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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2013

« on: May 25, 2013, 09:20:49 PM »

I only saw the 12z GFS today, but it brought in the tropical system I mentioned yesterday two days earlier (around day 11/June 4th if I'm not mistaken) and slightly further SE than the 18z run on Friday. It spins a little more time down near Cuba on the 12z run today than it did that 18z run yesterday, in fact the center doesn't even make landfall on S. FL on the 12z run today. I'm feeling more and more confident "something" will come up in early June whether it's in the GOM or off the SE coast. Like Craig mentioned above me, if the ECMWF and/or any other global models start jumping on board on something around this timeframe I'll feel the possibility will be more likely.

EDIT: Eric, I wouldn't panic about potential "Andrea"  right now, even on the GFS it would be fairly harmless to South Florida outside of some good heavy rains at the worst.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2013

« on: May 24, 2013, 09:46:57 PM »

The first 10 days of June I still believe Andrea will make an appearance. 

18z GFS - Thursday, June 6, 2013 Hour 288 (Landfall is in Southern Florida around hour 312 this run)

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Local Forecast / Re: Create your own playlist

« on: May 23, 2013, 05:43:41 PM »

Thanks for doing this favor for me Trevor and Vic, I can put my suspicions to rest. The first video I did run into the road block of it being blocked in what looked like about 100+ countries including the US. I swapped out the song that I thought was probably the most obvious to be causing the problem, turned out to be from Daft Punk.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2013

« on: May 23, 2013, 02:44:43 PM »

Way out in voodoo land, but not out of the question something sloppy might spin up in the GOM by then.

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Local Forecast / Re: Create your own playlist

« on: May 23, 2013, 02:21:17 PM »

If anyone doesn't mind, can you do me an important favor and let me know if one of or if both of these videos are not viewable? The videos are listed as being blocked in Germany and Japan, but I want to make sure it's not blocked here in the states as well. I get the feeling YT is screwing with my head on those two country listings being the only ones blocking it.

toxictwister00s Summer 2013 Morning Test Playlist

toxictwister00s Summer 2013 Daytime Test Playlist

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General Discussion / Re: TV Shows & Movies that Haven't/Won't Age Well

« on: May 22, 2013, 09:50:21 PM »

As far as movies are concerned, any movie with multiple sequels rarely ages the franchise well (especially if the genre is comedy), in some cases it ruins the original which is part of the reason I kinda dislike sequels. The same goes for adaptations and remakes, certain shows/movies are better left alone.

This has already been addressed, but any TV show that relies too heavily on today's pop culture (all of McFarlane's shows like Matt said for example) or something that's taboo now, but won't be years down the road won't age well because it won't be relevant, groundbreaking or controversial anymore. (ex: Ellen/Will and Grace) People will still watch them, but they won't carry the same element of surprise they did when they were originally on air.

Speaking of adaptations/remakes, I got to thinking of how I read last year Seth McFarlane (creator of Family Guy) was planning to reboot The Flintstones. The thought that went through my mind was, "Oh gawd, DON'T do it Seth, DON'T DO IT!  I'm relieved to hear he scraped that plan. (for now)

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General Discussion / Re: My Scripted Series

« on: May 22, 2013, 07:06:32 PM »

Season Five Episode 82: Pool Party Shutdown
Episode Code - S5182
Rating - PG; some suggestive dialogue and infrequent coarse language

Episode Description:
Daniel buys a new pool just in time for summer to relieve summer heat stress, but runs into some zoning problems as to where the pool is to be built. Temperatures are rising with neighbors when Daniel rigs the neighborhood’s water supply to keep his pool afloat after running dry when the city cuts off his water.

EDIT: I decided starting with this episode I would add a rating to the episode to give those of you who may read my story an idea of what you're in store for and so not to offend anyone who may not be comfortable with say mild language for example.

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Local Forecast / Re: Songs you want to hear again on the LF

« on: May 22, 2013, 05:53:16 PM »

Brian Tarquin - Apache Road (Used to be an unknown song from August 1996)

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: May 22, 2013, 05:05:23 PM »

This is what a warning crawl would look like to coincide with the on air graphics.

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

« on: May 21, 2013, 08:24:48 PM »

I noticed that on TWC people are referring to her as "Alex Wilson." Do you guys think it was her choice or TWC forced her to be referred to as Alex? Her voice also seems drastically different on TWC then she did on FOX Carolina.

They made her into Crystal Egger's clone from day one unfortunately.

On a serious note, the name shortening is odd and I'm more inclined to believe it wasn't her choice.

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Severe Weather / Re: EF5 Tornado Tears Through Moore, OK

« on: May 21, 2013, 03:56:57 PM »

NWS Survey Team said they have found damage of EF5 intensity within the damage swath.

NWS Norman ‏@NWSNorman 18m
At least one area of EF-5 damage was found by survey crews.  Details to follow later. #okwx

LINK: https://twitter.com/NWSNorman

EDIT: Also I deleted my post about the 51 deaths since it turned out to be inaccurate now.

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Severe Weather / Re: EF5 Tornado Tears Through Moore, OK

« on: May 21, 2013, 02:20:53 PM »

The worst part of yesterday's events is that it could happen again later today as SPC has another moderate risk in their outlook maps.  This time, it's a little further southeast toward TX, LA, and AR.  Anytime you see a moderate or high risk from SPC, very bad things can happen.  I hope everyone in the Plains will be alright. 

Monroe, OK has witnessed some very bad luck in recent years.  This area has seen five tornadoes in the last fifteen years if you count the one from yesterday.  A media article from Oklahoma City shows the tracks from the infamous May 3, 1999 F5 tornado, another one from a May 8, 2003 tornado, and yesterday's tornado. Even though these are preliminary tracks, the closeness of them is scary as they even cross one another around Monroe:

http://kfor.com/2013/05/20/interactive-map-1999-2003-2013-moore-tornadoes/

I think you meant Moore, OK, not Monroe Patrick.  There was one in October 1998 as well. I believe it was a F0 (on the old school scale) I found out about that yesterday.

EDIT: Here's the link to that October 4, 1998 tornado.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=events-19981004-mooretornado

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Thank You TWC!!!

« on: May 20, 2013, 10:59:36 PM »

8 miles south of Moore right now. TWC did amazing job

Yes they did, I love that they simulcast between themselves and KFOR-TV. I don't know what the other OKC stations were showing, but KFOR had some stunning shots of the tornado from beginning to end today.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Thank You TWC!!!

« on: May 20, 2013, 10:18:44 PM »

LOL, Ironically, the one time most don't give a flying fish about a LF or music...

I'm kinda surprised they bothered showing them now though.

Brandon, I'm sorry to hear about your family in OK losing their home in the tornado, but I am glad and relieved to hear they are all alive and well.

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Severe Weather / Re: EF5 Tornado Tears Through Moore, OK

« on: May 20, 2013, 09:22:07 PM »

This was shared over at AW forums, but I thought I would share it here also because it's incredible footage of the tornado hitting one of the neighborhoods in Moore, OK. The person who filmed this was in their car.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200597107263068&set=vb.1021001701&type=2&theater