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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"

« on: February 01, 2014, 02:03:16 PM »

Off-topic, but still to this day I'm trying to figure out why a 10am hour of WUWA is important or relevant. Al and Steph's appearances are taped from what I've gathered. So what's the point? They could have moved MR in this slot instead of giving it the boot but whatever...

Pacific time zone is at 7AM.

Well aware of that, that isn't my problem. My problem is the fact that Al and Stephanie's appearances are obviously taped and edited in between live updates from TWC HQ. It's basically Morning Rush with taped WUWA news headlines/lifestyle/entertainment segments. It's useless imo and has never made sense since the show's existence. If they're gonna have an hour of WUWA for West Coast viewers, it should be live just like 5:30am edition or get rid of it altogether at 10am. Again that's jmo.

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Local Forecast / Re: February 2014 Playlist

« on: February 01, 2014, 10:05:22 AM »

The production music still didn't bother me,  rather have it over the vocals only because narrations have returned. Having them both was distracting before, I doubt it will be any better this time around. What did bother me is I find it hard to believe those were the only two tracks (excluding the storm mode one) they had to play from their music library.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Create your own TWC schedule

« on: January 31, 2014, 09:20:42 PM »

BUMP
Decided to update this list.

WEEKDAYS - 20 Live Hours/4 Taped Programming Hours (Unless Severe Weather Permits; in that case live programming 24 hrs. straight
Forecasting the Five (Slight name modification)
4-6am
Host: Reynolds Wolf & Alex Wallace
Description: A countdown of the Top 5 forecasts for randomly selected cities is highlighted throughout the show.

Wake Up with Al (Reduced back to an hour)
6-7am
Hosts: Al Roker and Stephanie Abrams
Description: Latest developing news, weather, and lifestyle/entertainment stories.

Champion Nation (don't like the real name so I made up my own)
7-10am
Hosts: Sam Champion and Maria LaRosa
Description: N/A

Weatherproofing Your Commute (formerly Morning Rush)
10-12pm
Hosts: Mike Bettes and Jennifer Delgado with Storm Specialist Carl Parker
Description: The latest up to date morning forecasts to prepare you for your morning rush hour to work and school.

Day Planner
12-3pm
Hosts: Vivian Brown and Nick Walker with Dr. Greg Postel
Description: Latest midday forecasts for cities nationwide.

Daytime Rundown (Talk Show Format; interactive w/Twitter and other social media platforms)
3-5pm
Host: Kyla Grogan with Dr. Greg Postel
Description: A countdown of today's biggest weather stories, exclusive interviews, in addition to your afternoon forecast.

Evening Rush
5-8pm
Hosts: Chris Warren and Alexandra Wilson
Description: The latest up to date evening forecasts to prepare you for your evening rush hour coming home.

WeatherCenter Live (4 Hour Block divided into 2)
8-10pm Shift
Hosts: Kim Cunningham and Kelly Cass with Storm Tracker Jim Cantore (Bryan Norcross fills in during Hurricane Season; Dr. Greg Forbes fills in during Severe Weather Season)
10pm - MIDNIGHT Shift
Hosts: Paul Goodloe and Jennifer Lopez with Storm Tracker Jim Cantore (Bryan Norcross fills in during Hurricane Season; Dr. Greg Forbes fills in during Severe Weather Season)
Description: A recap of today's weather in addition to a look ahead to your future forecast

MIDNIGHT- 4am LONGFORM PROGRAMMING - Storm Stories (Midnight - 1am), Deadliest Space Weather (1-2am), Weather Classroom (2-3am), When Weather Changed History (3-4am)

WEEKENDS - 14 Live Hours/10 Taped Programming Hours (Unless Severe Weather Permits; Extended coverage would preempt)

Weekend Roundup (Name modification)
4-7am
Hosts: Ray Stagich and Mike Seidel
Description: Latest developments on your weekend morning's weather

Headlining Weather
7-11am
Hosts: Jen Carfagno and Keith Carlson
Description: Your latest weather, news, and looking beyond the weekend outlook.

