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Forecasting / Re: Ask The Weather Expert!

« on: June 18, 2011, 10:38:40 AM »

I have a question pertaining to derechoes. Would the line of thunderstorms moving SSE into Tn (and eventually in my neck of the woods) be considered one? I know they travel very long distances w/o weakening and "bow out" causing tremendous amounts of damaging winds, but the problem is I don't know where this line of storms originated from before they got to KY so I can't say for sure how long they have been going. I do know they have caused wind damage, but regular squallines can do that as well. I provided a picture of it on radar circled in red. There's another one right on the heels of it I circled in blue. This brings up another question: Will it weaken from the one already in front of it since I'm sure it will stablize the air or will it be able to hold together and possibly provide a round two for us?  The SPC mesoscale discussion mentioned they would likely issue a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for TN N. AL, and N. GA within the hour for these storms because of higher CAPE and instability here. They didn't mention whether this was a derecho or if it will evolve into one later which is why I was hoping to get some thoughts and opinions on it.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: June 16, 2011, 07:47:42 PM »

Business Travel Forecast Mockup

I know the fonts aren't correct for the City display, I didn't want to leave it blank.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: June 16, 2011, 09:14:11 AM »

Severe Thunderstorm Watch #478

Severe Thunderstorm Watch #478

NOTICE - You might have to turn your volume down from the warning tone at the beginning.

FINALLY, Some Heat Relief!

What an amazing weather day yesterday! It started off very HOT and dry, but as we got closer to the peak of the afternoon heat, dewpoints and humidity gradually began to rise and in result, supercell thunderstorms began firing off to our WNW in Northern Alabama and Tennessee. Eventually, the supercells formed into a line of strong thunderstorms as they slowly moved ENE in West Georgia then shifting ESE towards the Atlanta area right after 7pm.

But the excitement didn't end there, much to my surprise, more thunderstorms began developing and training behind eachother in waves coming from the NW in Tennessee. There were four rounds of strong thunderstorms during the evening not calming down until after 1am. This caused a Flash Flood Warning to be issued in NE Atlanta for Crooked Creek and the North Fork of Peachtree Creek.

The Severe Thunderstorm Watch was also extended 3 additional hours to account for the redeveloping storms around the time of the original expiration date.

Notice the wide range in temperatures from the upper 60's in Gainesville and Athens to the upper 90's in Anniston, AL!
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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: June 15, 2011, 07:06:01 PM »

Is the screen black on TWC for anyone like it is for me? Only the LDL is up.

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Everything Else Classic TWC / Re: BTF Fonts

« on: June 15, 2011, 06:55:58 PM »

The font for the city & state, or for the forecast?  The forecast looks like Helvetica, or a close varient.

All of the above.

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Everything Else Classic TWC / BTF Fonts

« on: June 15, 2011, 06:29:38 PM »

Anyone know what fonts were used for this segment? Mainly the ones used in the picture below.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: June 15, 2011, 01:09:06 PM »

I've always thought about sending in a couple of photos, but I can never seem to take any I think are good enough. Were supposed to be seeing severe weather today, maybe if I can get some good shots of lightning or hail I can consider sending in one.

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General Discussion / Re: Good bye, HD!

« on: June 14, 2011, 10:17:16 PM »

Daytona Beach is a very beautiful place , the first and last time I was there was July 2006 on our way going to Disneyworld. I took a walk around town one evening while I was there and it was really nice eventhough it was a tad humid.

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General Discussion / Re: Gas prices in your area

« on: June 14, 2011, 10:13:24 PM »

$3.62 average here as of yesterday.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: June 12, 2011, 08:57:10 PM »

Just something I threw together really fast, it's not all that good.

Weatherscan HD concept - I loosely based the design off of the IS2.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Interrupted forecasts?

« on: June 12, 2011, 05:55:38 PM »

I've seen it that happen a couple of times, but it's been a couple of years since the last time I saw that happen.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: June 10, 2011, 08:52:28 PM »

WeatherSTAR XL version 1 Emulation with Mock XL LDL!

A completed K Flavor of the XL version one

Includes a LDL during the local forecast
Working Clock Ticker
Allen Jackson narration (CC screen only, I don't have the phrases for "Your Forecast" or "Your Extended Forecast")
Animated radar (courtesy of wbtv.com)
County borders, city markers, and interstate lines were made by me.
Animated XL icons made by Robert
All weather data was provided by The National Weather Service.

NOTE - THE XL LDL IS NOT COMPLETED, IT'S JUST A TEST RUN (No clock ticker was added, this will be added next time)

And last, but not least, the music featured in this local forecast emulation is by none other than the lovely and wonderfully talented Joyce Cooling called "China Basin" which was featured on the June 2000 playlist which is the reason I picked it since it played during the XL era.


This project was made in Adobe Premiere Pro 8.0 and edited in Windows Live Movie Maker (Windows 7)

WeatherSTAR XL version 1 Emulation with Mock XL LDL

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General Weather Chat / La Nina Bows Out

« on: June 10, 2011, 07:54:09 AM »

The La Nina pattern that is partually responsible for our chaotic weather pattern for 2011 from Blizzards to rampaging tornadoes, to record flooding is officially gone. We have shifted into a neutral weather pattern. It's still too early to say if El Nino will make a definitive comeback by late 2011/2012. Also as far as hurricane season, I think it will be more near average or slightly below.

Last La Nina Advisory from the CPC (Climate Prediction Center)
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta

« on: June 10, 2011, 07:20:01 AM »

So Cheryl's still out there doing what she does best. ^_^ Is she still a weekend meteorologist?

Unfortunately, she's still a fill in. She was filling in for the weekend met Chris Holcomb. This is the first time I've seen her since her field reporting in a snowstorm we had in January. I remember seeing on her bio from their site before they redesigned it that she was labeled as a meteorologist/weather producer so I guess she's working behind the scenes most of the time when she's not on air.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: June 09, 2011, 06:50:49 PM »

HOT in Philly

HOT in Philly