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Your Local Weather / Re: Grand Forks Weather

« on: May 22, 2012, 10:40:08 AM »

Severe thunderstorms likely tonight, with the main band hitting Grand Forks around 10-11 PM. An isolated tornado and wind threat is possible, but the main hazard will be very large hail, with some stones up to 3 inches possible tonight. I will try to get some video and photos of the aftermath tonight.

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

« on: May 21, 2012, 06:46:10 PM »

70 and overcast. Showers in the vicinity.

I was hoping to fly tomorrow evening, but this TAF forecast kinda eliminated that.

TEMPO 2223/2224 27030G50KT 0800 +TSRAGR OVC070CB T27/2221Z T11/2212Z AMD 212025

Translated: From 23 to 24Z tomorrow (6-7 PM CDT) - Thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail. Ceiling 7000 feet with cumulonimbus. Visibility half a mile. Winds from the W at 30 knots, gusts to 50 knots.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Alberto

« on: May 19, 2012, 06:55:04 PM »

New data from a ship near Alberto puts winds at 60 mph and the pressure at 995 mb. Little change in strength is expected.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Alberto

« on: May 19, 2012, 06:08:22 PM »

Mac, just a reminder, but you might wanna move those images to an image-hosting website because those will update.

Anyways, that was surely fast! And we're only 12.5 days away from Hurricane season!

I intended for those to update so the latest information would be there when someone clicks on the thread. And yes, Patrick is right. Maximum forecast winds are 50 mph.

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Hurricane Central / Tropical Storm Alberto

« on: May 19, 2012, 04:35:29 PM »

We have Alberto. More information shortly.

Track


Wind Chart


No warnings currently in effect. Maximum winds at 50 mph.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2012

« on: May 19, 2012, 12:28:27 PM »

Here's the radar from Wilmington.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2012

« on: May 19, 2012, 12:06:51 PM »

The invest in the Atlantic has been upgraded to 50% chance of development. This will be something to keep an eye on.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: BREAKING: Dr. Rick Knabb now director of the NHC

« on: May 18, 2012, 04:39:21 PM »

The official article from NOAA:
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20120518_Rick_Knabb.html

This is fantastic! He's deserved that position for quite a while.

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General Discussion / Re: Solar Eclipse

« on: May 17, 2012, 10:35:09 PM »

Here's a fairly good map. When they refer to the eclipse, they mean the point at which the moon is covering the largest portion of the sun. It'll take roughly three hours for it to reach this point from the start time, and by the time it happens, the sun will have set on many of you in the East.



For those in the best viewing area, this is an example of what you'll be seeing. This happened in January 2011.

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Your Local Weather / Re: Grand Forks Weather

« on: May 17, 2012, 06:20:16 PM »

Record tied in Fargo this afternoon. The high reached 92. Note the year the record was set.

000
SXUS73 KFGF 172158
RERFGF

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
455 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2012

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT FARGO HECTOR FIELD...

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE THIS AFTERNOON OF 92 DEGREES AT FARGO HECTOR
FIELD TIES THE RECORD FOR THIS DATE...PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1911.

$$

HOPKINS

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

« on: May 15, 2012, 01:16:13 AM »

62 and overcast with haze and breezy. Winds 24 gusts to 36. A wind advisory remains in effect until 5 AM for gusts to 50 mph. Tonight's forecast - blowing dust.

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The Game Room / Re: Which would you prefer?

« on: May 14, 2012, 09:22:56 PM »

Seeing how last semester I had a suitemate who talked so much that I could barely keep myself from jumping out the window, being around someone who doesn't talk too much.

If you could only choose one matter to permanently resolve, would it be war or world hunger?

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Your Local Weather / Re: Grand Forks Weather

« on: May 14, 2012, 08:25:23 PM »

Very gusty winds tonight behind a cold front. Some isolated showers and thunderstorms possible before cooler temperatures move in tomorrow.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
712 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2012

MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-150800-
WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-
EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-
NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-
RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...
THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...
CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...
GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS
712 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2012

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...

A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
OVERNIGHT. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS
POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY INTO NORTHWEST
MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WINDS MAY GUST OVER 45 MPH NEAR ANY
SHOWERS OR STORMS NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER THROUGH 10 MPH...
AND STRONG WINDS FROM 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SHOULD
PERSIST AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. WINDS
SHOULD SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

$$

DK

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2012

« on: May 14, 2012, 12:05:14 PM »

Since it's a Pacific storm, I'll hold off on making a topic, but we now have Tropical Depression 1-E in the Pacific. It's expected to be a weak tropical storm and nothing more.

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

« on: May 13, 2012, 10:06:01 AM »

59° Mostly Cloudy and Breezy.