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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012

« on: February 22, 2012, 07:46:49 PM »

Severe T'Storm/Tornado Watch Still Possible for TN & AL

via SPC (Storm Prediction Center) Mesoscale Discussion 143

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0143
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0549 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012
   
  AREAS AFFECTED...NE AL...SE TN...FAR NW AL
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE
   
   VALID 222349Z - 230115Z
   
   AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT WILL LIKELY INCREASE SOME OVER THE NEXT
   FEW HOURS FROM MIDDLE TO ERN TN SWD ACROSS NRN AL AND FAR NW GA.
   HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WW ISSUANCE MAY BE NECESSARY
   ACROSS THE REGION.
   
   A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS ONGOING ALONG AN AXIS OF
   INSTABILITY WHERE MESOANALYSIS SHOWS MUCAPE VALUES FROM 250 TO 750
   J/KG. THE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN A STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT
   WITH WSR-88D-VWPS SHOWING 0-6 KM SHEAR VALUES OF 70 TO 80 KT. THIS
   COMBINED WITH INCREASING LARGE-SCALE ASCENT AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH
   APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES OF 7.0 TO
   7.5 C/KM SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR A HAIL THREAT WITH THE STRONGER
   CORES EMBEDDED IN THE LINE. EWD STORM MOTION OF 40 KT WILL HELP
   CREATE A WIND DAMAGE THREAT ESPECIALLY AS THE LINE BECOMES NEARLY
   CONTINUOUS. SUPERCELLS WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT MAY ALSO
   EXIST ON THE SRN END OF THE LINE WHERE INSTABILITY IS MAXIMIZED AND
   THE LOW-LEVEL JET IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN EARLY THIS EVENING.
   
   ..BROYLES.. 02/22/2012
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MRX...FFC...OHX...BMX...HUN...
   
   LAT...LON   35928438 36378455 36558536 35888624 34918734 34258779
               33898760 33648692 33748625 34138579 34718521 35348467
               35928438

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012

« on: February 22, 2012, 04:23:34 PM »

Watch coming soon...

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0141
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0213 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF NRN MS...THE NRN HALF OF AL...PARTS OF SRN
   TN...NWRN GA...FAR WRN NC
   
  CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE
   
   VALID 222013Z - 222215Z
   
   CORRECTED TO CHANGE NS TO MS IN THE AREAS AFFECTED HEADLINE
   
   CONTINUED AIRMASS DESTABILIZATION SUGGESTS INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR
   SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. WW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 1-2
   HOURS.
   
   LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY PAIRED WITH SURFACE AND OBJECTIVE
   ANALYSES REVEAL A CLEARLY DESTABILIZING BOUNDARY LAYER...BENEATH
   WHAT HAS BEEN A PERSISTENT CAPPING INVERSION.  AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER
   CONTINUES TO WARM/SLOWLY MOISTEN...THE EWD SPREAD OF COOLER
   AIR/STEEPER LAPSE RATES ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEAK UPPER TROUGH
   NOW PROGRESSING ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
   DESTABILIZATION OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
   
   WHILE A LOW-LEVEL FOCUS FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS DIFFICULT TO
   DISCERN -- AND THUS LOCATION OF A CONCENTRATED THREAT AREA REMAINS
   UNCERTAIN...INCREASINGLY STRONG/VEERING FLOW WITH HEIGHT IS
   PROVIDING A KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE OF ORGANIZED/ROTATING
   STORMS.  THIS -- AND THE INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMICS --
   SUGGEST THAT ANY STORMS WHICH CAN DEVELOP WILL LIKELY
   ORGANIZE/INTENSIFY...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL POSSIBLE ALONG
   WITH SOME ISOLATED TORNADO POTENTIAL.
   
   ATTM...CU FIELD APPEARS MOST ROBUST ACROSS NERN MS AND EWD ACROSS
   NRN AL AND INTO THE SRN APPALACHIANS.  WITH THIS AREA ON THE NRN
   FRINGE OF THE BETTER THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT AND NEAR THE SRN
   BOUNDARY OF STRONGER UPPER FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRESSING
   WAVE...THIS AREA APPEARS ATTM TO BE THE MOST LIKELY INITIATION ZONE
   FOR INITIAL CONVECTION.
   
   ..GOSS.. 02/22/2012
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...GSP...MRX...FFC...OHX...BMX...HUN...MEG...JAN...
   
   LAT...LON   32728894 32918977 33399003 34588919 35638555 35588375
               34828331 32988640 32688806 32728894

2613

General Discussion / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: February 21, 2012, 07:54:50 PM »

Moby – Sevastopol

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: February 21, 2012, 07:58:50 AM »

So have they disabled Vocal Local on all XL units nationwide? Does anyone know?

If that's the case they should do the same to the IS.

The whole purpose of the narration of the IS is so people who are visually impaired or have short attention spans can hear the forecast, they're not going to remove it. The XL was limited in narration anyway saying only what 3 phases for the CC, LF, and the EF. so it makes since that they removed it.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Desktop "App"

« on: February 20, 2012, 10:02:01 PM »

i had it, uninstalled it because i really didnt like it that much and re downloaded the original weather channel desktop

couple of reasons why i didnt like TWC desktop App

1. gave the report for Newark not Fords, so i almost always saw the wrong weather
2. froze a lot
3. always had some sort of issue with it.

