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Forecasting / Re: Round 3: Peoria, IL

« on: July 18, 2013, 08:01:47 PM »

Peoria, IL (KPIA)
Friday, July 19, 2013
Forecast High: 97°F
Forecast Low: 74°F
Chance of Precipitation: 0%
Precipitation Amount: 0.00"

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Forecasting / Re: Round 3: Peoria, IL

« on: July 17, 2013, 10:00:46 PM »

Peoria, IL (KPIA)
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Forecast High: 91°F
Forecast Low: 72°F
Chance of Precipitation: 0%
Precipitation Amount: 0.00"

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Forecasting / Re: Round 3: Peoria, IL

« on: July 16, 2013, 10:23:32 PM »

Peoria, IL (KPIA)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Forecast High: 92°F
Forecast Low: 73°F
Chance of Precipitation: 0%
Precipitation Amount: 0.00"

889

Forecasting / Re: Round 3: Peoria, IL

« on: July 15, 2013, 11:17:29 PM »

Peoria, IL (KPIA)
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Forecast High: 89°F
Forecast Low: 73°F
Chance of Precipitation: 0%
Precipitation Amount: 0.00"

890

Forecasting / Re: Spring/Summer Weather Discussion Thread

« on: July 15, 2013, 01:51:30 PM »

I wonder if we can go this entire month of July w/o reaching 90 degrees.  It'll be close tomorrow and Wednesday. Atlanta has only had 4 90+ degree days so far this Summer and all 4 occurred in the month of June alone! There were 0 in May and 0 so far for July which is the hottest month (on average) here.The warmest temperature observed at the airport was 92°F back in June and that was only for a few minutes as thunderstorms moved in shortly after.

Yesterday, we were under a Flash Flood Watch (no surprise there) and it poured down pretty heavily with strong gusty winds. (I would estimate close to T.S. force gusts) Last week one of our local news stations did a report from our NWS office about the persistent flooding this Spring/Summer and the growing concerns about land/mudslides. They said worse case scenario is that this wet and stormy pattern could last through Winter 2014. That would be an interesting change of pace considering we have seen more long lived droughts than floods over the past 15 years.

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Forecasting / Re: Round 3: Peoria, IL

« on: July 14, 2013, 09:16:25 PM »

Peoria, IL (KPIA)
Monday, July 15, 2013
Forecast High: 86°F
Forecast Low: 72°F
Chance of Precipitation: 0%
Precipitation Amount: 0.00"

892

TWC Fan Art / Re: TWCJim's Artwork

« on: July 14, 2013, 11:41:31 AM »

I like the concept (and the design of your signature btw)

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: July 12, 2013, 08:27:58 AM »

REVISED

Tools I Used
-Paintbrush (draw the state outlines; also to color the ocean from scratch)
-Eyedropper Tool
-Smudge Tool (Blend in some of the pixel areas from low resolution)
-Duplicated the states part of the map (one is blurred; 50% opacity, the other left as is)
-Added Contrast (maxed out at -150%) and slight brightness (2%)
-Sharpened the black state outlines
-Color Balance
-Burn Tool
-Multiple Layers!

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Forecasting / Re: Round 3: Peoria, IL

« on: July 11, 2013, 10:12:10 PM »

Peoria, IL (KPIA)
Friday, July 12, 2013
Forecast High: 84°F
Forecast Low: 58°F
Chance of Precipitation: 0%
Precipitation Amount: 0.00"

895

TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: July 11, 2013, 04:12:09 PM »

I did something I've been very daunted and nervous about doing because I could never get it right for years which frustrated me. However, I tried it again in Photoshop today and the results came out much better than I expected.

Tools I Used
-Paintbrush (draw the state outlines; also to color the ocean from scratch)
-Eyedropper Tool
-Smudge Tool (Blend in some of the pixel areas from low resolution)
-Duplicated the states part of the map (one is blurred; 50% opacity, the other left as is)
-Added Contrast (maxed out at -150%) and slight brightness (2%)
-Sharpened the black state outlines
-Multiple Layers!

and I think that's it, listing everything from memory.

Take a look...(attachments below)

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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Chantal

« on: July 11, 2013, 02:10:45 PM »

I always get confused with this, but if Chantal's remnants develop into a TS again, will it be Chantal or Dorian?

If the remnants remain identifiable with any sort of cohesion, any regenerated tropical system that results will once again be Chantal.  This last happened in the Atlantic just last year with Nadine.  On September 21 it degenerated from a tropical storm to a sub-tropical storm, and on September 22 it degenerated into a post-tropical system.  Just a day and a half later it regenerated as a tropical storm and kept its name.  Also last year, T.D. 7 degenerated into a tropical wave on August 11, but on August 17 the system regenerated into a tropical storm and was named Helene.  Since the remnants between August 11 and 17 could still be tracked as a single system, the regenerated storm was considered to be a continuation of the tropical depression that degenerated on the 11th.

Thanks Eric, I thought so but I wasn't 100% sure.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: New OCM - Keith Carson

« on: July 11, 2013, 11:56:41 AM »

They're really pullin' em out of the wood work now. This is like the 3rd one in just a few months.

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Forecasting / Re: Spring/Summer Weather Discussion Thread

« on: July 11, 2013, 11:49:47 AM »

The Seattle-Type pattern continues down here. I'm under yet another Flash Flood Watch for today. The Flood Watch we were under last week was extended not once, or twice, not even three times, but four times it was extended. First issued on Wednesday last week then extended all the way to this past Monday.

I don't see much of any change on the horizon, there's virtually a chance of rain (and flooding) every day for about the next 10 days. The pro in all of this, it hasn't hit 90 or higher in a couple of weeks so I'm VERY happy about that. Weirdly enough the mornings as of late have been cool and comfortable even though DPs have been relatively high.

Sidenote: For anyone who was following that Derecho from yesterday, does anyone know if the storms that came through AL/GA early this morning from that same Derecho? I saw it across TN last night before I went to bed, but I don't know where the line of storms originated from.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Chantal

« on: July 11, 2013, 11:31:00 AM »

I always get confused with this, but if Chantal's remnants develop into a TS again, will it be Chantal or Dorian?

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Forecasting / Re: Round 3: Peoria, IL

« on: July 10, 2013, 09:50:14 PM »

Peoria, IL (KPIA)
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Forecast High: 82°F
Forecast Low: 60°F
Chance of Precipitation: 0%
Precipitation Amount: 0.00"