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On 10/17/2022 at 2:41 PM, eyewall said:

Here are the better shots from the trip in one gallery:
https://jeremygilchrist.smugmug.com/Fall-Foliage-Adventure-2022/

These are fantastic! 

Didn't realize the title of this thread changed to "COVID OBS/DISC"...  Guess I'm going to AmericanMedicine.com for the weather discussions there.

Noticed on Tropical Tidbits an alert about ECMWF super computer upgrades.  Found this interesting article:

https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2022/taking-ecmwfs-new-high-performance-computing-facility-operation

Looks like software/model upgrades to follow the hardware upgrades being done now.

5 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

No I am not aware....though maybe one exists. I have many books on individual weather events such as the Worcester tornado and huge storms (like Feb '78).

Maybe I'll write a Worcester weather book when I am older and retired one day.

You should!  It's quite easy to self-publish these days - especially if you're not looking to make a living at it.

With that storm coming up the coast, Sunday evening definitely looks like an oxford shirt with slacks kind of day.  Might even go to bed early so I can get my eight hours of sleep.

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(Definitely wanted to work slacks into the conversation and stay on topic, though I'm not sure what the topic is at this point.)

5 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I am a certified sleep expert.

2 hours ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Who knows, the optics of what happened are insanely bad. You lay off a guy on one of the handful of most popular morning shows in the country, and then to bring him back you make a host of the show pay his salary.

the part of this that is kind of flying under the radar is they are taking a 38% administrative fee? What is that? Healthcare?

 

I will assume all the costs involved with that person being an employee of Beasley.  So payroll taxes, benefits, etc.  Anything the company would have paid as their share of hiring an employee full time.  They are being d#$cks about it, and saying we are not footing 1 cent of the bill for this person to remain on the payroll.  A literal "you want him, you pay for him!"

1 hour ago, Whineminster said:

Yep I just read that.  They should cut from bad products, not good ones. Make no sense. Cut Adam Jones he's not that great. Just rehashes the same shit, nothing new, nothing unexpected. 

 

 

Obviously, we're only hearing the T&R side of things, but to be honest, this sounds like a shot across the bow on whenever their next contract negotiation comes up.  Even though they are the highest billing show based on revenue in the cluster, they decided to cut a staffer from their morning show and not the other morning shows.  Either that or they are insanely stupid - in the modern era of podcasting T&R could easily take their show off the radio and still make money, and Beasley would probably not have anything good to replace the revenue that would leave with them.

So glad I didn't go into that industry as a career.  Was a Comm major in college and was working part-time in radio in Providence as well and decided to get out of it right when they first started to consolidate in the late 90's.  The entire industry is full of financed debt from all the big consolidations of the last 25 years, and its sucking the personality out of the industry/medium. JMTC...

2 hours ago, Whineminster said:

Ehhh I think they'll bring Mac back, but if he stinks they'll take him out

Yeah Jones definitely has the job when he comes back.  Two good wins in a row for the Pats, but good defense, good special teams, and conservative offense are more than enough to beat the Lions and the Browns. Jones would have most likely beat them as well.  Zappe has played well but they were lucky to get two terrible teams to run “rookie” level offense with and come out on top.

2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

https://psl.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/data/composites/printpage.pl

https://psl.noaa.gov/data/usclimdivs/

Thanks!  Was snooping around that site but that second link was the one I was looking for!

8 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

He on vacation? Can’t wait for the pics of him and friends getting shared here, ha.

At this point we just need a Stein thread to track his movements and social media posts... 

27 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

He made sure he got “his home” in the Jack for winter, even though it doesn’t fit the axis. This is why LR forecasting is a joke 

 

Gotta love the map, with no blog post or even thread comments to explain his thoughts as to why he believes there will be below average temps and above average snow. 

I know this question has been asked before, but where does one get the maps or generate the maps that are used for multi-month and multi-year analogs that I see posted here often?  Just curious to play around with them when free time allows... fascinating stuff...

Were there really models spitting out that much QPF yesterday?  I thought I saw mostly 1-3" amounts on the models except for a couple of bullseyes in NH and ME higher elevations.  Then again I only checked a couple of times yesterday in the morning and early afternoon before primary precip moved in...

Just got a flood watch notification.  Looking at radar I can see why...

