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Local Forecast / Re: Playlist Question

« on: September 17, 2010, 03:47:05 PM »

Morning 6-11am
Daytime 11am-5pm
Primetime 5pm-1am
Overnight 1-6am

Thanks, but what time zone?

Eastern time zone.

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Emulator Videos / Re: SnowManiac's Emulations

« on: September 16, 2010, 09:00:24 PM »

My Version of the HD IntelliStar - Phase 3 Fonts Modified & Radar Modified

Pittsburgh, PA was configured for this emulation.

My Version of the HD IntelliStar - Phase 3 Fonts Modified

Song: CC Gilmore - "Deserted" (courtesy of TWCT)

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 16, 2010, 03:59:32 PM »

Wow so Jim is actually going to Bermuda. Surprised TWC would bother

Well a major hurricane is heading their way and I think they have done that before. (having someone report from Bermuda)

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

« on: September 14, 2010, 05:47:22 PM »

cause technology advances practically everyday.

But why should The Weather Channel spend money and resources on developing a new SD Star when standard television has, at least in the opinion of the government, become obsolete?  Even cable/satellite operators aren't going to be required to carry them for much longer (but probably will, at least for the foreseeable future, since HDTV sets are quite expensive).

Well that may be true, it's not gonna be easy getting everyone to switch to HDTVs anyway, cheap or expensive. We know how hard it was getting people to get converter boxes for the digital transition....but also the bigger size HDTVs (40 in. up) are expensive, but the ones I've seen under 32 in. are reasonable to me imo. Mine was under $300, but since we were getting it through Walmart the shipping and taxes sent it up to around $320. Sorry about jumping off topic then, I just wanted to add that part in.

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Hurricane Central / Re: 92L

« on: September 14, 2010, 04:23:13 PM »

This is officially "Tropical Storm Karl" as of the 5pm advisory.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Igor

« on: September 13, 2010, 04:13:49 PM »

((BREAKING NEWS)): GOOGLE MAPS NOW HAS IGOR WITH WINDS OF 150 MPH....10 MPH SHY OF CAT 5 STATUS ....THE GOOD NEWS THE MODELS ARE LIKELY TO SHIFT RIGHT AGAIN BUT BRINGING A WORSE CASE SCENARIO FOR BERMUDA PUTTING THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE ON BERMUDA:((BREAKING NEWS))

Google maps?  I assume you are referring to recon data or something?

This storm looks like it may go annular to me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annular_hurricane

And a large eye to go with it. 
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/flash-vis.html

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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Julia

« on: September 13, 2010, 04:11:09 PM »

The NHC's track for Julia is kinda weird to me, it's most likely gonna go OTS, but at Day 5 it looks like it's moving west.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Igor

« on: September 12, 2010, 07:00:12 PM »

He's going annular now, so perfectly symmetrical overall. This would be our third hurricane to do so behind Danielle and Earl (only briefly).

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

« on: September 11, 2010, 11:28:51 AM »

9/11: As it Happened on MSNBC (Basically a replay of The Today Show, from 9/11/01)

Interesting to see some of the post footage right after the Twin Towers both collapsed since I was in school at this time and our school didn't allow any students to watch all of this happen except the 5th graders.

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Local Forecast / Re: Create your own playlist

« on: September 10, 2010, 04:48:25 PM »

A lot of summer like songs on this mock playlist. 

