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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: October 24, 2012, 01:35:50 AM »

I am about to put an ax through my TV. The number of political ads this city has been bombarded with over the past several weeks has been ridiculous - and I can't even start to imagine how bad things must be in Ohio, Florida, Colorado, and Virginia right now. I don't know about you guys, but I can't wait for the election to be over so I can actually enjoy feeling awkward watching my local car salesman's commercials again. 

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Sandy

« on: October 23, 2012, 04:22:33 PM »

The models have indeed been very impressive and aggressive with this hybrid low over the past few days, and right now I have increasing concern that a landfall - or at least some significant effects of this storm - will be felt across New England with potentially very heavy snow in the Appalachians. Still, the models have a lot to sort out, and I am very suspicious of the extreme low pressure noted by the models - especially since the likelihood of such an event occurring is highly unlikely - if not damn near impossible (937 mb? What?!).

For those of you following this, I would point to HPC's medium range surface analysis forecast for a good idea on thoughts for this system. Current low pressure is 986 mb and just offshore the coastline for Day 7.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: October 23, 2012, 04:11:19 PM »

If this is in regards to subtropical cyclone Sandy, this post may be better suited in the "Tropical Storm Sandy" topic.

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Hurricane Central / Tropical Storm Tony

« on: October 22, 2012, 07:57:42 PM »

One word: Fish. Only interesting note is that it may be "Tony" and two storms after that would go through the name list - forcing any other storms to follow the Greek alphabet.

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Hurricane Central / Hurricane Sandy

« on: October 22, 2012, 07:53:02 PM »

Tropical Storm Sandy has formed south of Jamaica. This storm may become very interesting as models turn in into a hybrid low pressure system and possibly drag it into New England by the weekend - this is far away and there are still a lot of uncertainties but it is something to keep an eye on.

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General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday, Martin!

« on: October 22, 2012, 01:51:50 PM »

Happy 21st, Martin! Now you quite literally do everything legally! I still have to go to Canada to do that. 

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

« on: October 21, 2012, 02:59:00 PM »

47° Overcast

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

« on: October 20, 2012, 10:59:49 PM »

It seems me and Patrick are the only ones who post in this thread a lot. 

71.5°F Sunny 

Ahem. Forgetting somebody?

47° Partly Cloudy

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: October 19, 2012, 12:23:48 PM »

I don't remember the last time I went trick or treating - it was before I turned 13. Still, I loved those Milky Ways. I still do, actually.

This year I may go trick-or-treating again with a bunch of friends with AMS and hit our professors' neighborhood, like they do every year. I recently looked into a three-piece suit that makes me look like Al Capone.

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Help and Support / Re: File open error

« on: October 16, 2012, 04:29:45 PM »

Brian, I dare say I might love you. It's working wonders. Thanks a ton for your help! 

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Your Local Weather / Re: Grand Forks Weather

« on: October 16, 2012, 02:16:40 PM »

High Wind Watch in effect.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
102 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THEN AGAIN THURSDAY...

.STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING IN CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...THEN SPREAD EAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. EVEN
STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY WITH NORTHERLY WINDS
GUSTING OVER 50 MPH.

MNZ029-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-039-049-052>054-
190000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0023.121017T1200Z-121018T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.HW.A.0003.121018T1200Z-121019T0000Z/
WILKIN-TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-
BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO...LANGDON...
MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...
COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...
WAHPETON...ADAMS
102 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. A
HIGH WIND WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

* STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND GUST TO
  AROUND 40 MPH. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BY THURSDAY MORNING
  WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY ALONG AND WEST OF
  THE RED RIVER VALLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT
GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

$$

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Latest Release Information / Re: Emulator Release - October 2012

« on: October 16, 2012, 02:04:29 PM »

Brian - no change, I'm still getting the same error.

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Help and Support / File open error

« on: October 16, 2012, 12:37:40 PM »

Thanks for the new release, Brian. I do have an issue when trying to run the emulator - I get the error message attached below. This is my first time using the emulator and I looked around the boards and didn't find an issue similar to this. Any ideas?

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

« on: October 14, 2012, 10:32:28 PM »

36° Fair

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Your Local Weather / Re: Grand Forks Weather

« on: October 14, 2012, 03:30:50 PM »

Looks like it could get very windy up here on Wednesday and Thursday.