Your Weekend Outlook
11am-2pm
Hosts: Ryan Goswick and Warren Madden
Description: Weekend afternoon weather and forecasts

LONGFORM - 3 HOUR BLOCK UNLESS SEVERE WEATHER PERMITS - Forecast Earth; New host: Rachel Maddow? , Full Force Nature, The Weather Classroom (revived as new series)(2-5PM)

On the Radar
5-7pm
Host: Danielle Banks
Description: The latest weather forecasts, news and stories from around America to around the world

LONGFORM - 3 HOUR BLOCK UNLESS SEVERE WEATHER PERMITS - Weather Caught On Camera, Storm Riders, Special Weather/Science Related Documentaries (7-10PM)

Weekend Rundown
10pm - MIDNIGHT
Hosts: Mark Elliot and Julie Martin
Description: A recap of your weekend's weather in addition to a look ahead to the next workweek

LONGFORM PROGRAMMING - 4 HOUR BLOCK UNLESS SEVERE WEATHER PERMITS (When Weather Changed History, Hurricane Hunters, Special Documentaries)

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"

« on: January 31, 2014, 07:19:42 PM »

Weird name...like the logo......kinda...uh maybe not...

Off-topic, but still to this day I'm trying to figure out why a 10am hour of WUWA is important or relevant. Al and Steph's appearances are taped from what I've gathered. So what's the point? They could have moved MR in this slot instead of giving it the boot but whatever...

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Winter Weather / Re: Major (Possibly Historic) Southern US Winter Storm 1/28-30/2014

« on: January 31, 2014, 07:03:46 PM »

3 days later and there's still some snow covering the ground and it was nearly 60 today! It may take the rain coming this weekend to wash the remaining bit away.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 30, 2014, 01:59:12 PM »

The satellite local bows has the boxes behind the cities on the radar/satellite maps, just like the cities on maps during live tv. Makes the cities easier to read.

It would help tremendously. Just like it would help if they didn't make the template for the weekend on the SD IS transparent because it's nearly impossible to read on a bright BG. It should be dark just like MON-FRI is. I think people have the common sense to be able to differentiate between the weekdays and the weekend w/o doing it the way it is now. (at least I hope they do...)

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 30, 2014, 09:49:11 AM »

I've seen that numerous times, I'm curious what causes the lag in the update (with the icons)

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Winter Weather / Re: Major (Possibly Historic) Southern US Winter Storm 1/28-30/2014

« on: January 29, 2014, 01:22:15 PM »

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY PEACHTREE CITY GEORGIA
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
100 PM EST WED JAN 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS RELAYED A

* CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE AT THE REQUEST OF THE GEORGIA EMERGENCY
  MANAGEMENT AGENCY IN ATLANTA GEORGIA.

* A STATE OF EMERGENCY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF GEORGIA DUE TO
  IMPACTS FROM A WINTER STORM ON TUESDAY THROUGH THIS MORNING.

* THIS MESSAGE REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT EXPIRED AT
  100 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
  ON THURSDAY AND PRIMARILY PERTAINS TO THE ATLANTA METRO COUNTIES
  OF GEMA AREA 7. THOSE COUNTIES INCLUDE FULTON...DEKALB...CLAYTON
  ...COBB...GWINNETT...DOUGLAS...ROCKDALE...FAYETTE AND HENRY
  COUNTIES.

* A COMBINATION OF SOME SLEET INITIALLY FOLLOWED BY 1 TO 3 INCHES
  OF SNOW CAUSED MOST ROADWAYS TO BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND
  IN MANY CASES IMPASSABLE. THE ICE AND SNOW HAS BEEN COMPACTED
  INTO SOLID SHEETS OF ICE WHICH CONTINUES TO CAUSE TREACHEROUS
  ROAD CONDITIONS. HUNDREDS OF VEHICLES AND TRUCKS ARE STILL
  STRANDED OR ABANDONED ON PORTIONS OF THE INTERSTATES AND PRIMARY
  ROADS IN THE ATLANTA METRO AREA. ANY MELTING THAT OCCURS THIS
  AFTERNOON WILL REFREEZE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE
  TEENS.

