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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?
« on: September 08, 2012, 01:46:50 PM »
FINALLY were getting some heavy rain! 
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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: General IS2 Discussion
« on: September 08, 2012, 12:52:37 PM »
I've seen that numerous of times on the IntelliStar when there's severe weather. I think they use that when your area is under a moderate/high risk for tornadoes. That's usually when I saw it. 
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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012
« on: September 08, 2012, 07:49:43 AM »We're supposed to get some decent punch out of these storm tomorrow and it looks impressive tonight, but past history this Summer advises me to expect the storms to evaporate like vapor once they reach the GA line. It's been a very peculiar Summer in terms of severe weather here I haven't seen not one Severe T' Storm watch around Atlanta (well they have been to the North/South/East/West of course) We usually average one or two a Summer.
This event looks nasty for the NE and apparently is quite rare not for just that region, but September in general.If I have any defense for just finding out now, it's that my niece is spending the night and I haven't been online since she came around 3 today.
Hot damn I was right! Like that was a surprise...
Oh boy, if we can't get a decent line of thunderstorms (pre frontal) to make it past TN at the very least as a steady moderate rain, there's just not much hope for a turn around in our drought right about now. 
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Local Forecast / Re: IntelliStar I and II Update planned
« on: September 08, 2012, 07:44:50 AM »TWC has intended to redo the IS in the same format as the IS2. The question has always been do they use new equipment because the IS2 architecture is so radically different or do they squeak some more life out of the IS. It sounds like whoever gave that statement clearly works in the PR division as there is barely any details of any changes. I'm also curious what they mean by "new format". Perhaps that just means new design but I suspect we see a bigger push for the l bar type forecasts.Why is it "broken"?It will be interesting to see, however I'm a pretty firm believer of the saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Graphically, the IntelliStar is terribly broken and desperately needs to be fixed. I've been preaching this for 5 years now.
I already explained it, I meant it in a metaphorical sense. It's "broken" because it's graphically bad. Knowing they were planning to go HD the following year (and I'm sure the IS2 had probably been in the works by then) after they released this version of the IS, I would have rather they kept the previous version (while dated) for X years while they made a version that had "some" sort of a connection to the on air graphics or a HD feel itself like that statement seems to infer to above.
I obviously have no idea how much work went into making the graphical version we have now, but when I look at it, it looks like or personally feels like something that didn't have a lot of thought go into it as the first graphical version did. I'm not as critical about how it graphically looks now as I was years ago since I've gotten an HDTV and it looks only a tinsy bit better. My problem was it's boring, bland, and washed out and although the black text was supposed to make it more readily understandable, I think they should have made the blue text a couple shades darker. That was seriously the ONLY thing I liked about this version of the IS, the blue text seemed to compliment the design better and make it somewhat less unappealing. In my personal opinion, I felt they went several steps backwards with this current design layout.
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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012
« on: September 07, 2012, 11:29:07 PM »
We're supposed to get some decent punch out of these storm tomorrow and it looks impressive tonight, but past history this Summer advises me to expect the storms to evaporate like vapor once they reach the GA line. It's been a very peculiar Summer in terms of severe weather here I haven't seen not one Severe T' Storm watch around Atlanta (well they have been to the North/South/East/West of course) We usually average one or two a Summer.
This event looks nasty for the NE and apparently is quite rare not for just that region, but September in general. I feel pretty embarrassed, I didn't know there was expected to be a large area of severe weather tomorrow (slight or moderate) until like 30 minutes ago... If I have any defense for just finding out now, it's that my niece is spending the night and I haven't been online since she came around 3 today.
This event looks nasty for the NE and apparently is quite rare not for just that region, but September in general.
I feel pretty embarrassed, I didn't know there was expected to be a large area of severe weather tomorrow (slight or moderate) until like 30 minutes ago... If I have any defense for just finding out now, it's that my niece is spending the night and I haven't been online since she came around 3 today.
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Local Forecast / Re: IntelliStar I and II Update planned
« on: September 07, 2012, 10:52:10 PM »It will be interesting to see, however I'm a pretty firm believer of the saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Graphically, the IntelliStar is terribly broken and desperately needs to be fixed. I've been preaching this for 5 years now.
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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion
« on: September 07, 2012, 10:48:41 AM »
I don't remember what the name of this song was on the playlist, but apparently it's ID on YT as "Easy Ride" by Bill Kilpatrick.
EDIT: CDBaby confirms this.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/billkilpatrick2
| IntelliStar - September 23, 2011 1:28am | |
EDIT: CDBaby confirms this.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/billkilpatrick2
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General Discussion / Re: What TV channels do you get?
