Sometimes the weather service does things that just bug me..

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Sometimes the weather service does things that just bug me..

#1 Postby TexasSam » Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:56 am

I guess they get bored and do things like this:

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
711 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2008

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-012315-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
711 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

Why put out a hazardous weather outlook to say that none is expected?

Others that drive me up a tree are the Severe Weather Statements that have the exact text as the warning. The ones that come out to tell you that there is a warning of some type that's still in effect. Then the ones that say a strong thunderstorm is in the area? Aren't most thunderstorms strong? Sometimes it all seems to bit of overkill...
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#2 Postby CajunMama » Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:58 pm

I've had hazardous weather outlooks without any hazardous weather expected. Image
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#3 Postby HURAKAN » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:01 pm

Sometimes the TWO just says that there is nothing in the tropics!!
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Re: Sometimes the weather service does things that just bug me..

#4 Postby RL3AO » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:01 pm

TexasSam wrote:Others that drive me up a tree are the Severe Weather Statements that have the exact text as the warning. The ones that come out to tell you that there is a warning of some type that's still in effect.


They do that to update the polygon.
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Re: Sometimes the weather service does things that just bug me..

#5 Postby Brent » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:19 pm

It's a routine scheduled update, just like the forecast discussions and the zone forecasts, and just like the TWO in the tropics. They can't just skip it because nothing is going on.
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