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

« on: June 02, 2011, 11:34:25 PM »

84°F Clear

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread

« on: June 02, 2011, 10:18:45 PM »

if yesterday was a sign of things to come watch there be more tornadoes in new england this summer

tornadoes can strike anywhere, it's not all about oklahoma and alabama as y'all perceive it to be

Who perceives it like that? Oklahoma and Alabama are in tornado alley, so they may get more than others, but tornadoes can obviously strike in any part of the country. That makes sense.

Also, Alex, what gives you the thought that there will be more tornadoes in NE this summer?

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Your Local Weather / Re: Dallas-Fort Worth weather

« on: June 02, 2011, 05:27:15 PM »

MAY 2011 HIGHS AND LOWS
We certainly had some temperature swings this month. From highs in the low 50s to start the month to highs near the century mark at the end, I think we got a little taste of every season in just one month!

5/1: 72° / 46°
5/2: 53° / 46°*
5/3: 70° / 43°
5/4: 75° / 48°
5/5: 78° / 56°
5/6: 84° / 52°
5/7: 90° / 65°
5/8: 92° / 70°
5/9: 93° / 73°
5/10: 87° / 70°
5/11: 82° / 63°
5/12: 83° / 62°
5/13: 76° / 61°
5/14: 71° / 52°
5/15: 74° / 51°
5/16: 74° / 53°
5/17: 82° / 55°
5/18: 86° / 66°
5/19: 82° / 71°
5/20: 87° / 66°
5/21: 88° / 61°
5/22: 91° / 66°
5/23: 88° / 70°
5/24: 91° / 73°
5/25: 92° / 73°
5/26: 81° / 59°
5/27: 95° / 64°
5/28: 97° / 75°
5/29: 95° / 73°
5/30: 93° / 75°
5/31: 92° / 74°

*53° was a record low maximum temperature for May 2. The previous record was 57° set in 1994.


MAY 2011 RAINFALL UPDATE
The Metroplex had a LOT of rain and severe weather this month. Unfortunately, we are still in a deficit, but it is not as bad.

Month-to-date total: 7.95 inches
NORMAL month-to-date total: 5.15 inches
(Departure from normal: +2.80 inches)

Year-to-date total: 13.00 inches
NORMAL year-to-date total: 15.68 inches
(Departure from normal: -2.68 inches)


IS IT THE APOCALYPSE?
This report is found on weather.com for May 23, 2011 at DFW Intl. Airport. I don't remember such a thing!

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: June 01, 2011, 01:21:06 PM »

That Tropical Update Opener looks a hell of a lot better than the 2010 one. The transition to the palm trees swaying in the wind/rain is nice.

Good graphics change, however the music is the same. But maybe that's not such a bad thing.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: May 31, 2011, 05:22:40 PM »

The DP intro used the old music

I saw that! Well, that was great opener music.

Yeah, I haven't heard the actual DP opener music be played for quite a while.

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

« on: May 30, 2011, 07:08:34 PM »

Are ad crawls on the IS2 generated by the cable company? I've seen some recent videos of the IS2 on YouTube (the most recent being a couple of weeks ago), but none of them have an ad crawl.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan DISH network progress?

« on: May 30, 2011, 01:58:52 PM »

Weatherscan 16:9 SD?

Kind of off-topic, but is this possible? I'm not trying to be critical because I honestly have no idea. 16:9 in SD...

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: May 30, 2011, 01:55:28 PM »

I was wondering if any of you guys have had this problem--well, unfortunately, my front porch (ha ha, get it?) has been taken over by wasps. And to make matters worse, they are trying to build a nest in my outdoor ceiling fan. Even with the fan on, those little buggers ride the blades like a rollercoaster and just crawl inside it where the motor is. What the heck? Now I can't enjoy sitting on my balcony in the evenings because there is a wasp attack right above my chair. I've considered spraying the inside of my fan, but it sounds like a shock hazard when I say that. Any advice?

