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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Cristobal

« on: August 27, 2014, 12:22:12 PM »

Upgraded to a Category One hurricane. Not only is Cristobal the 3rd hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season, it is the 3rd consecutive hurricane of the season as well.

I think you meant not only is Cristobal the 3rd named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, it's the 3rd hurricane as well.

You basically said the exact same thing I said minus the word consecutive. I just meant that Arthur, Bertha, and Cristobal all became hurricanes in the Atlantic which would make it a continuous chain of named storms becoming hurricanes.

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The Game Room / Re: What Are You Watching Right Now?

« on: August 26, 2014, 09:07:46 PM »

Every.Simpsons.Ever Marathon on FXX (in the middle of Season 6 currently)

I would imagine the world record for longest TV marathon has already been obliterated and they still have 9 days, 19 seasons + the movie to go.

I'm watching that right now.    It's the middle of Season 12 at the moment.

I forgot how good this season (12) was like the one that just went off that N'Sync guest starred in. I haven't seen it in several years.

The only thing I don't like about this marathon so far is they're cropping the pre-HD seasons and it doesn't look right in certain scenes of the episodes. I don't get why they didn't just letterbox them or leave them in 4:3.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2014

« on: August 26, 2014, 09:11:21 AM »

Howdy Dolly? Perhaps Edouard and Fay as well...



TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane
Cristobal, located several hundred miles southwest of Bermuda.

1. Disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the northern Gulf of
Mexico are associated with a trough of low pressure.  Upper-level
winds are not expected to be conducive for significant development
while the system moves to the west-southwest at 5 to 10 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.

2. A tropical wave located about 900 miles east of the Lesser Antilles
continues to produce disorganized showers and a few thunderstorms.
Environmental conditions are not expected to be favorable for
significant development during the next couple of days, but could
become more conducive by the end of the week or this weekend while
the system moves westward to west-northwestward at about 15 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.

3. A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa
late this week. Conditions appear to be favorable for some
development thereafter while the system moves westward at
10 to 15 mph across the eastern Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...30 percent.

Forecaster Blake

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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Cristobal

« on: August 25, 2014, 11:40:30 PM »

Upgraded to a Category One hurricane. Not only is Cristobal the 3rd hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season, it is the 3rd consecutive hurricane of the season as well.

...CRISTOBAL EXPECTED TO PASS TO THE WEST OF BERMUDA ON WEDNESDAY...
11:00 PM EDT Mon Aug 25
Location: 25.1°N 71.9°W
Moving: NNE at 2 mph
Min pressure: 989 mb
Max sustained: 75 mph

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Julie Martin

« on: August 25, 2014, 11:26:12 PM »

Julie has announced that she's heading to WXIA-TV in Atlanta, where she'll be a weekend meteorologist. She'll be at TWC through September, and "you will still find me here at TWC filling in," she says.
https://www.facebook.com/twcjuliemartin

Man, I don't know what it is about that station, but they sure do love to scoop up the female TWC mets. First Cheryl, then Sam, and now Julie. I'm surprised they didn't try to hunt down Heather Tesch for a job there after she left TWC. When I saw a new post for this thread, I automatically assumed Julie must be leaving because I haven't seen her in months.

The irony here is it seems like since she became a certified meteorologist a couple of years ago she's been gradually getting less airtime.

Also, Julie Martin is taking Tracey Humphrey's weekend shift, Tracy was moved to the morning shift to work on a new morning show on that station called "Atlanta Alive" which started a few weeks ago this month.

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The Game Room / Re: What Are You Watching Right Now?

« on: August 23, 2014, 06:56:46 PM »

Every.Simpsons.Ever Marathon on FXX (in the middle of Season 6 currently)

I would imagine the world record for longest TV marathon has already been obliterated and they still have 9 days, 19 seasons + the movie to go.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2014

« on: August 23, 2014, 05:53:56 PM »

We now have Tropical Depression Four. (Soon expected to become Cristobal)

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: August 23, 2014, 10:03:21 AM »

I like the concept/idea of the Weather Lab, but my only complaint is over how the lab looks too cluttered to me with all those monitors/boards. I don't know if some of them are just there for props or they are being legibly used on/off air.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2014

« on: August 20, 2014, 11:35:19 PM »

Current Model Guidance tracks are keeping Invest 96L north of Hispanola enough to avoid any significant land interaction. Also attached below is the current intensity forecast from these model guidance. 