Feels like Christmas Eve out there tonight!  Dog is grumpy, no walk tonight.  Been moderate to heavy rain here for a couple of hours now.  Radar and models look quite wet.

2 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

That’s a widespread soaker on the 00z HRRR.

Euro, NAM, HRRR locked in.  Just have to get the Commodore 64 on board...

2 hours ago, raindancewx said:

As far as me: I was accused once of stealing hundreds of thousands of sensitive files at a job. I didn't do it. But during the investigation, I was given a whole range of psychological tests for emotional stability, personality type, IQ, etc. I'm quite normal. A normal person dislikes intellectual dishonesty - which as I've said is my issue. Repeatedly claiming to be right when you are wrong is quite irritating, and every time I point it out, people in this forum email me directly for doing so. Take it as you will.

12 hours ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

What is the parking situation for providence bruins games?

Purchasing a 20 home game ticket package, but won’t do it if parking is outrageous 

https://www.bestparking.com/providence-ri-parking/destinations/amica-mutual-pavilion-parking/bridgeport-islanders-at-providence-bruins-1233941/

I don't know if the parking prices fluctuate at the Pavilion/Convention Center garages, but it's still $2 to park over at Providence Place Mall for five hours if you don't mind walking a couple of blocks.  I think you'll spend less than $20 per game either way...

1 minute ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

TBH, I would probably do the same thing if I were in his shoes...you just have to when you're in a highly visible position like that. Just sucks society is like that today.

I would tend to agree. Many controversies have started by unintended statements without context made on Twitter that are amplified to hell in the echo-chamber of the Internet . His job isn’t to generate controversy. I’m sure if you were having some beers with him at a bar, the conversation would be different.

2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Just spotty stuff on models. You don’t forecast anymore 

The models didn't really have what fell last night either - I mean it was there, but what it ended up looking like on radar overnight was was much more widespread than the surface depictions on the HRRR.  The NAM was closest I believe - though that was overdone... but I wouldn't count out another decent .25" - .50" of rain even back into CT.

Ugh, KBOX radar being down tonight kind of bit me in the a$$ tonight. Was trying to pick a time in between rain showers to walk the dog. Went out and immediately got caught in a downpour despite no echoes overhead (checked a few times). Dog definitely was not happy with me.  Will assume it’s a beam angle, or distance issue with the showery nature of this storm.

Irony… my dogs name is Radar. 

Interesting discussion for rain tonight in SE NE

“.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... * Steadier rain overspreads the region tonight, with localized 3 to 4 inches totals possible through tomorrow morning for portions of SE MA. Surface low pressure associated with a vertically stacked upper level low is centered over southern NJ. That upper low will slowly track towards the 70W/40N benchmark, bringing a period of steadier rain to much of our area. There will be a rather sharp gradient between areas with generally 0.25 to 0.5 inches of rain and areas that receive 1 to 3 inches of rain. The latter areas appear to be mainly across eastern MA, and especially southeast MA including Plymouth county and the Cape Cod Canal. This is where the nose of the mid-level dry slot and low-level jet is, and local research has shown that rainfall amounts tend to overperform due to the jet dynamics. In addition, the Trough of Warm Air Aloft (TROWAL) will help to further boost rainfall rates and even lead to elevated convection or a few rumbles of thunder overnight. Upon coordination with WPC, have used the HREF Probability Matched Mean (PMM) product to boost rainfall towards the 90th percentile of guidance for overnight tonight into Wednesday morning.”

2 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Yup. why they did away with the old format-

Did the Trump administration hand a mandate down to suck balls?

I want them sued and the Director of technology or whatever, that persons face to be smashed against a monitor until they’re an inch of consciousness. 
 

Having said that… What is “RadarScope”

I use RadarScope Pro as well, but this is my backup, especially on desktop computer as my RadarScope Pro license doesn’t transfer over at the subscription level I have:

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/index.php?type=BOX-N0Q-1-12

The graphics aren’t great but love the 200 frame view for the price ($0). Worth a try before you buy anything considering your reference point is NWS site.

12 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Same basic setup with strong HP to north pressing and exerting . Lots of low dews and limited forcing . Careful calling for heavy rains away from SE zones 

HP is not over Ontario this time, and seems to be moving east out of the area pretty quickly.  Could let a little more low level moisture in than on Saturday.