September 2010
Morning
1.   Peter White – Promenade – Promenade
2.   Pat Kelley – Portuguese For Travelers - Perspective
3.   Paprika Soul – Boss Tres Bien – Paprika Soul
4.   Ryan Farish – Autumn Mist – Selected Works Xpanded
5.   Daveed – Great Morning – The Healing Garden
6.   Chris Geith – Island of A Thousand Dreams – Island of A Thousand Dreams
7.   David Reinstein – Too Hot To Think – Into The Mist
8.   Chet Atkins – Yakety Axe (Buddha Remastered 2000) – Super Hits
9.   Dave Koz – The Bright Side
10.   Craig Chaquico – We Rode The Wind – A Thousand Pictures
Daytime
1.   Wayman Tisdale – Mexicoco – Decisions
2.   Dave Koz – Shakin The Shack – Lucky Man
3.   Greg Adams - If I Ever Lose My Faith In You - Cool To The Touch
4.   Rippingtons – Urban Wanderer – Brave New World
5.   Steve Oliver – West End – First View
6.   Earl Klugh – Captain Caribe – Living Inside Your Love
7.   Rick Braun/Richard Elliot – Sao Paulo – R n R
8.   Trance Fury – Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Void – Mother Earth and Father Time
9.   Eddie Reasoner – Tradewinds
10.   Buckwheat Zydeco - Zydeco Honky Tonk -  On A Night Like This
Primetime
1.   Craig Chaquico – Summers End – Acoustic Highway
2.   Allman Brothers Band – Dreams – A Decade Of Hits 1969-1979
3.   Joyce Cooling – Coasting – Keeping Cool
4.   Fred Gross – Feels Like Before – Weathering The Storm
5.   Derwin Daniels – Moon Voyager – Journey
6.   Allman Brothers Band – Ramblin Man – Brothers and Sisters
7.   Jeff Lorber – Point Venus
8.   Jeanne Ricks – Can We Trust
9.   Craig Chaquico – Najavo Stars – A Thousand Pictures
10.    Buckwheat Zydeco – Time is Tight – On A Night Like This
Overnight
1.   Pat Metheny Group – The Epic – American Garage
2.   Wayman Tisdale – Sultry Summer – Decisions
3.   Lawson Rollins – Moonlight Samba – Espirito (Note - Very Light vocals)
4.   Steve Glotzer – Los Cabos Serenade – Life Imitates Art
5.   Lenny Marcus – One Day In The Woods – Bat In The Hat
6.   Buckwheat Zydeco – People’s Choice – On A Night Like This
7.   Ryan Farish – Hampton Blvd
8.   Doug Markley – Northwest (Southwest) –
9.   Pink Floyd – Coming Back To Life – The Division Bell
10.   Network Music – Shades of Autumn

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: September 09, 2010, 07:10:08 PM »

Different takes on the almanac screen and as a bonus a rough draft of the air quality screen.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 09, 2010, 06:16:24 PM »

Meh. Seems kinda pointless to have imo. 

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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Igor

« on: September 09, 2010, 03:52:35 PM »

Well, to be technical, in this case Igor is a he since Hermine was a she(if you didn't know, the names alternate he/she).  I thought a couple weeks ago with a name like Igor, that's something to watch out for and it may be a scary one.

I know it's male to female alternating on this list, but the name doesn't sound that masculine to me imo and plus that was a simple mistake anyway.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Igor

« on: September 09, 2010, 07:19:31 AM »

I'm not ready to call fish storm on Igor yet, but that seems to be the trend with these Cape Verde storms. It's too soon she's only going 6mph. She ain't rushing to get anywhere anytime soon. I think it's gonna depend on whether or not another trough moves in over the Atlantic and Igor takes advantage of a weakness and curves on out.

Is Igor a she What a strange name anyway for a storm

He,she or both. 

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 08, 2010, 07:27:56 PM »

Yesterday our NBC affiliate WXIA-TV debuted a new weather product called the "W.I.Z" (Weather Information Zone) where viewers can rate the weather and other stuff online or on their phones. They ran promos for weeks that were saying, "Soon, Your Days Will Be Numbered." Did any other NBC affiliates associated w/ Gannett get some kind of product like this? 

WXIA-TV Debuts the WIZ (Weather Information Zone) 9.7.10

Got to be one of the dumbest things I have seen in a long time. TWC did something like that but they didn't promo it to death like this. Please get the name of whoever does their graphics and fire them. It looks like powerpoint!

You should have seen the promos they were airing, it was overkill. I should have known better than to expect this to be more than decent, this is the same affiliate that only has Cheryl Lemke as a "fill in" which irks me because I haven't seen her on air since July, it's starting to feel like the whole Dave being replaced at our CBS affiliate (another station I don't like) all over again. 

Tornado sirens currently going off in my area for a strong cell to the east. I don't think the tornado will affect where I live, but I hope this blows over soon.

I wouldn't be too worried, from what I've seen, most tornadoes from tropical storm remains are weak and/or don't touchdown for very long than a couple of minutes.