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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: June 18, 2013, 03:14:18 PM »

Didn't someone not too long ago (I can't remember who) post about TWC having their credit downgraded. I think I recall within that small article mentioning how they as a company needed to borrow some money to pay off debts. I know the music department is an entirely different beast from what ever department(s) or whatever within the company that's responsible for the debt, but I would think if you're in debt and you're borrowing money, wouldn't a good cost effective initiative be to play in house production music instead of inquiring licenses to play mainstream musicians? I don't know how much licensing music for a company like TWC would cost, but I surely doubt it's cheap.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2013

« on: June 18, 2013, 02:53:25 PM »

It's been waffling the past couple of days on the GFS, but from June 29th to July 4th (Independence Day) looks like another time period to watch for tropical development. (Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico)

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Forecasting / Re: Spring/Summer Weather Discussion Thread

« on: June 18, 2013, 08:57:30 AM »

I've really been enjoying this Spring, although a bit humid, it's been  overall cool in the 80s. We might not even hit 80 today due to the morning rain and low cloud deck.  Speaking of rain, man has it been really wet this year. Were within 0.60 of an inch from reaching the yearly total of rainfall we saw for 2012 which was just over 37 inches and were only halfway through the year! That's crazy! If we managed to keep at this pace, we can easily see over 70 inches of rainfall this year, which would be a foot and a half above normal.

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Forecasting / Re: Round 2: Hartford, CT

« on: June 17, 2013, 11:34:54 PM »

Hartford, CT (KBDL)
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
My Forecast High: 76°F
My Forecast Low: 58°F
Chance of Precip: 60%
Precipitation Amount: 0.52"

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Hurricane Central / Tropical Storm Barry

« on: June 17, 2013, 11:52:36 AM »

We have Tropical Depression Two, but not much to write about. It's heading right for Mexico. It might briefly become Bret Barry before making landfall though according to the current forecast from the NHC.

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Forecasting / Re: Round 2: Hartford, CT

« on: June 16, 2013, 09:36:23 PM »

Hartford, CT (KBDL)
Monday, June 17, 2013
My Forecast High: 84°F
My Forecast Low: 62°F
Chance of Precip: 30%
Precipitation Amount: 0.12"

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2013

« on: June 16, 2013, 06:19:39 PM »

Invest 93L - Code Orange

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1. DISTURBED WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE NEAR THE COASTS OF
NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS HAS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED TODAY.  ALTHOUGH
THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER CENTRAL AMERICA LATER TODAY
AND TONIGHT...SOME DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE IF THE DISTURBANCE
EMERGES INTO THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA IN A DAY OR SO.  THIS
SYSTEM HAS A MEDIUM CHANCE...30 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL
CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.  REGARDLESS OF DEVELOPMENT...
HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AMERICA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 

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The Game Room / Re: Yes or No Question

« on: June 15, 2013, 11:20:59 PM »

Yes.

If you could, would you change the month (or year) that your were born?

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Forecasting / Re: Round 2: Hartford, CT

« on: June 15, 2013, 10:05:14 AM »

This first week went better than I expected.

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2013

« on: June 14, 2013, 05:53:34 PM »

It sounds like some rough stuff there, Tavores.  At least you're OK.

Yeah it was, the lightning is what had me in awe, I'm completely shocked and surprised we didn't lose power. Over 160,000 folks in the city did during the peak of these tornadoes. Anytime were under a tornado warning now I take it 100x more seriously than I did prior to March 2008. As soon as any thought pops into my mind that it will weaken or it will change directions at the last minute, I remember what happened around here that night so I'll never be that complacent again. 

The NWS Damage Survey Team updated their report this afternoon. Turns out the storm didn't just produce one, but two tornadoes. The second tornado affected my county (Fulton) and was also an EF-1. It lifted around the town of Sandy Springs (far nothern edge of the ATL Perimeter)
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/text.php?pil=atlpnsffc

EDIT: Kudos to our local ABC affiliate for breaking into regular programming to report a possible tornado developing a good 5-10 minutes before our NWS issued the warning. They proved why they're #1 rated for a reason

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2013

« on: June 14, 2013, 12:03:39 PM »

An EF-1 tornado was confirmed in Cherokee Co., GA by the NWS Damage Survey team.

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NOUS42 KFFC 141539
PNSFFC
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-150345-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1139 AM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR JUNE 13 2013 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #1...

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN CHEROKEE COUNTY...

...STILL SURVEYING ADDITIONAL COUNTIES...

.CHEROKEE COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  8.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   75 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JUNE 13 2013
START TIME:             7:00 PM EDT
START LOCATION:         4 MILES WNW CANTON
START LAT/LON:          34.2662/-84.5574 W

END DATE:               JUNE 13 2013
END TIME:               APPROXIMATELY 7:25 PM EDT
END LOCATION:           5 MILES SSE CANTON
END LAT/LON:            34.1705/-84.4666

SURVEY SUMMARY: THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
PATRIOT TRAIL AND RAMPLEY TRAIL...THEN HEADED SOUTH TOWARDS CANTON
CAUSING GENERALLY TREE DAMAGE. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED. IN CANTON...ALONG MARIETTA ROAD AND HICKORY FLAT
HIGHWAY...A CHEVRON GAS STATION HAD A PORTION OF ITS ROOF PEELED
BACK AND A GAS PUMP BLOWN OVER. ALONG HICKORY FLAT HIGHWAY DOZENS
OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THE TORNADO CURVED TO THE
RIGHT...HEADING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WITH ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE ALONG
ITS APPROXIMATELY 8.5 MILE PATH. THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF NEW LIGHT ROAD AND HICKORY ROAD.

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200MPH

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.

$$


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Emulator Videos / Re: Weatherlover's Emulations

« on: June 14, 2013, 11:46:26 AM »

Around the time the Tornado Warning was issued for the northern half of my county, I put all of this together in AE post after the storms moved out.

WeatherSTAR4000 Emulation with Tornado Warning Crawl - June 13, 2013

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Forecasting / Re: Round 2: Hartford, CT

« on: June 13, 2013, 11:27:14 PM »

Hartford, CT (KBDL)
Friday, June 14, 2013
My Forecast High: 71°F
My Forecast Low: 52°F
Chance of Precip: 100%
Precipitation Amount: 0.56"

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: June 13, 2013, 09:33:37 PM »

Around 8pm ET the studio lights were going off and on due to the storms in the Atlanta area.
TWC HD 20130613 2001

Could this be why they are not live anymore?  I know the threat has died down considerably but I thought they would still be live, especially to cover their own state.

I heard our NBC affiliate WXIA-TV also lost power and were running on a generator during their live coverage. They said about 40,000 folks lost power on the westside of town. Maybe TWC is running on a limited generator power and want to preserve it until the power is restored.

Were lucky, I live on the westside and we didn't lose our power, but the lightning was unbelievably AMAZING! The CTG lightning at it's peak was going every 2 seconds. I've never seen lightning flashes so bright and vivid like I have tonight. It was purple and pink looking. After the storms moved out, we were treated to a pretty orange-red sunset.

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2013

« on: June 13, 2013, 07:45:05 PM »

Possible tornado is heading my way, unless it weakens or shifts left (west) or right (east) the rotation will be right over me in the next 30-45 mins.

Reports of green skies in Sandy Plains, GA, we all know what that usually means...