I don't even want to post an image of what the 18z HWRF showed, it's truly a textbook example of a worse case scenario. Plus I'm sure it's all hype given we still don't have a definite accuracy of the center of circulation yet.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2014

« on: August 19, 2014, 07:28:05 PM »

Models hinting at "Cristobal" by this time next week...

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. Disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity continues in
association with an elongated area of low pressure that extends from
the northeastern coast of South America into the central tropical
Atlantic. Environmental conditions are forecast to be more conducive
for gradual development of this system during the next few days as
it approaches the Lesser Antilles and moves into the Caribbean Sea.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent.

GFS 18z Run (American Model)


GEM 12z Run (Canadian Model)


Current Intensity Forecast (time sensitive)

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: August 18, 2014, 10:53:05 AM »

UPDATE 



FINAL DRAFT (for now)

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: August 17, 2014, 10:47:49 PM »

Thanks Sam! 

Shifting gears, no true legacy STAR emulation is complete without a true radar representation right? Well this is what I have been working on this evening for my favorite legacy STAR of all time: The WeatherSTAR4000.

Below are my rough drafts. Surprisingly it was a lot easier to put together than I thought.

Credit: Radar image (FFC radar site), interstate lines/markers, state/county outlines were provided by noaa.gov only for the sole purpose of showing off the radar. I plan on drawing up everything in Adobe Illustrator (except the radar of course)

NOTE: This is my first rough draft, so I'm still tweaking around, that also includes the radar banner. I updated the legend to the 8 color code, what's left is to redesign (and recolor) the banner.

Base Radar


Composite Radar

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: August 14, 2014, 07:46:56 PM »

WeatherSTAR III Emulation (w/ Animated BG) - Phoenix, AZ

This animated background is inspired by a real animated background of a night time desert with lightning off in the distance.
NOTE: I do apologize if my animated lightning may appear a bit cheesy, it was my first time animating lightning in After Effects.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzvGoC19Kow&feature=youtu.be

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General Discussion / Re: Into The Storm

« on: August 13, 2014, 08:18:58 PM »

Haven't seen it, but it looked a bit cheesy from the previews. I heard the reviews were negative anyway.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: August 13, 2014, 12:02:19 AM »

2014 Is the worst year for Atlantic City as 4 out of the city's 12 casinos have closed their doors and more than 8,000 workers are on the streets. The Revel, which I myself have been a big fan of, is closing their doors after failing to secure a buyer at a bankruptcy auction. The megacasino was open for just two years, but never turned a profit.

It's so sad to see things spiraling downwards in my hometown. The effect on the local economy will be terrible...I'm glad I'm going to move out of here after graduation. AC will end up like a ghost town in a few years. Blame all those greedy politicians authorizing casinos. There are too many casinos in the East Coast, eating up their own revenues.

Obama should do something and stop allowing other states from building casinos. The effect is devastating and nobody is stopping the saturation from getting out of control.

That wouldn't really be a good idea to have the government intervening to regulate which states can and cannot operate casinos.  That's an issue that should be resolved within that specific state.

The economy here in GA is certainly better (not outstanding), but better now than it was 5 years ago. I recently heard a week or two ago that Georgia has now claimed the #2 spot behind California in movie production, out-beating New York now (which was #2) which has been helping the economy the past few years. I guess that's why they're calling us the "Hollywood of the South". I'll admit I have heard of a lot movies being filmed in the Atlanta area. Some scenes from Anchorman 2 were filmed in the Five Points area downtown and some scenes from Dumb and Dumber Too were filmed in Marietta for example.