seems like on the gradient background there's some noise. Is that really the case? I haven't used the most recent 4000 emulator yet, but I think I remember on v3 when it was released there was noise on the BG.

My next question is about the font for "Local Radar" and "Current Radar". Is that a different font from the STAR4000 fonts? None of the ones I have installed match the font for that text.  The closest one is the STAR Radar font, but it's all CAPS.

EDIT: I added some noise in the picture below which is from one of my AE projects.

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Hurricane Central / Hurricane Names That Sound Menacing

« on: June 20, 2013, 02:16:41 PM »

I got to thinking about this a couple of weeks ago. Out of curiosity, what names from the 2013 Atlantic (or Pacific) sound like they could cause trouble and wreck havoc if given the chance to develop?

My picks are...
Atlantic Ocean
Dorian
Erin
Humberto
Ingrid
Karen (there's something about this one I can't shake off...)
Lorenzo
Van
Wendy (I was on the fence about this one)

Pacific Ocean
Erick
Ivo
Kiko
Manuel
Tico
Zelda

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Hurricane Central / Tropical Storm Barry

« on: June 17, 2013, 11:52:36 AM »

We have Tropical Depression Two, but not much to write about. It's heading right for Mexico. It might briefly become Bret Barry before making landfall though according to the current forecast from the NHC.

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Hurricane Central / Tropical Storm Andrea

« on: June 05, 2013, 05:36:23 PM »

I'm gonna pull the trigger early, but the writing looks to be on the wall...

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000
ABNT20 KNHC 052126
TWOAT

SPECIAL TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

SPECIAL OUTLOOK ISSUED TO UPDATE DISCUSSION ON THE LOW PRESSURE AREA
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY A
WELL-DEFINED CIRCULATION IN THE LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER THE EAST-
CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BASED ON THIS
FINDING...THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER WILL INITIATE ADVISORIES ON
TROPICAL STORM ANDREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THIS SYSTEM HAS A
HIGH CHANCE...NEAR 100 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE
DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

&&

$$
FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/FRANKLIN
AL, 01, 2013060518, , BEST, 0, 253N, 866W, 35, 1006, TS, 34, NEQ, 50, 120, 0, 0, 1010, 250, 120, 0, 0, L, 0, , 0, 0, ANDREA, M,

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Severe Weather / EF5 Tornado Tears Through Moore, OK

« on: May 20, 2013, 07:32:36 PM »

10 fatalities have been reported in Moore, OK.

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OCMs & Personalities / Betty Davis

« on: April 18, 2013, 05:23:44 PM »

I went ahead and started a new thread since the other one was mainly about her departure (and it's been nearly 2 years since it was active.)

I was always curious to know where she ended up since her departure from TWC, I did a quick search and I see she's now working as a meteorologist in the Miami, FL area. She's been on WPLG-TV since the Fall of 2011. 

http://www.local10.com/Betty-Davis/-/1717430/7045492/-/format/rsss_2.0/-/13kgdmkz/-/index.html

The only thing that would make this more ironic would be if she and Adam Berg were working together at the same station! (He's working at their competing NBC station)

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General Discussion / Explosions Rock Boston Marathon

« on: April 15, 2013, 04:02:41 PM »

There were two explosions during the Boston Marathon around 2:50pm ET today. 15-20 injured, 2 confirmed dead

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/15/17764747-2-explosions-rock-finish-of-boston-marathon-widespread-injuries-reported?lite

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OCMs & Personalities / New OCM Coming March 2013 - Alexandra Wilson

« on: February 27, 2013, 07:53:08 AM »

Hi friends! I wanted to let you all know that tomorrow is my last day with FOX Carolina. I will start a new job with The Weather Channel in March – so while I’m leaving the Upstate, I’ll still be on your television! It’s been a pleasure bringing you all the forecast each morning, and I’ve really enjoyed getting to know many of you on Facebook. You’re in great hands with Kendra and Andy – they are great meteorologists, so stick with the FOX Carolina Weather Team! Thanks again for a great three years!

Source: https://www.facebook.com/meteorologistalexandrawilson?ref=ts

Now how in the world did I manage to randomly run across this information? Ironically, it was once again it was the American WX forums.

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General Weather Chat / Potential Presidents' Day Weekend Snow for Southern Cities

« on: February 15, 2013, 09:03:19 AM »

Two pieces of energy, one diving in from the north and another digging in from the south are expected to potentially phase together to develop a SLP off the SE coast. Interestingly enough, Looking at the RAP model (very short model for those who don't know) it has the southern energy digging much further south than most other mdoels do and if it that happens and it manages to phase with the northern energy developing a SLP in the Gulf, this very minor event could translate into a major event, however that's just speculation on the way the RAP seems to be heading, but we'll see.

