Hi Bob and Others,
I used to love the radar reports. I don't know how many picnics I saved or
reasonably cancelled during the summer and how many times I ignored the
TV/commercial nay sayers who kept predicting blizzards that never happened.
The reports used to go something like this:
At 3:45 PM a band of snow showers is developing off Lake Erie. They are
currently located from 15 miles off shore to 5 miles off shore and are
about 10 miles wide. Their direction is south by south west and they are
expected over the Buffalo metro area by 4:25 PM. (These reports were always
taken at 15 minutes before the hour.)
Since the continued compartmentalization and privatization (the agricultural
supplement was privatized and is available on a monthly/yearly basis for a
rather stiff fee.) the National Weather service has been dropping such
valuable tools and replacing them with (as you report) fancy sounding
forecasts that are so vague at times that they could be construed as
astrology. (Some time in the future, you will have a significant health
issue; some time between midnight tonight and the afternoon the next day, it
will rain.)
Take care.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: weather information
Hi,
Our local Noaa weather radio does give a local weather outlook summary
statement as part of the looping broadcast. If the forecast is a little
uncertain, that feature goes away for some reason.
Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
Skype name: bobtinn
One of the best days of my life is today!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:11 AM
Subject: weather information
Does anybody remember, and it was not to long ago, when the weather report,
told you all about the location and progress of the weather making systems?
Highs, lows, fronts, etc. Now all we get is forecasts, what not why. Has
anybody found a usable place to find that information. How did this
Panhandle hook developed? What was the pressure gradient? Where is it
going next? How did it get so big? Why was their a massive outbreak? Why
did we get up to twenty inches of snow? All we get is fancy forecasts, and
no information.
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