Ask TWC Your Questions

[TWCmatthew]

A segment is airing tonight on Weather Center called Ask TWC. Ask TWC also aired one night in July 2010. Basically, you can ask TWC questions via Facebook, Twitter, or weather.com. I asked two questions:

Can tornadoes form during a snowstorm if the wind sheer and instability is supportive?

Jim, I remember when you got excited when there was lightning during a snowstorm (a.k.a. thundersnow). Why is thundersnow so rare compared to lightning of a summertime thunderstorm?

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[twcfan68]

I think Lightning Rod already answered those questions (I think), but you never know! This would be my question: "Why do you fire all the awesome OCMs? Do they offend?"

I'm surprised you're still alive, TWCmatthew. Winds at 939 mph can't sustain life.

[Anistorm]

I think they're gonna try that again. Remember one time when they dedicated a half-hour of answering questions? I'm not sure if they're gonna do this in segments this time. What a good way to bump the LR crew till tomorrow. 

[TWCmatthew]

I think Lightning Rod already answered those questions (I think), but you never know! This would be my question: "Why do you fire all the awesome OCMs? Do they offend?"

I'm surprised you're still alive, TWCmatthew. Winds at 939 mph can't sustain life.

Yeah, I think LR might've, I'm not sure. BTW, I saw your question on LR last week! 
I also noticed that weather observation error. It's been showing that since last night. It is windy here, (about 25 mph), but I don't think the wind gusted to 939 mph today...

[TWCmatthew]

I think they're gonna try that again. Remember one time when they dedicated a half-hour of answering questions? I'm not sure if they're gonna do this in segments this time. What a good way to bump the LR crew till tomorrow. 

Hopefully they'll answer questions again for a half hour. (But this time with as little commercial breaks as there is during special programming.)

[Zach]

OT for a sec but Christina brought it up. Monroe Custer Airport is actually down atm and that report is from yesterday at 3:15 PM ET 

[TWCmatthew]

OT for a sec but Christina brought it up. Monroe Custer Airport is actually down atm and that report is from yesterday at 3:15 PM ET 

I just noticed that on the NWS website. Something must be wrong with the instruments over at MCA. Also, local news/weather stations are reporting nothing under Monroe.

[Anistorm]

I think they're gonna try that again. Remember one time when they dedicated a half-hour of answering questions? I'm not sure if they're gonna do this in segments this time. What a good way to bump the LR crew till tomorrow. 

Correction: LR will be on at normal time.

[Eric]

OT for a sec but Christina brought it up. Monroe Custer Airport is actually down atm and that report is from yesterday at 3:15 PM ET 

I just noticed that on the NWS website. Something must be wrong with the instruments over at MCA. Also, local news/weather stations are reporting nothing under Monroe.

Yeah, I'd call that a malfunction! 

This is what the NWS location page says:

Monroe, Custer Airport
Lat: 41.94   Lon: -83.43   Elev: 617
Last Update on Oct 19, 3:15 pm EDT
Not a Current Observation

Partly Cloudy and Windy

61 °F
(16 °C)   
Humidity:   34 %
Wind Speed:   NW 938 MPH
Barometer:   29.91"
Dewpoint:   32 °F (0 °C)
Visibility:   270.00 mi.

[Eric]

According to the observations log, the problems began at 12:35 on Tuesday, with a brief recovery until the Jupiter-style readings returned... and then stopped altogether.

19   15:15   NW 938   270.00   Partly Cloudy and Windy   SCT070   61   32         29.91   NA         
19   13:55   W 1281   10.00   Partly Cloudy and Windy   SCT070   61   32         29.93   NA         
19   13:35   W 1055   230.00   Fair and Windy   CLR   61   32         29.94   NA         
19   13:15   NW 1283   10.00   Fair and Windy   CLR   59   32         29.95   NA         
19   12:55   W 13   10.00   Fair   CLR   59   32         29.95   NA         
19   12:35   NW 1055   10.00   Partly Cloudy and Windy   SCT055   55   32         29.96   NA

[TWCmatthew]

  Wow, these houses/buildings must be able to sustain 1000+ mph winds, plus, I didn't feel a thing. 
At least it doesn't affect my TWC readings/HiRad information.

[TWCToday]

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Skyping On Live TV

[TWCmatthew]

Thanks for sharing the clip Martin!

ALERT: A comment came out about 30 minutes ago on Cantore/Steele's Facebook page. It reads:

Hi Everyone! We have to postpone tonight's "Ask The Weather Channel" .. but no fear! We will answer your questions soon. We'll let you know when as soon as we can. Thanks again for your questions!

We'll, I'm kind of disappointed. But hopefully they can go on with it within the next week... 

[gt1racerlHDl]

Thanks for sharing the clip Martin!

ALERT: A comment came out about 30 minutes ago on Cantore/Steele's Facebook page. It reads:

Hi Everyone! We have to postpone tonight's "Ask The Weather Channel" .. but no fear! We will answer your questions soon. We'll let you know when as soon as we can. Thanks again for your questions!

We'll, I'm kind of disappointed. But hopefully they can go on with it within the next week... 

It's kinda obvious that they would postpone it because it seemed so rushed in the 1st place.

[Anistorm]

Probably there weren't enough questions sent in.