Same reasons I stopped using it.

2616

Local Forecast / Re: Create your own playlist

« on: February 20, 2012, 12:49:45 PM »

February/March 2012 Playlist

Morning
1.   Four80East – Noodle Soup
2.   Ryan Farish - Espanyah (feat. Paul Hardcastle Jr.)
3.   Doug Markley – Cosmic Breakdown
4.   Darryl Alexander Jr. – Garden of My Heart
5.   Enya – Only Time
6.   Rippingtons – Cicada
7.   Love Unlimited Orchestra – Let The Music Play
8.   Eddie Reasoner – Malibu
9.   Lao Tizer – Saint Stephen’s Green
10.   Joyce Cooling – Sleigh of Hand

Daytime
1.   Bernie Williams - Songo
2.   Down to the Bone – Future Boogie
3.   Four80East – Roll On
4.   Keyan Williams – Steppin Out
5.   Enya/Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby
6.   Eric Essix – Hang Time
7.   Norman Brown – Together At Last
8.   The Yellowjackets – Daddy’s Gonna Miss You
9.   Ryan Farish – Adoration
10.   Pieces of A Dream – Wake Up Call
Primetime
1.   Widespread Panic – St. Louis
2.   Ryan Farish - Transcontinental
3.   Doug Markley – With You In Mind
4.   Moby - Lie Down In Darkness
5.   Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby (Peter Guns Remix)
6.   Enya – Storms In Africa
7.   Weather Report – Birdland
8.   Ernest Ranglin – Surfin
9.   Bryan Steele – Television
10.   Bryan Steele - Wonderbar
Overnight
1.   Keyan Williams – The Art of Living
2.   Mark Barrios - The Closer I Get to You
3.   Moby – Sevastopol
4.   STS9 – Phoneme
5.   Darryl Williams – That Was Then
6.   Brian Hughes – Omaha Unbound
7.   Doug Markley – Rising Moon
8.   Moby - The Violent Bear It Away
9.   Ben Kopec – Smooth Glass
10.   Darryl Williams – Take It Slow

February/March 2012 Morning Test Playlist 1-8

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: February 19, 2012, 03:16:25 PM »

i like all of the artwork you posted so far. keep it up!

Thank you, I always try my best to make them as great as I can when different ideas flow through my head and I appreciate getting positive feedback when I do. 

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Favorite OCM who is no longer at TWC

« on: February 19, 2012, 03:08:16 PM »

Poor Dave. He was a good one. He is working as a shoe salesman at Macys. Hope he can get back into TV

Dang, our friend has been succumbed to this? I'm very disappointed. I was hoping after his short summer stint at WGCL-TV here about 3 years ago he must have found a better OCM gig at another city.

2619

General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: February 19, 2012, 03:02:44 PM »

57.6 with heavy rain and thunder. First t-storm of the year for me. 

Wow, really? We've had a quite a few thunderstorms this year, a couple strong too.

Right now it's cloudy and 53. I'm jealous of the snow taking place in W. VA and VA right now, I guess this is going to be the first winter in about 4 years where were not gettin' squat in measurable snowfall. This winter sucks.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: February 16, 2012, 06:54:37 PM »

Nice pic Donovan! 

Speaking of fog, the other day (believe it was Monday) there was some patchy fog and we were very close to seeing freezing fog. That's one of the very rare weather phenomenons I have never witnessed, but temps were a few degrees too warm (upper 30s.). I did hear however parts of NE GA/Western NC/SC saw some freezing fog though and there was a light glaze of ice on tree branches. 

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General Discussion / Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets

« on: February 16, 2012, 06:50:20 PM »

I guess that's where the philosophy of democracy should kick in. What cuts would benefit rather than harm the majority of us while at the same time reducing the deficit.

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Local Forecast / Re: Jazz Songs That Should Air on TWC's LOT8s

« on: February 16, 2012, 02:23:35 PM »

This isn't a jazz song, but...

A Chillout Song That Should Be Featured On A WxCh. Playlist

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / Re: IntelliStar #22204 Out For 2 1/2 Days Now

« on: February 16, 2012, 10:51:30 AM »

Thank you STAR team, it's back up now. 

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Winter Weather / Re: Winter Storm Thread: 2011-12 Season

« on: February 16, 2012, 08:12:03 AM »

It's sad there's not enough funding for those RECON missions to be done for all storms, it would cut down on some of the confusion and save us from some migraines.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: February 15, 2012, 09:26:35 PM »

This is the final design of this concept, I also removed all animation.

Some other small changes
- I removed the time off of the orange/blue tab, leaving just the temp there.
- Changed the blue shapes on the "Right Now" screens from rectangles to modified parallelograms.
- Added the radar which I forgot to add in last time.

All info was accurate and valid as of February 15, 2012 7:58pm EDT.

Song - William Green - Dirty South

DirecTV Local Forecast App Concept (FINAL DRAFT)