Here's what some of the NWS offices are saying in their AFDs.

Atlanta, GA

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THE NEXT ISSUE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY PRECIP ON SATURDAY.

BOTH THE GFS AND NAM HAVE A BULLSEYE OF OVER 1 INCH SOUTH OF
CSG BY 18Z SATURDAY. 21Z SREF PROBS KEPT THE PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE SNOW
MUCH FARTHER NORTH...BUT THE NEW 03Z RUN JUST COMING IN LENDS MUCH
MORE CREDENCE TO THE NAM AND GFS SOLUTIONS WITH A SWATH OF 60-70
PERCENT MEASURABLE SNOW BETWEEN THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAIN AND CTJ AT
12Z SATURDAY

BETWEEN ATL AND CSG AT 15Z /THOUGH THESE PROBS
ARE FOR LESS THAN 1 INCH ACCUM/. OF COURSE...THE VERY STRONG CAA
WILL BE COMPETING WITH RETREATING MOISTURE. VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES
FROM 18-21Z ON SATURDAY WILL LEAD TO A VERY CONVECTIVELY-DRIVEN
EVENT WITH WIDESPREAD COLD AIR STRATOCU OR PERHAPS EVEN COLD AIR
CU...BUT THE DEPTH OF CONVECTION WILL BE VERY DEPENDENT ON MOISTURE
AVAILABILITY AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA

WITH THE EXPECTED CONVECTION...IT IS LIKELY THAT AT LEAST
SOME SNOW WILL REACH THE GROUND ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA IN A
BRIEF WINDOW WHERE INCOMING COLD TEMPS WILL LINE UP BEST WITH THE MOISTURE.
HOWEVER...IN CONVECTION...SURFACE TEMPS DO NOT HAVE TO BE QUITE AS COLD FOR
SNOW TO REACH THE GROUND...SO EXPECT THAT SNOW WILL FALL AT TEMPS IN
THE MID AND POSSIBLY UPPER 30S. THIS SAID...HAVE BROUGHT THE
RAIN/SNOW MIX DOWN TO EXTREME SOUTHWEST ZONES FOR SATURDAY
MORNING...WITH ALL SNOW AS FAR SOUTH AS A FRANKLIN TO MCDONOUGH TO
ATHENS LINE.

MOISTURE IS JUST NOT REALLY DEEP ENOUGH BUT MOISTURE TRENDS WILL
HAVE TO BE MONITORED.
- I don't know about you guys, but when I hear convection and snow in the same paragraph I get very excited! I've seen what that's capable of doing. 

Columbia, SC

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.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
THE MODELS CONTINUED TO SHOW DEEP UPPER TROUGHING DEVELOPING SATURDAY WITH
ENHANCED MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORTWAVE TROUGH. MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH MAY SUPPORT PRECIPITATION.
THE NAM AND ESPECIALLY THE GFS HAVE TRENDED WITH HIGHER POPS.
THE NAM POPS WERE ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE SREF GUIDANCE WHERE MOST
MEMBERS INDICATED A GRADIENT OF POPS RANGING FROM NEAR 40 PERCENT IN
THE NORTHEAST SECTION TO LESS THAN 20 PERCENT IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA.
ALL OF THE MODELS INDICATED GREATER MOISTURE AND LIFT IN THE NORTHEAST PART CLOSER
TO LOW PRESSURE THAT SHOULD DEVELOP OFF THE COAST IN RESPONSE TO
THE STRONG MID- LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH. PRECIPITATION TYPE IS A
PROBLEM. THE NAM AND GFS FORECAST OF 1000-500 MB THICKNESSES AND
H85 TEMPERATURES SUPPORT SNOW. HOWEVER...THE MODEL TEMPERATURE
PROFILES INDICATE RAIN UNLESS SIGNIFICANT WET-BULB COOLING OCCURS
WHICH IS QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE OF EXPECTED LIGHT AMOUNTS. SOIL
TEMPERATURES ARE RELATIVELY WARM AND WITH MARGINAL NEAR-SURFACE
TEMPERATURES LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION SHOULD OCCUR. ANY
PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST SATURDAY
NIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE OFF THE COAST LIFTS FARTHER AWAY FROM THE
AREA. THE GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES APPEAR TOO WARM SATURDAY BASED ON
THE COLD UPPER- LEVEL TROUGH AND EXPECTED CLOUDINESS.
Raleigh, NC

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.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM FRIDAY...

...POTENTIAL FOR WINTER WEATHER INCREASING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NC SATURDAY EVENING/NIGHT...

