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On 5/24/2026 at 12:16 PM, ineedsnow said:

nice Saturday afternoon next weekend 

 

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On 5/24/2026 at 12:17 PM, ineedsnow said:

Icon also very close hmmm

 

On 5/24/2026 at 12:13 PM, ineedsnow said:

far out but Friday night could turn out to be interesting :weenie::whistle:

 

On 5/24/2026 at 12:18 PM, alex said:

If that happens I’m moving

 

On 5/24/2026 at 12:27 PM, dendrite said:

There’s even modeled snow depth. Awesome.

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On 5/24/2026 at 12:27 PM, CoastalWx said:

Ineedtobesober

 

On 5/24/2026 at 12:27 PM, Damage In Tolland said:

Will Be fun to Bump when it’s mostly sunny and 70

 

On 5/24/2026 at 12:32 PM, Damage In Tolland said:

Next weekend at this point looks good. 65-72 with clouds/ sun. One op GFS run doesn’t change that 

 

On 5/24/2026 at 2:37 PM, ineedsnow said:

:snowing::lol:

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19 hours ago, MJO812 said:

He is far from a hypster. He was a well known TV meteorogloist here in NYC. 

The fact he is a well-known meteorologist is irrelevant.  One being well-known doesn't make one right/better or unbiased.

He is at WFLA in Tampa now and has been for at least a year.  Take a look at his social media posts.  They are over-the-top hype/clickbait, no contest.  Always hyping every time it gets hot only, every ridge of high pressure is heat dome, and every anomaly is proof of climate change.

Here is an example.
https://x.com/WeatherProf/status/2056346965814726858

Having animated flames is hype and unnecessary.  And the graphic only focuses on the heat when a large area of cool temps is present and replaces the heat in short order.  That is not only hype, it is reporting bias.  One should report on *everything*, not just cherry-pick certain types of wx that fit a particular narrative.

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6 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

Take a look at his social media posts.  They are over-the-top hype/clickbait, no contest.  Always hyping every time it gets hot only, every ridge of high pressure is heat dome, and every anomaly is proof of climate change.

Not going to lie, I just clicked on him and the first three posts are about drought relief (not hyping), a break in the Florida humidity with dry air, and cold New England temps.

 

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14 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said:

He spent equal time in that discussing how the block was causing it to be cold

It was even. He may be all those things you say he is but he was fair in that particular whatever it is.

You'll find far more posts about heat and hot wx than cool/cold wx.  Look at the mean/average.

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21 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Not going to lie, I just clicked on him and the first three posts are about drought relief (not hyping), a break in the Florida humidity with dry air, and cold New England temps.

 

Improper wording on my part.  It should say, "most of the time" not "always."  

If you go back months, you'll see the bias I am talking about.  

Look at his posts about Europe heat in the last few weeks.  Why would an OCM that should be focusing on wx local to their DMA or at least the U.S. talk about hot wx/heat domes in Europe?  Could it be that there was no sig heat in the U.S. at the same time, so one has to go find it elsewhere on the globe b/c that the "in" thing to hype b/c of global warming?   What gets the most clicks/likes and promotes gloom and doom?  These tendencies and biases are not hard to spot.

All I am saying as a scientist, one need to avoid bias, hype, and report on things w/ balance and reason.  When you are a public figure to millions, a responsibility comes w/ that.  But you see far too many fall into hype and over-the-top/cheesy statements and graphics just to grab attention and proper perspective, reason, and facts be damned.

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