What's more current than the weather?

Undertoad · 01-02-2014, 08:02 AM

Prediction for Casa Toad in the next 24 hours:

National Weather Service: 4-6"
Weather Channel: 4-6"
Accuweather: 3-6"
NBC local: 4-7"
FOX local: 3-6"
ABC local: 3-6"
CBS local: 4-6"
Eastern PA Weather Authority: 6-10"

Somebody's being an attention whore this morning.

Griff · 01-02-2014, 08:33 AM

... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY...

* LOCATIONS... NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW YORK.

* HAZARDS... HEAVY SNOW... BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILLS... WILL DROP AS LOW AS MINUS 15 TO MINUS 25 DEGREES LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

Yeah, I'm not really gonna go ahead and stop by work today.

Undertoad · 01-03-2014, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Prediction for Casa Toad in the next 24 hours:

National Weather Service: 4-6"
Weather Channel: 4-6"
Accuweather: 3-6"
NBC local: 4-7"
FOX local: 3-6"
ABC local: 3-6"
CBS local: 4-6"
Eastern PA Weather Authority: 6-10"

Somebody's being an attention whore this morning.

Actual: 6", but some places reported 9", so broadly everyone was right and wrong. As usual!

Carruthers · 01-03-2014, 12:57 PM

The weather on this side of the Atlantic has been nothing but high winds and torrential rain for the past couple of weeks. A mighty storm hit the UK on Monday of last week which resulted in floods and damage to overhead power lines. Thousands of homes were without electricity for several days, including Christmas Day. Another storm hit us on the Friday and inflicted more damage. Tuesday was nothing but driving rain all day and today (Fri 3rd Jan) we've had thunderstorms and hail.

As I type, yet another deep area of low pressure is out in the Atlantic and winding itself up to visit storm and tempest upon this sceptered isle.

The weather chap on the TV explained that our current problems are another manifestation of what is happening in the north east United States. Where the dense Arctic air is meeting the warm air mass from the south, it is creating an extremely strong jetstream which is heading our way and creating the mighty atmospheric turbulence we are seeing at the moment.
He showed a graphic of the two air masses and the daytime high in Quebec was -22C and in Florida +19C. Well, there was never going to be a happy ending to that, was there?

As we British would say, 'mustn't grumble'. But we do

xoxoxoBruce · 01-04-2014, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Actual: 6", but some places reported 9", so broadly everyone was right and wrong. As usual!

They casually mentioned on TV the 9" reading for Philadelphia Airport was actually taken across the river in Gloucester City, NJ.
WTF?
At the same time all the local NJ measurements they were giving, were less than 9".

01-02-2014, 08:33 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS... NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW YORK. * HAZARDS... HEAVY SNOW... BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILLS... WILL DROP AS LOW AS MINUS 15 TO MINUS 25 DEGREES LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. Yeah, I'm not really gonna go ahead and stop by work today. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-02-2014, 08:02 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Prediction for Casa Toad in the next 24 hours: National Weather Service: 4-6" Weather Channel: 4-6" Accuweather: 3-6" NBC local: 4-7" FOX local: 3-6" ABC local: 3-6" CBS local: 4-6" Eastern PA Weather Authority: 6-10" Somebody's being an attention whore this morning.

01-03-2014, 12:57 PM	#4
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	The weather on this side of the Atlantic has been nothing but high winds and torrential rain for the past couple of weeks. A mighty storm hit the UK on Monday of last week which resulted in floods and damage to overhead power lines. Thousands of homes were without electricity for several days, including Christmas Day. Another storm hit us on the Friday and inflicted more damage. Tuesday was nothing but driving rain all day and today (Fri 3rd Jan) we've had thunderstorms and hail. As I type, yet another deep area of low pressure is out in the Atlantic and winding itself up to visit storm and tempest upon this sceptered isle. The weather chap on the TV explained that our current problems are another manifestation of what is happening in the north east United States. Where the dense Arctic air is meeting the warm air mass from the south, it is creating an extremely strong jetstream which is heading our way and creating the mighty atmospheric turbulence we are seeing at the moment. He showed a graphic of the two air masses and the daytime high in Quebec was -22C and in Florida +19C. Well, there was never going to be a happy ending to that, was there? As we British would say, 'mustn't grumble'. But we do

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