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[icebreaker5221]

Has anyone else seen this?

http://forecast.weat...n=12&glossary=1

000
FXUS64 KOHX 180835
AFDOHX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
335 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK SHORTWAVE OVER THE OH/TN VALLEYS CONTINUES TO
TRAVEL NEWD...PUSHING MOST OF THE MID/HI LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE
UPPER OH VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES. THUS I HAVE SHOWN A DECREASING
POP FOR TODAY AS THE DRIER AIR MOVES IN. I KNOW...I ENDED A
SENTENCE WITH A PREPOSITION...BUT..ACCORDING TO "GRAMMAR GIRL"
IT`S SOMETIMES OK TO DO THAT.{

LOOKING WEST...THE UPPER TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST IS LOOKING
VERY BODACIOUS. FOR THE MIT GRADS...THATS DEEP...ENERGETIC AND
NEGATIVELY TILTED. MOTHER NATURE PULLS MOST OF THE TROUGH NEWD
THROUGH THE NRN ROCKIES/PLAINS. BUT WAIT...SHE FORGOT SOMETHING
AND BY WED AM IT`S SITTING OVER THE SRN PLAINS. IT`S LIKE SHE
DIDN`T BRING HER DOGGIE BAG AND JUST DECIDED TO DISCRETELY WALK
AWAY.

SO THE PILE OF...ENERGY...SITTING OVER THE SRN PLAINS EVENTUALLY
PUSHES ENEWD INTO THE OH/TN VALLEYS ON THU NGT AND FRI. ON THU
MORNING THE GFS AND ECM ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT ON THE POSITION OF
THIS CUTOFF LOW. BUT THAT DOESN`T LAST LONG. THE ECM INVENTS A
VIGOROUS WAVE IN THE NRN STREAM TO DROP THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES
AND PUSH THE LOW TOWARD THE SE COAST BY SAT EVE. WHILE THE GFS...
SORT KICKS THE CAN...ERR LOW...DOWN THE ROAD. LAGGING BEHIND ABOUT
24 HRS. MY CRYSTAL BALL IS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS...BUT RECENT STUDIES
HAVE SHOWN THAT THE ECM VERIFIES A BIT BETTER...SO I HAVE SHOWN A
DECREASING POP ON SAT AND DRY ON SUN. MORE GOOD NEWS...TEMPS FOR
FRI-SUN WILL DROP TO ONLY 5-8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL INSTEAD OF THE
CURRENT 15-20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. WELL THAT`S ALL THE METEOROLOGY
MY LITTLE BRAIN CAN MUSTER AT THIS EARLY HOUR. CIAO.


&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE 81 57 84 60 / 20 0 05 05
CLARKSVILLE 81 58 83 59 / 10 05 10 05
CROSSVILLE 76 54 79 58 / 40 0 05 05
COLUMBIA 82 57 85 59 / 10 0 05 05
LAWRENCEBURG 82 56 84 57 / 10 0 05 10
WAVERLY 82 58 84 59 / 10 05 10 05

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

$$

JLM

[icebreaker5221]

Sorry, just found the link on the main page linking to the off topic discussion.

[schlontz]

I enjoyed it.

[buckeyefan1]

[Eskimo Joe]

I wish more AFD's were written like this. Informative, yet humorous.

[toxictwister00]

Very funny! I like when AFDs can be written in a light and humorous way during what I call dull periods of weather.

[Hugo332]

I'd kill to see ILM put out one like that.

[SmokeEater]

Some people on FB saying the met who wrote that, should be fired. Some people just really need to lighten up.

[nrgjeff]

The crystal ball and ECMWF part is awesome! The MIT sentence is my second favorite. Nashville is a good office. Cheers!

[audioguy3107]

I thought it was pretty funny myself, but you have to wonder if they were a little inebriated.....definitely strange, that's for sure

[Juliancolton]

Epic win

[andyhb]

Especially was fond of the "So the pile of..." bit.

[weathertree4u]

Especially was fond of the "So the pile of..." bit.

Was a very odd post but if you have read them, like most of us have, for years, it was refreshing to see the information presented in a humorous way

[Lookout]

I liked it. It reminds me of some of the Birmingham afds are like. There is one there (can't remember his name), who is just funny as hell, coming up with lines like he did...and he does it all the time.

[jburns]

I liked it. It reminds me of some of the Birmingham afds are like. There is one there (can't remember his name), who is just funny as hell, coming up with lines like he did...and he does it all the time.

In slow times I am in favor of a bit of humor(obviously). As long as the meat is in the AFD a bit of garnishment is fine with me.

[Analog96]

In slow times I am in favor of a bit of humor(obviously). As long as the meat is in the AFD a bit of garnishment is fine with me.

Exactly! I think it's good to see some humor in the AFD once in a while.

[Bozart]

you have to wonder if they were a little inebriated

That's the problem.

Any Weather Service transmission that makes anyone "have to wonder" that...is a problem.

[Hugo332]

That's the problem.

Any Weather Service transmission that makes anyone "have to wonder" that...is a problem.

One must be inebriated to have a sense of humor?

[jburns]

One must be inebriated to have a sense of humor?

If so, I definitely have an alcohol problem.

[Mencken_Fan]

Some people on FB saying the met who wrote that, should be fired. Some people just really need to lighten up.

Bingo. Too many people have starch in their veins.