Kmlwx Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 CURRENT STANDINGS Updated 11/29(7:30pm) (Standings are an indication of total departure) DEPARTURES NBC4 = 10 FOX5 = 11 ABC7 = 10 WUSA9 = 14 NWS = 10 PLACES 1st = TIED (NBC/ABC/NWS) 2nd = FOX5 3rd = WUSA9 *Lowest Departure at end of project wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SN Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Probably have to go with FOX 5. Wusa9 is the next best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 20, 2010 Author Share Posted November 20, 2010 Probably have to go with FOX 5. Wusa9 is the next best. WUSA 9 has always been my favorite. Topper+Howard combo is pretty strong. This is in terms of presentation though. Haven't really ever put their forecasts to the test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidlothianWX Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 News Channel 8 FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIC Airport Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 News Channel 8 FTW. Which market? us or them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidlothianWX Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Which market? us or them? Them - it was always my favorite growing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 20, 2010 Author Share Posted November 20, 2010 Them - it was always my favorite growing up. Their forecast will be identical to WJLA (ABC 7) sister stations and they use the same meteorologists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 20, 2010 Author Share Posted November 20, 2010 I'm thinking of taking the whatever forecast each news outlet has posted on their website (assuming the website is up to date) as of 8:00pm each evening (mainly for convenience for myself lol - Plus it'll be after the evening newscasts). The first thing I want to look at is forecast HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY and for the FOLLOWING DAY ONLY. I'll check other aspects as we continue. I'll throw in NWS (point and click because zones do not give specific temperatures) as well. Summary - - 8:00pm Forecast is the forecast that goes. - For now only looking at the next days forecast HIGH temperature - Forecast assumed to be for Washington, DC (correct me if I'm wrong) - Point and click used from NWS for Washington, DC - Lowest Overall Departure = Best in this category. - STARTING WITH TODAY'S (11/20) forecast for TOMORROW'S HIGHS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kmlwx Posted November 20, 2010 Author Share Posted November 20, 2010 - You made me laugh out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 FORECASTS FOR SUNDAY 11/21 WRC (NBC 4) - 55 WTTG (FOX 5) - 54 WJLA (ABC 7) - 54 WUSA 9 (CBS) - 54 NWS Point-Click - 52 Well...it looks like if it's 54 we'll have a bunch of ties to start off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 Going to be a fail for all of them it appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 Preliminary Climate Report for National Airport shows high of 58 degrees. RESULTS (11/21) NBC4 = -3 FOX5 = -4 ABC7 = -4 WUSA9 = -4 NWS = -6 All busted low. NBC was the best and NWS was the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 Current cumulative standings will be posted/updated on the 1st original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 This is a cool idea. I started doing it for the Boston Mets, except Im doing for the next day, and for 5 days in advance. Some of the differences are pretty high. Even for tommorow the lowest forecast is 49 and the highest is 53. For Friday, one station is going for a high of 38 and one has 51-pretty amazing difference. Maybe Ill do forecast lows after, but highs is much more interesting. I think it will be cool to see which station has best long term and which has best short term accuracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 FORECASTS FOR MONDAY 11/22 (issued Sunday evening) NBC4 - 67 FOX5 - 65 ABC7 - 66 WUSA9 - 65 NWS Point-Click - 63 Verification posted tomorrow afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Interesting that NWS has been the low one the last two days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Interesting that NWS has been the low one the last two days. Just remember that the NWS doesn't actually do specific point forecasts like the local news people do. They forecast for the entire WFO, and it has to make sense on a graphical image. If the areas surrounding DCA are cooler, than DCA needs to get smoothed down in order to avoid hot spots on the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Just remember that the NWS doesn't actually do specific point forecasts like the local news people do. They forecast for the entire WFO, and it has to make sense on a graphical image. If the areas surrounding DCA are cooler, than DCA needs to get smoothed down in order to avoid hot spots on the map. Yeah true. Even so, I think the general public if they use NWS is looking at that forecast and uses it as a basis. So from a strictly "general public POV" that is the NWS forecast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Yeah true. Even so, I think the general public if they use NWS is looking at that forecast and uses it as a basis. So from a strictly "general public POV" that is the NWS forecast Yeah that's not a problem... I'm just making sure everyone knows why the NWS appears to struggle more with the temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Yeah that's not a problem... I'm just making sure everyone knows why the NWS appears to struggle more with the temps. Yeah I get you. I wish there was a way to counteract this because we all know that temperatures are not always "smoothed" in that manner. It really makes NWS look bad in the public eye. I know that just about all of my friends use either weather.com or other commercial sources but when I have told them to try NWS they always complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 High of 61 degrees today at National (from Prelim climate report) For the 11/22 Forecast - RESULTS (11/22) NBC4 = +6 FOX5 = +4 ABC7 = +5 WUSA9 = +4 NWS = +2 All were high (based on preliminary climate data) (adjustments will be made if final report contradicts) Cumulative results will be updated on the original 1st post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 FORECASTS FOR TUESDAY 11/23 (issued Monday evening) NBC4 - 69 FOX5 - 68 ABC7 - 68 WUSA9 - 64 NWS Point-Click - 68 Verification posted tomorrow afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 DC running at 68 right now. Any higher and NBC will take the win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 DC hit 69 inter-ob and has since fallen back to 68. NBC will win if this holds in the climate report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 High of 69 degrees per the preliminary climate report. For the 11/23 Forecast - RESULTS (11/23) NBC4 = 0 FOX5 = -1 ABC7 = -1 WUSA9 = -5 NWS = -1 First perfect today from NBC. Not a good day for WUSA but Howard did correct the forecast upwards this morning (even so cannot give credit for that). Cumulative results will be updated on the original 1st post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 Shoot I missed getting it before the 11pm news. OH well. 1 Day break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 I will resume the verification for DC area TV stations on Monday (Sunday night forecasts will be posted) (Thanksgiving Holiday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 FORECASTS FOR MONDAY 11/29 (issued Sunday evening) NBC4 - 53 FOX5 - 50 ABC7 - 52 WUSA9 - 51 NWS Point-Click - 51 Verification posted tomorrow afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 High of 52 degrees today at National. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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