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

« on: March 03, 2011, 05:56:54 PM »

Strong winds are/is one of the criteria for  a severe T-storm warning. I believe >60MPH. Here we had a few strikes and rumbles, but heavy rain for about an hour. It was was less severe than I would have liked.

Well, of there are strong winds of about 60 mph, but there is no lightning and thunder, then, technically it's not a thunderstorm. This sometimes happens when there is a low CAPE environment. You just call it severe showers, though, I don't think it's meteorologically correct.

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

« on: March 01, 2011, 06:19:42 PM »

It was a lame non event in the mid atlantic yesterday

Yes, we got nothing but occasional rain showers. No thunder, hail, or downpours. 

That's how I feel when there's no lightning or thunder.

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

« on: February 28, 2011, 03:40:27 PM »

Severe weather is now moving into my area.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 231 PM CST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WEST JEFFERSON TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRYANT DENNY STADIUM... AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HUEYTOWN... GARDENDALE... FULTONDALE... FAIRFIELD... BIRMINGHAM... BESSEMER... PINSON-CLAY-CHALKVILLE AND HOMEWOOD.

THIS INCLUDES... INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 250 THROUGH 282... INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 33... US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 81 THROUGH 91... INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 62 THROUGH 140... INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 143...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL               1-800-856-0758       

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

« on: February 28, 2011, 03:08:21 PM »

If there's an imminent outbreak, I'll definitely try to get the SPC outlooks and what not posted. In fact, in correlation with this tab (with permission from TWCC_Lightning), I'd like to start a sister thread that just contains convective outlook and warning maps, self-updating.

That is perfectly all right with me. I'm all for it.

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

« on: February 27, 2011, 11:10:04 PM »

It's certainly going to be worse here if TWC is right, they're using the term Strong Thunderstorms in their forecast here. That's an upgrade from Thunderstorms/Wind the past couple of days, looks like it's a damaging wind event for us going by them. Our NWS office has been up in the clouds daydreaming as usual. Now I see this morning they're saying a 80% chance of Severe T' Storms that's a far cry from the showers I saw yesterday.

There are using the term Strong Thunderstorms for the forecast here, too. On the local on the 8s, it says "Variable clouds with Strong Thunderstorms".

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: February 26, 2011, 06:42:47 PM »

The Weather Channel covers severe weather outbreaks the same way that they did back in the 1990s.

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General Discussion / Re: Video Question

« on: February 26, 2011, 06:35:06 PM »

All of my videos are from DVDs, converted over from VHS VCR tapes.

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General Weather Chat / Re: Significant Severe Weather Outbreak Feb. 24

« on: February 24, 2011, 09:38:25 PM »

They just issued a tornado watch for my area.

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Hurricane Central / Re: 2011 Hurricane Season Outlook Released

« on: February 19, 2011, 05:43:37 PM »

According to one of Dr Jeff Masters blog there is a small possibility that La Ninia  could be completely dissipated by summer. With the small possibility of El Ninio setting in by fall....Only 2 computer models showed that at the time.I dont know what has changed since then

La Nina is beginning to weaken as the SST's are slowly increasing and the Climate Prediction Center's models (most of them) are trending toward a transition from La Nina to ENSO neutral conditions by summer.

Thank God, I hope we'll start shifting into a wetter pattern this Spring. Were already in a Level 1 drought, I don't want it to get worse.

Well, my experience has been that when La Nina is in a weakening phase during the spring, we tend to have an active severe weather season. This was the case during the La Nina springs of 1989, 2000 and 2008.

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Hurricane Central / Re: 2011 Hurricane Season Outlook Released

« on: February 19, 2011, 02:15:06 PM »

According to one of Dr Jeff Masters blog there is a small possibility that La Ninia  could be completely dissipated by summer. With the small possibility of El Ninio setting in by fall....Only 2 computer models showed that at the time.I dont know what has changed since then

La Nina is beginning to weaken as the SST's are slowly increasing and the Climate Prediction Center's models (most of them) are trending toward a transition from La Nina to ENSO neutral conditions by summer.

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Severe Weather / Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread

« on: February 15, 2011, 06:23:40 PM »

As all of you well know, the 2011 spring severe weather season is right around the corner and I have a feeling that for most, it could be an active one, not just for the plains "tornado alley" but for "dixie alley" and other tornado-prone portions of the country, as well. I checked out the climate predictions center's site and there are indications that La Nina is beginning to weaken and when La Nina is in a weakening phase during the spring, it tends to be active. At least that's what my experience has been. This happened during the La Nina's of 1989, 2000 and 2008.

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Valentines Day Banner

« on: February 14, 2011, 05:58:05 PM »

I didn't want to have to start a whole new topic to say this, but couldn't find one that this would fit. I love the Valentines Day banner!! 

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Programming / Re: 5 Day Business Planner backdrop from 1990

« on: February 08, 2011, 06:09:52 PM »

I don't (since I didn't discover the channel until '92), but Charles does. The woman always scared him. Probably why she was removed after a few days.

I remember on the twc classics site back in late 2006, early 2007, a video of the promo featuring that and there was a caption that said, "the drawing of the women always freaked Chazz out."

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Programming / 5 Day Business Planner backdrop from 1990

« on: February 07, 2011, 06:29:32 PM »

Does anyone remember the 5 Day Business Planner backdrop, circa 1990? The one with the woman wearing glasses, sitting at her desk with her briefcase and talking on the phone.

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General Weather Chat / Re: 2010-2011 Winter Storm Season

« on: February 07, 2011, 06:17:36 PM »

BTW, big warm-up potential for next week.

Yeah, that is what I am hearing, too. It's about time. I just wish it would get warm and stay warm. That won't happen until late April or May, where I live. Remember, 18 years ago, what happened in March.