VERY INTERESTING SETUP IN THE SHORT TERM PERIOD IN ASSOC/W A DYNAMIC
AND POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE PATTERN. IF UPSTREAM QPF OVER THE DEEP
SOUTH SATURDAY MORNING IS ACCURATE...THE POTENT UPPER LEVEL WAVE
DIGGING INTO THE SOUTHEAST CONUS AND ASSOCIATED COASTAL CYCLONE WILL
REMAIN PROGRESSIVE OVER THE SOUTHEAST/CAROLINAS...WITH LIGHT
PRECIPITATION AND ANY WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL OF THE NUISANCE
VARIETY. HOWEVER...IF THE 00Z MODEL GUIDANCE IS UNDER-DONE
(ESPECIALLY WELL UNDER-DONE) WITH PRECIP AMOUNTS IN ADVANCE OF THE
AMPLIFYING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH UPSTREAM OVER THE DEEP SOUTH...WHICH
IS DEFINITELY POSSIBLE IN THIS TYPE OF SETUP...THE ASSOCIATED LATENT
HEAT RELEASE AND RESULTING DOWNSTREAM RIDGING COULD FURTHER AMPLIFY
THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE DIGGING INTO THE SOUTHEAST LATE SAT INTO SAT
NIGHT...RESULTING IN A SLOWER/STRONGER SURFACE CYCLONE THAT IS MUCH
CLOSER TO THE COAST...AND A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 1.
WILL HAVE TO PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO UPSTREAM PRECIPITATION OVER
THE DEEP SOUTH SATURDAY MORNING...AND HOW WELL MODEL GUIDANCE IS
VERIFYING W/REGARD TO QPF. THE LATEST 00Z MODEL GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED
WETTER OVERALL SAT AFTERNOON INTO SAT NIGHT...WITH A GOOD 0.25" OF
LIQUID EQUIVALENT OVER CENTRAL NC (ALONG/EAST OF HWY 1) BETWEEN 18Z
SAT AFTERNOON AND 06-12Z SUN IN ASSOC/W STRONG UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS.
FCST SOUNDINGS AND CRITICAL THICKNESSES SUGGEST PRECIP BEGINNING AS
RAIN SAT AFTERNOON...WITH A BOUNDARY LAYER (LOWEST 1-3 KFT)
INITIALLY JUST TOO WARM AND INSUFFICIENTLY DRY TO SUPPORT FROZEN
PTYPES. HOWEVER...AS THE ASSOCIATED SFC CYCLONE BEGINS TO RAPIDLY
DEEPEN OFFSHORE...THE ONSET OF STRONG LOW-LEVEL COLD ADVECTION
/NORTHERLY FLOW/ SATURDAY EVENING IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO A RAPID
CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN-SNOW BY ~00Z. IF AND HOW MUCH SNOW ACCUMULATION
OCCURS WILL HIGHLY DEPEND ON PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS... WHICH WILL IN
TURN HIGHLY DEPEND ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE SFC CYCLONE AS OUTLINED
ABOVE. GIVEN THE PRECIP AMOUNTS CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED AND THE TIMING
OF THE CHANGEOVER...EXPECT A POTENTIAL FOR UP TO AN INCH OF
ACCUMULATION EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 SATURDAY EVENING/NIGHT... PRIMARILY
FROM THE TRIANGLE EAST TO GOLDSBORO NORTH TO ROANOKE RAPIDS. -VINCENT

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General Discussion / No House Vote Tonight, You Know What That Means...

« on: December 31, 2012, 05:52:52 PM »

Were goin' off the cliff ya'll!



http://youtu.be/4z88U915uq8?t=1m

^Sorry, but I couldn't resist with the video!
Oh damn these corrupted, wall street bought out Washington politicians for being stupid enough to not even come together/vote on something as simple and clear as day as tax rates!

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Hurricane Central / Tropical Storm Patty

« on: October 11, 2012, 11:46:33 AM »

I started not to even post about this considering how laughable it is. It would be great if it's moisture could be drawn towards us.

If named, she will be dubbed "Patty"



EDIT: Can someone move this to the Hurricane Central board? I started this thread in the wrong section.

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Everything Else TWC / Why The Weather Channel is Naming Winter Storms

« on: October 02, 2012, 08:36:30 AM »

I always wondered about this. It's an interesting concept to me.

The Weather Channel to Name Winter Storms

Video Link: http://www.weather.com/news/why-we-name-winter-storms-20121001

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Hurricane Central / Hurricane Nadine

« on: September 11, 2012, 01:13:44 PM »

Another fish, so not much excitement here. Looks to become "Nadine" by tomorrow and a hurricane by Friday morning.

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Hurricane Central / Hurricane Leslie

« on: August 30, 2012, 11:12:14 AM »

Might skirt close to Bermuda....

...YET ANOTHER DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN...

11:00 AM EDT Thu Aug 30
Location: 14.1°N 43.4°W
Moving: W at 20 mph
Min pressure: 1007 mb
Max sustained: 35 mph