* THE GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REQUESTS THAT TRAVEL BE
  LIMITED TO EMERGENCIES ONLY FOR YOUR SAFETY...AND FOR THE SAFETY
  OF EMERGENCY OFFICIALS AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
  EMPLOYEES THAT CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO THE DANGEROUS IMPACTS OF
  THE WINTER STORM.

$$

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Winter Weather / Re: Major (Possibly Historic) Southern US Winter Storm 1/28-30/2014

« on: January 28, 2014, 07:09:37 PM »

All four of our local news affiliates (WSB, WAGA, WXIA, and WGCL) are currently doing wall to wall storm coverage, most since noon if not earlier.

The traffic is horrendous and comparable to what happened back in Snowjam '82. There are kids still stuck at school, most likely spending the night there, school buses are stuck in gridlock for several hours with or without children. Heck snowplows and salt trucks can't even get to the interstates because you guessed it: they're stuck in traffic too.

Roads have rapidly gone snow covered and icy since sunset. The traffic has been so bad that some of the news anchors at some of our stations were 2 or mores hours late getting to the studios to work on air. There's one reporter who was supposed to be on air at our CBS affiliate hours ago. She said she left at noon from Alpharetta and seven hours later she still hasn't gotten there yet!

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Winter Weather / Re: Major (Possibly Historic) Southern US Winter Storm 1/28-30/2014

« on: January 28, 2014, 12:12:51 PM »

It's 22.6°F with Moderate Snow. The snow started around 11:20am and the ground is already white! We haven't even gotten into the heaviest precip off to our SW yet!

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 28, 2014, 06:51:20 AM »

Question: Has anyone ever heard or seen these phases on the text forecast before?

"Lowering and thickening clouds. A steady snow developing as the day wears on." Skip to 0:28 to see it in the video.

Atlanta IntelliStar - WINTER STORM WARNING - January 28, 2014

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Winter Weather / Re: Major (Possibly Historic) Southern US Winter Storm 1/28-30/2014

« on: January 28, 2014, 05:38:44 AM »

Upgraded from Winter Weather Advisory to WINTER STORM WARNING! YES!!!

"The current radar, showing any precipitation and it's movement over the past 2 hours. Intensity is indicated by the color code at the top of the screen."

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Winter Weather / Re: Major (Possibly Historic) Southern US Winter Storm 1/28-30/2014

« on: January 27, 2014, 11:52:47 PM »

I forgot I made a snowfall forecast map earlier this evening.

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

« on: January 27, 2014, 10:16:23 PM »

30.°8F Clear
WC: 24°F

There was a delay in the timing of the cold front, it was modeled to be here around this morning, but it didn't arrive until mid afternoon. The RAP model did show the arctic front slowing down though. Ever since it swept through temps have been steadily dropping from our high of 60°F today. There was even a 10 degree drop in dewpoint (18° to 8°) earlier this evening at KATL.

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Winter Weather / Re: Major (Possibly Historic) Southern US Winter Storm 1/28-30/2014

« on: January 27, 2014, 10:10:58 PM »

Congrats! It's your winter! 

The south needs the snow though, glad to see them getting some.

Our 3 year snow drought will officially be over! Well technically it was over when the airport got 0.4 inch of snow on Thanksgiving eve, but whatever. Atlanta can finally use those new snow plows and salt equipment they spent 2 mil on after Snowjam 2011.

This is gonna be a fun storm to track, I'm concerned about the folks who will see more ice than snow along the SC/GA coast down into the FL Panhandle though. It won't be any fun for them.

I was just upgraded to a Winter Weather Advisory, but our NWS office said they will likely upgrade to a warning if totals exceed their forecast.

Ice Storm Warnings are in effect from Savannah to Charleston. Winter Storm Warnings were expanded eastward earlier today in the FL panhandle to now include the cities of Apalachicola, Panama City, and Tallahassee. WOW! 

This folks is a rare gem in the making.

EDIT: The 21z SREF model plume has my mean snowfall at 3.19 inches and one member out of 15 that gives me 12.11 inches, that's actually tamer than the 21z SREF model plume yesterday that had one around 20 inches and 4 or 5 around or above 12 inches!