Capital Weather independent of the Post

[Ian]

Friends, people I've never seen before:

Good to see my password still works here. I think of many of you often... too bad the internet is so fractured these days.  

Anyway, in case you have not heard I wanted to share the news that Capital Weather has been freed from Bezos. 

After a year+ of planning, https://www.capitalweather.com/ re-launched as an independent entity at the end of May and we officially launched today. 

I'd be glad to hear any thoughts from folks around here since y'all are of course the type of folks we're looking to hook.   

[Eskimo Joe]

Hai @Ian 

[WxUSAF]

[NorthArlington101]

Excited to support you all going forward, even as just a matter of principle.

Will be nice to read the articles again after being unwilling to throw the money down for the WaPo paywall.

Best of luck! Will be making sure those around me know how to find the gang.

[Ian]

12 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said:

Excited to support you all going forward, even as just a matter of principle.

Will be nice to read the articles again after being unwilling to throw the money down for the WaPo paywall.

Best of luck! Will be making sure those around me know how to find the gang.

It's been interesting to see how universal the feeling is. Pretty wild how the owner managed to crush the local love so well. 

[NorthArlington101]

It's been interesting to see how universal the feeling is. Pretty wild how the owner managed to crush the local love so well. 

Whenever you all come up in conversations, everyone still has the local love for what you do.

Think you guys have done a good job of getting the word out so far and hope you all get a comfortable amount of paying subscribers soon, if you don’t already have enough. A truly good, local daily forecast is worth the fee for those who want to support.

[Eskimo Joe]

18 minutes ago, Ian said:

It's been interesting to see how universal the feeling is. Pretty wild how the owner managed to crush the local love so well. 

It was intentional. 

PS...shameless content plug but @wxmeddler and I are always available for an article on the mesonet if you're looking for local.

[Ian]

9 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

It was intentional. 

PS...shameless content plug but @wxmeddler and I are always available for an article on the mesonet if you're looking for local.

yeah that could be cool. I sort of half pitched way back when JT started but was post Jason as editor etc. was looking at your website recently.. you guys should give us a data feed to integrate stuff.   also started at umgc in Feb as writer/editor.. university system of maryland buddies. 

[SnowenOutThere]

19 minutes ago, Ian said:

It's been interesting to see how universal the feeling is. Pretty wild how the owner managed to crush the local love so well. 

Wait. You're the capital weather gang Ian right? I want you all at capital weather gang to know you're a large part of how I've learned meteorology. I remember my 5th grade teacher let me read the articles from her laptop and that being my first exposure to real forecasting (outside of books I managed to find). I can recall how I'd wait for the updates before each snowstorm and trying to figure out the storm breakdowns based on the guides about Miller A vs B vs inland track storms CWG published. It was comments on those articles which was how I even found this forum (which I've mentioned before as invaluable and some place I love). Now I'm now majoring in Environmental Science and plan to take every atmospheric science course I can (already took the base one and one about microclimatology); I've even managed to learn the processes behind some of the articles the team has published, but I will always be your teams debt. Thank you both for the important forecasting/media outreach you all do to keep people safe, and for making science interesting. 

[Ian]

4 minutes ago, SnowenOutThere said:

Wait. You're the capital weather gang Ian right? I want you all at capital weather gang to know you're a large part of how I've learned meteorology. I remember my 5th grade teacher let me read the articles from her laptop and that being my first exposure to real forecasting (outside of books I managed to find). I can recall how I'd wait for the updates before each snowstorm and trying to figure out the storm breakdowns based on the guides about Miller A vs B vs inland track storms CWG published. It was comments on those articles which was how I even found this forum (which I've mentioned before as invaluable and some place I love). Now I'm now majoring in Environmental Science and plan to take every atmospheric science course I can (already took the base one and one about microclimatology); I've even managed to learn the processes behind some of the articles the team has published, but I will always be your teams debt. Thank you both for the important forecasting/media outreach you all do to keep people safe, and for making science interesting. 

yep and wow very cool to hear. thanks for sharing. glad to hear you are pursuing it at that level. will continue to have a lot of importance ahead. 

[mappy]

9 hours ago, Ian said:

Friends, people I've never seen before:

Good to see my password still works here. I think of many of you often... too bad the internet is so fractured these days.  

Anyway, in case you have not heard I wanted to share the news that Capital Weather has been freed from Bezos. 

After a year+ of planning, https://www.capitalweather.com/ re-launched as an independent entity at the end of May and we officially launched today. 

I'd be glad to hear any thoughts from folks around here since y'all are of course the type of folks we're looking to hook.   

Howdy friend, glad to see you. Thanks for sharing this and glad it all worked out. Stop by more!

[DanTheMan]

Cancelled my WaPo subscription yesterday, looking forward to watching you guys branch out and grow 

[H2O]

12 hours ago, Ian said:

Friends, people I've never seen before:

Good to see my password still works here. I think of many of you often... too bad the internet is so fractured these days.  

Anyway, in case you have not heard I wanted to share the news that Capital Weather has been freed from Bezos. 

After a year+ of planning, https://www.capitalweather.com/ re-launched as an independent entity at the end of May and we officially launched today. 

I'd be glad to hear any thoughts from folks around here since y'all are of course the type of folks we're looking to hook.   

Glad to see you are doing well, Ian. 
 

It’s also good to see CWG able to go independent and get away from the shackles and demise of the WaPo. I hope this will allow plenty of freedom to choose interesting articles and present info without pressures. I’m happy for you all and wish you success. 

[aldie 22]

I give this post a 60% chance to be successful with a 20% chance for boom and 20% chance to bust. 

with love,

formerly Leesburg 04 

[J.Mike]

I joined up. Love the great email summary I get every day. Good luck to all.

[Kmlwx]

@Ian was always overrated - meh.  

All kidding - missed you, dude! 

[wxmeddler]

13 hours ago, Ian said:

yeah that could be cool. I sort of half pitched way back when JT started but was post Jason as editor etc. was looking at your website recently.. you guys should give us a data feed to integrate stuff.   also started at umgc in Feb as writer/editor.. university system of maryland buddies. 

Hey there! Long time no chat, shame! Although I think my wife and your SO still follow each other on instagram . Congrats on the new-ish position!

I've been pulling out my hair for the past 2 years getting this network up and running, although I think @Eskimo Joe beats me in sleep lost. We're working on the datafeeds! We're currently in the process of hiring a developer to create / manage some of that stuff.

Congrats on the break-up though! I think you all will do well. Happy to work on a piece if Jason is up for it.