The Weather Thread

[PhilDernerJr]

Yup- Northwest winds are a plus - mainly because they make a larger temp/dewpoint spread. But next time it's foggy out, take a look at a local temp/dewpoint, and you'll notice there will only be a degree or two of seperation. In the fall, when you get a 15 point spread - you'll have excellent clarity! I guess you don't notice this as much when you're on the ground, but on days when you fly and you can see 45 miles, you know the temp/dewpoint is pretty far apart.

You're right about that, but I don't know any other way of predicting spread without going by the wind.

[ISP Pilot]

Basically, I will never use weather.com and when I see people using it, it pisses me off...

I generally use the National Weather Service's website (www.nws.noaa.gov), and if there's something interesting of note or I want more insight, I'll go to their "Forecast Discussion" page on the bottom right of the local homepage. This is where the actual forecaster, usually twice a day, writes what he/she is looking at and why he/she is predicting what he/she is.

Their radar products suck because they use simple doppler, but the Storm Relative Velocity products are really good and something I haven't found on most commercial sites. It's useful, especially in T'storms for determining rotation (i.e. tornado/possibility of a tornado). Most tornado warnings in fact are issued based on what forecasters are looking at not just on regular radar but primarily on the SRV.

It pisses me off also when people use weather.com. Whenever I see people using it, I always tell them to try weather.gov (same as the NOAA national weather site) and they never go back to weather.com. Displayed are all watches and warnings for the country and I am fascinated by tornado warnings and severe t-storm warnings. Another favorite winter warning is heavy freezing spray warning usually affecting coastal Alaska. For radar, I also use duats.

[Fighting_falcon_51]

I've also been interested in the weather also lately.

I usually check the National Hurricane Center's website & Weather.gov every day. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ / http://www.weather.gov

[mirrodie]

Speaking of convection, we just bought a Convection Toaster Oven. I highly recommend it. Heats up food much quicker and reduced our stove use dramatically in the summer.

Trivia.....anyone remember Storm Field, meteorologist? And his father Dr Frank Field, also a meteorologist? His dad was originally an optometrist.

Good thread. I used weather.com since I really knew no other options. I'll now be using NOAA.org. Thanks!

[moose135]

I grew up watching Dr Frank Field! We always watched the Ch 4 local news, and he was on there forever! I think he was one of the first to do health and science reports on the local news as well.

[PhilDernerJr]

Long Island NEws 12's Bill Korbel is the guy that taught me about weather in dispatch school at Flight Safety. Good guy.

[bluejuice]

Sorry guys , I go back even further-- Tex Antoine and Uncle Wethbee on Channel 7.or how about that crazy dude that was on channel 9 Lloyd Lindsey Young. Been following weather for a long time and known as the weather guru here at work. I dont even use weather.com any more and Im beginning to hate the weather channel but thats another thread. I like wx underground, and on my verizon phone,Weather bug ,imap weather for radar ,and also refrence aviation weather for easy to read term forcasts.

[ISP Pilot]

or how about that crazy dude that was on channel 9 Lloyd Lindsey Young.

Huge Lloyd Lindsey Young fan. HEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Was not so much a fan of his son George. Saw a video of him recently on youtube. Still up to his usual weather sayings.

[Fighting_falcon_51]

This is crazy!

[Matt Molnar]

Despite the relative calm up until now, AccuWeather thinks the tropics are going to go nuts in late August-September: http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/new...onnectio-1.asp

[SengaB]

Weather, I thought most here only used weather to shoot or not to shoot. I have obsessively been into weather since college. And was/am an avid a Storm Chaser- especially when I was living in the Midwest/ Plains area. I also took several meteorology classes- Forecasting - witch I sucked at. I also took some storm structure classes at The College of Dupage in the Chicago Area and had Storm Chased with Several Storm Chasers at that college. I do have extensive knowledge about storm structure and development thought my classes and field experience. I have my personal site with links to Weather Data sites for several years now and I do use the site for my Storm Chasing but also for Flying and also Aviation Photography. I keep it simple so I can access anywhere. Weather is also one of my hobbies. I have many shots I'll post some when I can get a hold of them.


I had this Disk Handy,
Streator, IL Tornado 1999.
Obscured by dust. In unfortunately but the time I got tot he tornado the RFD-Rear Flank Downdraft had overtaken the tornado.
Probably the blackest storm I have ever seen.






Senga

[MIAMI ARTCC FAN]

I for the most part use this site for all my Local Stuff

http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/ewall.html

Tropical Wise these are my tools

http://moe.met.fsu.edu/tcgengifs/ and

http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/

As Phil does I am a big Convection Person since I do live in the Convection Capital of the USA. There are many other factors that make up a convective prediction such as SKEW T'S, Lifted Index,Helicity,Hodographs,Wind profiles in all levels of the atmosphere and Temperatures at the 500 MB level.

[SengaB]

SKEW T'S, Lifted Index,Helicity,Hodographs,Wind profiles. All of that brings back memories.

SP has a nice one that I like.
They Incorporated all of them into one place. It works for me.
http://w1.spc.woc.noaa.gov/exper/sou...00_OBS/OKX.gif

Senga

[cancidas]

check out this anvil:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOX8BT3rAoA

[SengaB]

That's a nice one. Those single cells are really easy to chase.

Senga