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General Discussion / Re: Your class schedule...

« on: November 13, 2012, 02:14:29 PM »

Spring 2013

Physics 251 - College Physics 1
Mon/Tues/Wed/Fri - 9:00 - 9:50 AM

Math 166 - Calculus II
Mon/Tues/Thur/Fri - 11:00 - 11:50 AM

Atsc 310 - Intro to Forecasting
Mon/Tues/Wed/Thur/Fri - 12:00 - 12:50 PM

Atsc 240 - Meteorological Instrumentation
Mon/Wed/Fri - 2:00 - 3:00 PM

Atsc 240L - Instrumentation Lab
Wed - 3:00 - 5:00 PM

Physics 251L - College Physics 1 Lab
Wed - 7:00 - 8:50 PM

Total Credits: 15

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

« on: November 12, 2012, 12:11:14 PM »

18° Light Snow

This is probably as warm as it will get today. Wind chill is 2°.

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General Weather Chat / Re: Here comes another one! Approx Nov 20th

« on: November 11, 2012, 08:27:35 PM »

I am not going to get remotely excited about until it hits about 120 hours.

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

« on: November 11, 2012, 10:28:02 AM »

23° Mostly Sunny/Blustery

Temperature should fall throughout the day and hit 18° by late afternoon.

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General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday, Donovan!

« on: November 10, 2012, 09:48:23 PM »

Happy Birthday, Donovan!

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

« on: November 10, 2012, 01:32:44 PM »

32° Light Rain/Fog/Mist. Freezing rain and some decent ice accumulations likely tonight. Fairly decent chance of losing power.

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

« on: November 09, 2012, 02:08:15 PM »

32° Overcast. Winter Weather Advisory in effect with highs only in the mid-10s by Monday.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Why The Weather Channel is Naming Winter Storms

« on: November 09, 2012, 03:37:28 AM »

Well, TWC has already named their second storm.  "Brutus" is the one that will be impacting the Northern Rockies over the next few days.

Geez, what a publicity stunt. At least they named a note-worthy storm.

The storm we had in the northeast wasn't note-worthy? A foot of snow+ in early November in some places in not note-worthy? I'm not defending TWC here, I think it's a very silly idea for them to name storms especially since they have no definite criteria yet.

This is actually a good example of why no one is going to get a set criteria for these storms. Folks here in the Northern Plains regard a foot of snow in November differently than other parts of the country. That did sound a bit insensitive though - my apologies.

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General Discussion / Re: 2012 Presidential Election

« on: November 08, 2012, 06:56:21 PM »

FINALLY, we have a call on Florida. Romney's Senior Adviser is conceding Florida to President Obama, making the final electoral vote 332 for Obama and 206 for Romney.

At this point, that's nothing but adding insult to injury. 

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General Discussion / Re: Gas prices in your area

« on: November 08, 2012, 04:59:20 PM »

why are they falling? I don't notice any decrease in nj but this is only for north

Oil prices are falling, and demand was largely cut because of Sandy.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Why The Weather Channel is Naming Winter Storms

« on: November 08, 2012, 12:13:17 PM »

Well, TWC has already named their second storm.  "Brutus" is the one that will be impacting the Northern Rockies over the next few days.

Geez, what a publicity stunt. At least they named a note-worthy storm.

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Your Local Weather / Re: Grand Forks Weather

« on: November 08, 2012, 12:09:39 PM »

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1058 AM CST THU NOV 8 2012

...WINTER STORM MAY IMPACT MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT...

.LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY EVENING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN
AND THEN BECOME HEAVIER AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH NORTHEASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA INTO FAR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY OVERNIGHT
INTO SATURDAY. THE MAIN AREA FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL APPEARS TO
BE NORTH OF A DEVILS LAKE TO GRAFTON TO HALLOCK LINE. IN
ADDITION...TEMPERATURE PROFILES ARE FAVORABLE FOR AN AREA OF
MIXED RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TO FALL IN A BAND FROM
ROSEAU TO GRAND FORKS TO COOPERSTOWN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WINTRY WEATHER WILL
MOVE FROM NEBRASKA TO NEAR DULUTH BY SATURDAY EVENING.

MNZ001-004-005-007-008-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>029-054-111200-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0004.121110T0000Z-121111T1200Z/
WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-TOWNER-
CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-WESTERN WALSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...CANDO...LANGDON...
CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...
NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...
ADAMS
1058 AM CST THU NOV 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE DEVILS LAKE REGION FRIDAY
  EVENING WITH THE SNOW BECOMING HEAVIER AND SPREADING EAST
  ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT
  TIMES... WILL FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF A DEVILS LAKE TO GRAFTON
  TO HALLOCK LINE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT WHERE MORE THAN 6
  INCHES MAY OCCUR ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* FOR LOCATIONS FROM COOPERSTOWN TO GRAND FORKS TO ROSEAU A MIX OF
  SLEET....FREEZING RAIN....AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT
  FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY BECOMING ALL SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4
  INCHES MAY OCCUR ALONG WITH SLIPPERY CONDITIONS DUE TO FREEZING
  PRECIPITATION.

* WINDS WILL BE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT
  INTO SATURDAY MORNING BECOMING NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH SATURDAY
  WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

DK

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

« on: November 08, 2012, 12:09:01 PM »

39° Cloudy and Breezy. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph today.

Winter Storm Watch is in effect for a few inches of snow and some ice accumulations on Saturday. Veteran's Day looks very cold with lows in the single digits.

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General Discussion / Re: 2012 Presidential Election

« on: November 08, 2012, 01:12:28 AM »

The markets were more in response to a growing economic crisis in Europe rather than Obama - although it certainly would have done better if business man Romney had won. 

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General Weather Chat / Re: Winter Storm Athena

« on: November 07, 2012, 05:40:54 PM »

They're naming this storm but not the one that is prompting blizzard warnings in Montana?