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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 04, 2012, 06:13:44 AM »

Out here in Thonotosassa I'm sitting at 22!

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

« on: January 03, 2012, 05:03:39 PM »

48° Sunny with a wind chill of 46

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 03, 2012, 05:00:07 PM »

TWC upped our low by a degree to 19, but that is still very brutal for Central Florida. Also, the entire state of Florida is under some sort of freeze warning now.

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

« on: January 03, 2012, 08:56:56 AM »

43 degrees Fair in Seffner

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 03, 2012, 08:53:49 AM »

weather.com is showing 28 as a low for the Tampa Bay area.

I dont live directly in Tampa..  just look up the forecast for zip 33592 and look for yourself

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 03, 2012, 05:37:44 AM »

Now TWC is forecasting 18 to be my low tonight!!!

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General Discussion / Re: Recent music purchases

« on: January 02, 2012, 11:26:50 PM »

Just tonight...

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 02, 2012, 11:20:57 PM »

Not sure if anyone knows this, but several of Steve Glotzer's tunes that were used on TWC in the past are available on iTunes under the artist listing PM Steve Glotzer!

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 02, 2012, 11:03:47 PM »

I live outside of the city of Tampa in a small, podunk town called Thonotosassa, and yes a lot of radiational cooling does occur out here.. though what's amazing me is that this is our first freeze of the season down here

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 02, 2012, 10:24:53 PM »

While we don't have a wind advisory here.. we do have a Wind Chill Advisory and a Hard Freeze watch.. tomorrow's high is only 52° and tomorrow night's low is 21°!!! 

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General Discussion / Re: WSB-TV Weather Icons

« on: January 02, 2012, 08:07:49 PM »

I'm not even sure if anyone at TWC Today even has these icons available. It would help if you gave us an example of what you're looking for, and because a majority of the members here do not work in the weather graphics department at a local news station, we wouldn't know where to obtain them.

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Local Forecast / Re: Era for the WeatherSTAR 4000 Emulator v3 by TaigaNet

« on: January 02, 2012, 04:08:12 PM »

Yeah, I was gonna wonder about it being a hybrid.. the 8-color scale is on the radar, which I think debuted after 1994, the TCF has the gradient scroll, and the icons are the 1992-1994 set (before some of them got modified a bit for what now makes up the modern set used today)

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Your Local Weather / Re: Tampa Bay Weather

« on: January 02, 2012, 06:04:08 AM »

Wind Chill Advisory

Code: [Select]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
450 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012

...STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND VERY
LOW WIND CHILL READINGS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT A STRONG AND GUSTY
NORTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL USHER IN A MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR MASS
INTO THE REGION. THE MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR MASS WILL CAUSE
TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD SUB-
FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY ACROSS THE NATURE COAST TUESDAY
MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER FURTHER SOUTH HOWEVER
THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S AND 40S AND GUSTY
NORTH WINDS WILL PROVIDE HAZARDOUS WIND CHILL VALUES IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-022200-
/O.NEW.KTBW.WC.Y.0001.120103T0600Z-120103T1500Z/
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAR KEY...CHIEFLAND...CRYSTAL RIVER...
INVERNESS...BUSHNELL...THE VILLAGES...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL...
NEW PORT RICHEY...ZEPHYRHILLS...CLEARWATER...ST. PETERSBURG...
BRANDON...TAMPA...LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN...BRADENTON...
WAUCHULA...SEBRING...AVON PARK...NORTH PORT...SARASOTA...VENICE...
ARCADIA...PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA...CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS
450 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO
10 AM EST TUESDAY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 25 DEGREES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4 AND
  25 TO 35 DEGREES SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES WILL
DROP TO 35 OR LOWER...EXCEPT 25 OR LOWER ACROSS THE NATURE COAST
AND SUMTER COUNTY.

RESIDENTS VENTURING OUT SHOULD DRESS WARMLY.  SEVERAL LAYERS OF
CLOTHING WILL INSULATE YOU BETTER THAN A SINGLE COAT OR JACKET.

&&

$$

MJG


Hard Freeze Watch

Code: [Select]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
520 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012

...SIGNIFICANT FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL
FLORIDA TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP SOUTH ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT A
STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL USHER IN A MUCH COLDER
AND DRIER AIR MASS INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET
AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES
LIKELY ACROSS THE NATURE COAST TUESDAY MORNING AND A HARD FREEZE
AT LEAST ACROSS LEVY COUNTY. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP EVEN MORE
DRASTICALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER HIGHS ONLY REACH THE 40S AND 50S
DURING THE DAY. MOST OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA IS EXPECTED TO
EXPERIENCE A HARD FREEZE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH LOWS RANGING FROM
THE UPPER TEENS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NATURE COAST TO THE UPPER
20S FOR INLAND SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST COAST BETWEEN FORT MYERS
AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

FLZ049-051-052-055>057-060>062-022200-
/O.NEW.KTBW.HZ.A.0001.120104T0400Z-120104T1400Z/
PASCO-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-
CHARLOTTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PORT RICHEY...ZEPHYRHILLS...
BRANDON...TAMPA...LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN...BRADENTON...
WAUCHULA...SEBRING...AVON PARK...NORTH PORT...SARASOTA...VENICE...
ARCADIA...PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA
520 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012

...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID
  TO UPPER 20S ACROSS MOST THE REGION WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER
  TEMPERATURES ALONG THE COAST. HOWEVER...NEAR FREEZING
  TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE EVEN ALONG IMMEDIATE COASTAL
  LOCATIONS. AROUND 7 TO 9 HOURS OF SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
  EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE
  COLD TEMPERATURES. TENDER PLANTS CAN BE KILLED AT THESE
  TEMPERATURES IF PROTECTIVE MEASURES ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

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General Discussion / Re: Happy New Year 2012!

« on: January 01, 2012, 12:24:26 AM »

Happy new year! 

It's a bit chilly out where I am (46°) but over in Tampa it's about 61°

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Your Local Weather / Re: Tampa Bay Weather

« on: December 30, 2011, 01:10:09 PM »

TALK about not having a cold Winter, I think I may have spoken too soon!