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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: May 18, 2013, 11:36:10 PM »

TWC went back to taped programming at 11 PM ET/10 PM CT.  Ironically, they're showing that same program they showed during the 8 PM ET/7 PM ET hour.  Maybe because it is about tornado myths they feel it is educational?  I will say that with the storms dying and them starting to say the same thing over and over maybe going to tape now was alright.  But certainly not for the 8 PM hour when there were tornadoes on the ground.

I guess tomorrow we don't have to worry about this since they have said they will be live all day.  Now let's hope the severe weather does not bust.

I will say that the team tonight of Warren, Kim, and Carl did a very good job.  I am honestly shocked that they kept Warren and Kim on the entire time and did not switch to a new pair of OCMs a little later on, but maybe because it is the weekend they are short?  Granted, I know there have been times when OCMs have stayed on for quite some time (Paul Goodloe is a good example) but it seems like recently they only keep OCMs on for a couple of hours or so.  I could be wrong.  But perhaps Warren and Kim's dinner break was during the 8 PM hour they went to tape?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: May 18, 2013, 09:19:20 PM »

TWC goes live again at 9pm ET long after the tornadoes touched down at 8:28pm ET.

They must have just cut in.  I tuned in just a little after 9pm ET (8pm CT) to see an episode of Deadliest Space Weather about tornadoes.  Figures.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: May 18, 2013, 09:12:08 PM »

At least TWC has their live tornado hunt feed going on weather.com.  This is ridiculous.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: May 18, 2013, 07:25:02 PM »

Warren Madden is on with Kim Cunningham for WCL and extended coverage this evening.

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

« on: May 18, 2013, 05:24:01 PM »

92°F Mostly cloudy/windy

Warmest day of the year so far.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: May 16, 2013, 12:22:21 PM »

I really can't see how that would be a permanent change.  I just can't.  Taking a look at IceManNYR's post in this thread, one of the OCM's said that was just for a "company meeting."  Now, that might be a bunch of you-know-what, but perhaps something was going on last night that is not permanent, especially if your Xfinity guide didn't show the changes, Alex.  We can only hope...

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: Adding Altitude Communications to the list of Cable Providers

« on: May 16, 2013, 12:18:39 PM »

I have added it.

Welcome to the forums.

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2013

« on: May 16, 2013, 12:15:38 PM »

It looks like the quiet spring we've experienced thus far is coming to an end, following a tornado outbreak in North Texas yesterday.  The NWS in Fort Worth is saying at least 10 tornadoes were confirmed from the outbreak. 

The tornado in Granbury, TX has been given a preliminary rating of EF4.  I am still waiting to see, and curious, what the rating on that mile-wide tornado in Cleburne will be. 

I am wishing for safety for any of you in the path of storms over the coming days and recovery for anyone who has been affected by these deadly tornadoes.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2013

« on: May 15, 2013, 11:35:36 AM »

Well, the Pacific sure didn't waste any time.  The Pacific Hurricane Season starts today, May 15, and we already have our first tropical depression.  It looks to pose no threat to land, though.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: May 15, 2013, 11:29:44 AM »

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the 2013 Hurricane Season graphics.





It looks like we finally have some uniformity in the graphics department now.

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Forecasting / Re: Spring/Summer Weather Discussion Thread

« on: May 14, 2013, 07:03:20 PM »

This heat in the central/northern Plains today was incredible!!

Just to list a few cities:
106°F in Sioux City, IA, which shattered the old record of 97°F.
101°F in Omaha, NE, which broke the old record of 96°F.
98°F in Minneapolis, MN, which broke the old record of 95°F.

And what's even more impressive is that these cities saw winter temperatures Sunday morning, just two days ago!!  Omaha and Lincoln, NE went from setting record lows of 32°F and 31°F, respectively, Sunday morning to breaking record highs this afternoon!

I'm also not sure who saw the greatest difference in temperatures, but let's just say that Sioux City saw a low of 29°F Sunday morning (only 1° shy of the record low) and then surged to 106°F this afternoon - a 77° change in only a couple of days!  Just amazing!

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Forecasting / Re: Spring/Summer Weather Discussion Thread

« on: May 14, 2013, 12:11:08 PM »

It's amazing what a difference only a couple of weeks makes when you talk about weather (sometimes even less ).  The Plains go from unseasonably cold weather, breaking record lows, the first few days of May, to unseasonably hot weather, likely breaking record highs, just two weeks later.  Today's highs will be in the mid-90s across parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota!  I think we're talking about our first major heat wave of the year.

Meanwhile, the eastern United States, which has seen relatively warm temperatures for the past several weeks, has been rather chilly recently.  It's all about the jet stream.  That ridge over the central U.S. is really causing those temperatures to rise while the trough in the east is ushering in some cooler air.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: May 09, 2013, 09:32:45 PM »

Speaking of AccuWeather:

AccuWeather Launches Exclusive 30-Day Forecast

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

« on: May 08, 2013, 10:20:56 PM »

62°F Thunderstorm

According to the Mesonet, an 11-degree temperature drop occurred within 5 minutes.  Not too bad, not too bad...

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Local Forecast / Re: Emergency Feed Sightings

« on: May 06, 2013, 12:18:52 AM »

The squeezeback segment did not cue at 3:48PM PT, so the emergency feed was cued instead. Also, the EF now seems to have updated graphics 

Note: Sorry about the crappy quality as I took it with my phone.

That's the emergency feed?!?!