« on: September 07, 2012, 12:00:06 AM »
Too many to list as Matt said above, but we have waffled between anywhere from Extended Basic to Digital Platinum packages from Comcast for the past 12 years. We've had digital cable for about 8 or 9 of the past 12 years. In addition, HD digital cable for 2 of the past 12 years (August 2009 - April 2010; October 2011 - Present)
We have now what's called Digital Economy from Comcast/Xfinity
Our available channels from that package for our zip code (30314/ NW Atlanta)
https://www.comcast.com/Clu/ChannelLineUp
We have now what's called Digital Economy from Comcast/Xfinity
Our available channels from that package for our zip code (30314/ NW Atlanta)
https://www.comcast.com/Clu/ChannelLineUp
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Programming and Graphics / Re: Wake Up With Al
« on: September 06, 2012, 07:22:20 PM »But The Weather Channel was founded to be a cable network entirely devoted to weather 24/7 with periodic documentaries about certain weather topics, hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, etc.WUWA is such a silly show. I've talked to the TV before when Stephanie Abrams is talking about other things besides weather and I said, "Just report the weather, for crying out loud!" She often gets off the subject of weather during WUWA.WUWA is a show that wasn't meant just for weather. It clearly has a purpose to entertain and give people something to laugh about in the morning. Sorry, but it's just not going to change, which is why it's best to avoid complaining and stick with other more traditional segments on TWC.
The difference is TWC isn't independently owned anymore,if they still were that might still be true today, but TWC/NBC/Comcast as a whole don't care about that except only when it financially suits them like it did with Isaac for example.
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General Discussion / Re: Your favorite scenes and/or quotes from any TV show
« on: September 06, 2012, 05:21:05 PM »
Best Mental Breakdown EVER!
Don't you just hate it when someone points out your shortcomings?
"They call that The Clinton Clutch".gif "lgh (21)")
Don't you just hate it when someone points out your shortcomings?
| The Simpsons Ned Flanders Goes Crazy - Hurricane Neddy | |
"They call that The Clinton Clutch"
| Bill Clinton Gets Democrats Worked Up | |
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Winter Weather / Re: 2012-2013 Winter Outlook
« on: September 06, 2012, 11:36:25 AM »
I wasn't really surprised by anything they said for the CONUS as a whole, but I like how they're obviously trying to keep their accuracy rate as high as possible when mentioning about East Coast storms in February/March. They referenced it as "heavy precipitation" rather than specifying if it was going to be wintry precipitation or not. That allows them to be right regardless whether it's a rain storm or snow/sleet/freezing rain storm.
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Winter Weather / Re: 2012-2013 Winter Outlook
« on: September 06, 2012, 10:06:14 AM »
Farmer's Almanac 2013 Winter Outlook Released
Snibbits from Article...
http://www.farmersalmanac.com/weather/2012/08/26/will-winter-return-with-a-vengeance/
Snibbits from Article...
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For the coming season, we’re predicting that winter will return to some – but not all – areas. We think it will be a “winter of contraries, as if Old Man Winter were cutting the country in half. The eastern half of the country will see plenty of cold and snow. The western half will experience relatively warm and dry condition. In other words, as in the political arena, the climate this winter will render us a nation divided.
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We predict that real winter weather will return to areas from the Great Lakes into the Northeast. Most eastern states – as far south as the Gulf Coast – will see snowier than normal conditions and cooler temperatures.
We are “red flagging” February 12–15 and March 20–23 for major coastal storms along the Atlantic seaboard; storms bringing strong winds and heavy precipitation.
But on the other side of the country, winter will continue its hiatus for another year. The forecast for west of the Continental Divide – the Pacific Northwest, desert Southwest, Pacific Coast – calls for mild temperatures and below-normal precipitation.
For much of the drought-stricken prairie region, an average amount of winter precipitation will bring long awaited relief.
http://www.farmersalmanac.com/weather/2012/08/26/will-winter-return-with-a-vengeance/
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Emulator Videos / Re: Weatherlover's Emulations
« on: September 05, 2012, 09:04:11 PM »
This is from the Nashville, TN area where a potent line of thunderstorms just blew through and is now to their S and E. (View attachment below)
4000 V3 Emulator
F Flavor (1992)
Song: "Mexicoco" by Wayman Tisdale (Song featured on the September 2000 Playlist)
4000 V3 Emulator
F Flavor (1992)
Song: "Mexicoco" by Wayman Tisdale (Song featured on the September 2000 Playlist)
| WeatherSTAR4000 V3 Emulator - September 5, 2012 | |