Christina, if you can find anything that helps with this problem, please let me know. My back porch has been taken over by wasps. We used to have a ceiling fan, and they would always build their nests in there. But now since the fan is gone, the wasps seem to be crawling up under the gutters and building a nest in the attic. According to the Terminix guy, the wasps we have are called "mud-daubers" and won't sting you unless you pose a serious threat to them. But I still don't like any wasps on my back porch.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: wxgatlin's artwork

« on: May 27, 2011, 11:45:09 PM »

Hey Donovan, is the site for your artwork broken or removed? I tried the links you provided in previous posts, and it says the site has not been published.

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Local Forecast / Re: New SD Satellite LF

« on: May 27, 2011, 04:47:00 PM »

A few things bother me about this new SD Satellite LF.

First up, on the flavors that I've seen, there are no Watches/Warnings page. This seems like an important part of the LF, because if you're seeing the satellite LF, that means you're not seeing a local STAR which would give you any information pertaining to severe weather watches or warnings that you may be under. The old SD Satellite LF had these products displayed first thing on the LF, because they're important, and the HD Satellite LF (which this new SD Satellite LF seems to based on) has the Watches/Warnings product. Why doesn't the new SD Satellite LF have the product? Why the SD version of the Satellite LF doesn't use the same flavor lineup as the HD version is beyond me, because they seem to be very similar in almost every other way.

Another is the radar/satellite loops. They seem to go by too quickly (only two loops) and they seem to be somewhat lagy and jumpy; the animation is anything but smooth. Another thing I've noticed is that the radar/satellite does show Severe Thunderstorm/Tornado watch polygons (like the HD Satellite LF and previous SD Satellite LF); however, on TWC's new radar system that they use for national segments, they don't show the watch polygons, they show the individual counties under the watch area, which seems to be the preferred way to display the watches, as noted by the SPC.

Billy, I couldn't agree with you more. Honestly, why didn't TWC make the flavor line-up of the new SD satellite the EXACT same as that of the HD satellite? It would be much more consistent; the only thing they would need to have done was turn a 16:9 screen into 4:3 one.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: wxgatlin's artwork

« on: May 26, 2011, 11:35:42 PM »

Holy ****, these graphics are way too awesome!

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Local Forecast / Re: New SD Satellite LF

« on: May 26, 2011, 06:09:10 PM »

Will this also be used for the emergency feed?

Probably.

And yes, it looks like TWC has implemented this today. Anyone with SD satellite can see it though, not sure what the posts about having I-STAR's has anything to do with this.

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Local Forecast / Re: New SD Satellite LF

« on: May 25, 2011, 09:56:53 PM »

i'm not so sure about the rain and lightning on the base maps...quite distracting.

That's what I think too, Al. They really distract from the icons.

And I wish TWC would keep the 3-day forecast or make it like a 5-day forecast that is on the HD satellite. That was more useful than the national map they are using.

EDIT: Never mind...the 5-day forecast is used on the 2-minute flavor. I still think it should be used on both the 1:30 and 2 minute flavors, though.

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Local Forecast / Re: New SD Satellite LF

« on: May 25, 2011, 05:33:05 PM »

It looks like they're finally phasing out their old WPS/WSI satellite LF system that had been a fixture since 1999 with a more-modern Vizrt-based satellite LF, not unlike the current HD Satellite LF. The finny thing is, I predicted this would happen nearly two years ago...

Is this how "advanced" animations are now able to be used on the SD satellite? Because I remember when they upgraded to the new graphics three years ago, I asked why they couldn't use animations, and someone said that is because the system cannot support such a thing.

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Local Forecast / Re: New SD Satellite LF

« on: May 25, 2011, 05:14:44 PM »

***As of 3:48 PM CDT (4:48 PM EDT), TWC reverted back to the original SD satellite forecast. Maybe they were just testing something?

(I happened to see it just in time at 3:38 this afternoon, and it looked really good.)