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TAMDAR eastbound departure from MDW starting at 6:39 (00:39). Everything up top is good. The lake is doing work on the coast mixing warm.

The DC split is for real...

Fog everywhere man! There was reports from the Bay Bridge (Annapolis) of visibilities down to <100 ft at 8 PM.Millersville has been stuck in the Conestoga Rivers fog bank for 24 hrs and counting. Went outside and took a pic. Down to <300 ft. Feels like you could drink the air. [img]http://imageshack.us/a/img834/7474/20121209024151150.jpg[/img]

This x100. The meteorology field today is very competitive and getting squeezed by both sides. Jobs are disappearing as technology (forecast automation) are taking over forecasting jobs, while at the same time there has been an influx (and more coming) of college graduates who are trying to find jobs. In order to find a meteorology job with a BS nowadays you need to have at least two of a few things. 1. Come from a good school 2. really good grades 3. connections 4. experience in the field. (internships, co-op programs etc.) 5. luck I suggest you visit the AMS site, they have some good information about careers and they keeps tabs on which schools offer meteorology programs. http://www.ametsoc.o...nter/index.html And just for fun here is the WxChallenge Forecasting site where students and colleges compete in a yearly forecasting competition. The top schools for the competition can be found here (pick a year and submit "Team Standings"): http://wxchallenge.c...ive_results.php

Winds gusted to 72 kts before the front moved through at 46035. I was looking at the GFS and it had 90 kts at 925 with 25 dm heights at the center. Anyway. Check Out this EPIC webcam site from the FAA. http://akweathercams.faa.gov/wxcamsitemap.php

This was like the slipping on ice one.. Axis of motion was NE/SW from my location.

PLEASE FILL OUT A REPORT: MAKE IT ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE! USGS: Did you feel it?

Super shallow SOB...

Felt same thing.. just a few shakes.. Thought it was my high spin washer gone amuck. Then WHAM! Full 3" side to side with a SW/NE Axis..

5.8!!

WOW!!!

It is so great that you all are such a tight knit community down there. I'm sure the "lean on me" mantra is echoed strongly right now.

Lets flip this statement around: "While the National Weather Service warnings are a boon to the public at large, they are not suited to the requirements of specific businesses." AccuWx is a business, thus they are suited to the requrements of specific businesses. They are not suited to the public at large simply because their services are not designed or priced for the public. Unfortunately the number of the pubic is 10^x fold greater than the number of "specific businesses".But who really needs the services? The public, and that's where the NWS comes in, and why they are so crucial.

Oh my that's horrible! Im sure stories are echoed much in your town in the past few days. Glad you and yours are safe.

let's take a guess of how many storm reports there will be in the next 24 hours. To compare there was 148 tornadoes in 24 hours with 1974. That equates to about 400-600 tornado reports today. I'm going to go with 210 tornado reports and 1460 other severe reports for a total of 1670 hail/wind/tor. reports.

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