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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: August 11, 2014, 10:47:39 PM »

-Weather Bulletin page completed (rough draft)
-Regional map completed (rough draft)
-Detailed (Local) Forecast page completed (rough draft)

Radar (rough draft) will be in the next update.

Song: "Luigi's Theme" from the video game, "Mario Strikers Charged" on the Nintendo Wii console.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg-xQ5FxGQ8&feature=youtu.be

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General Discussion / Robin Williams Dead at Age 63

« on: August 11, 2014, 07:20:32 PM »

Wow, I wasn't expecting this. I saw this as a special report on ABC. It's been reported he was suffering from severe depression and may have committed suicide.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Iselle

« on: August 07, 2014, 10:35:49 AM »

Interesting (and possibly historic) times ahead for Hawaii. The last time a hurricane struck there was 22 years ago when Hurricane Iniki struck the island chain in September 1992.

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

« on: August 05, 2014, 10:52:50 PM »

It would be great to hear this peaceful, lullaby-like song again. When I hear it it makes me wanna drift off into a daydream all day and all night long. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGE9XpNDtIc

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General Discussion / Re: Post your favorite YouTube videos

« on: August 05, 2014, 08:45:00 PM »

No video, but the audio alone is funny enough. I love Cletus!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhT3nll_qII

and of course Moe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtKnTegOIM4

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: August 02, 2014, 11:16:44 PM »

Animation test...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW4tCPXcrEM

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

« on: July 30, 2014, 07:22:06 PM »

81° clear.

The high yesterday at KPHL was 76°, 11° below normal. Lows this morning were 62 in the city with 50s in the suburbs and down to 45° in the Poconos.  I don't mind this weather,  but this has me concerned about this upcoming winter 

We broke a record low for the second time for the month of July. Our low this morning was 59°. The last time I remember this happening was back in July 2009 and we know what happened during the 2009-2010 Winter and how ironic that a possible El Nino is on the way this Fall/Winter just like it was in 2009-2010. I'm not sayin', just sayin'...

Seriously though, I wouldn't be surprised if the 2014-2015 Winter Season ends up similar to last Winter as far as temperatures are concerned.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: July 30, 2014, 04:22:17 PM »

Remember this from 2 years ago?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOo_ZvU22uc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GrjqbKeXjI#ws

Back in April 2012, I made up my own STAR called SmartCast, well I finally took some time to do a mock up of version 2 in After Effects. The first version was done solely in Microsoft Powerpoint 2010.

I tried to incorporate my own spin of some of the design layout of the IntelliSTAR/IntelliSTAR II, yet keeping the majority of the layout similar to the first version of my SmartCast STAR from 2012.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2014

« on: July 30, 2014, 12:00:26 AM »

I still could see a TD #3 out of this, but I'm not too confident in a "Bertha" right about now.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2014

« on: July 28, 2014, 06:09:51 PM »

Yea, we may have Tropical Storm Bertha in a few days. Models are picking up on this invest, some more aggressive than others in the long range.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2014

« on: July 27, 2014, 10:39:35 AM »

Interest in an Eastern Atlantic tropical wave is awakening...

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

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

1. A tropical wave is located about 420 miles southwest of the Cape
Verde Islands. The associated shower activity is limited
and disorganized, and development should be slow to occur over the
next couple of days. By the middle of this week, however,
environmental conditions are expected to become conducive for
gradual development over the central tropical Atlantic as the
system moves westward at 10 to 15 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent.

Forecaster Roberts

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Local Forecast / Re: Traffic on LDL

« on: July 24, 2014, 07:02:53 PM »

I just got back home and saw this and all I can say is "Meh". I can do without the traffic data, but to each it's own I guess.  It only seems to display for the main city the IS unit serves. I only saw it for Atlanta, not College Park and Dunwoody.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: July 22, 2014, 12:01:17 PM »

I like how Vivian is making different facial expressions, but Jennifer is making the exact same facial expression in both images Alex and Andy posted.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2014

« on: July 21, 2014, 12:22:33 PM »

SPECIAL TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1110 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2014

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

Special outlook issued to update discussion of system in the
central tropical Atlantic.

1. Updated: Shower activity associated with a small area of low
pressure located about midway between the Cape Verde Islands and the
Lesser Antilles has increased a little during the past few hours.
Although this activity remains limited, it continues to show signs
of organization. Satellite data also indicate that a closed
circulation could be forming and that the system is producing a
small area of winds near tropical storm force. A tropical depression
could develop during the next couple of days while the system moves
westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph. After that time
however, environmental conditions are expected to become less
conducive for development. Interests in the Lesser Antilles should
monitor the progress of this system.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.

Forecaster Brennan/Roberts

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Show: "WXGeeks"

« on: July 21, 2014, 12:18:12 PM »

Here's an article regarding the show. Sounds like Chris Warren is demonstrating his typical behavior - interrupting people mid-sentence. Who even picked this guy?

http://thevane.gawker.com/wxgeeks-great-promise-wrapped-up-in-great-disappointme-1607986635/+kellyconaboy

I was going to look at this out of curiosity, but I forgot. Maybe that was a good thing. I'm not sure if I could stand to listen to Chris Warren constantly interrupting people, it's one of the reasons he's my least favorite OCM at TWC. It's a very annoying and rude habit of his.

Also I agree that if you're going to do a show like this, it should be one hour at the least so you have more time to cover multiple topics instead of trying to cram everything into 20 mins or less. It makes the show seem half-baked and disorganized when you do that imo.