2006 opening statement and 2005 forecast verifications

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2006 opening statement and 2005 forecast verifications

#1 Postby ncweatherwizard » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:46 pm

This will end up getting buried quickly, so I'll have to repost it with some of the first forecasts, but here's a brief disclaimer/information introductory page for this hurricane season. Also, I'm providing the link directly to the 2005 numerical forecast verifications. I will have more individual verification reports out as soon as I can get them done--a few were done back in the winter. Links are below--stay safe everyone!

2006 opening statement:

http://www.nencweather.com/tropicalweat ... ction.html

2005 Forecast Verifications:

http://www.nencweather.com/tropicalweat ... r2005.html

P.S. For a moderator, etc. who may read this, since I don't frequent the rest of the site often, where can I drop a donation to Storm2K?
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#2 Postby ncweatherwizard » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:53 pm

Also, just for anyone who may be unfamiliar with me, in a nutshell I write independent forecasts for storms during the hurricane season. I'm an undergraduate at Univ. of Miami and this is my fifth year forecasting--for which hopefully I can improve my forecast skill on an independent basis. More basic information is in the link above; I'll be glad to answer any questions too.

Scott
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#3 Postby CHRISTY » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:01 pm

i just sent u a pm.

here's the link to donate.
http://www.storm2k.org/wx/modules.php?name=Donations
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#4 Postby Derek Ortt » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:21 pm

start my making site compatable with IE
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#5 Postby Rainband » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:31 pm

Welcome Back Scott :D
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#6 Postby Regit » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:56 pm

Ditto what Derek said. The site is being limited to a small minority of web surfers.
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#7 Postby TampaFl » Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:26 pm

Agree with Derek & Regit. Most of us do not have Fire Fox but IE, why limit your audience to a small few. I for one would like to read your outlook as I have in the past as I am sure many other members would to.


Robert 8-)
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#8 Postby beachbum_al » Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:36 pm

can not get in...not IE compatible.
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#9 Postby RattleMan » Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:41 pm

What are you guys talking about? It works on my copy of Internet Explorer...
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#10 Postby Downdraft » Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:43 pm

I have the latest version of IE and it won't open it. Sorry but not dowloading a new browser just to open one website.
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#11 Postby Tommedic » Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:44 pm

Sorry, but it did NOT work with my copy of IE.
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#12 Postby RattleMan » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:06 pm

Never mind - I had my Internet Explorer set to prompt on script run, which deactivated the Internet Explorer block.

Although I use Firefox, I feel that you shouldn't force people to use another browser. This is horrible for your visitors. I recommend you take that IE-destroyer script out, as the majority of the people whom you are advertising to seem to use IE. If you want, you can still have a message that appears at the top of the page if IE is detected.

On another note, Internet Explorer seems to be FULLY compatible with your site; I was able to view it perfectly when I disabled scripts to get around your block.
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#13 Postby wxmann_91 » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:29 pm

RattleMan wrote:Never mind - I had my Internet Explorer set to prompt on script run, which deactivated the Internet Explorer block.

Although I use Firefox, I feel that you shouldn't force people to use another browser. This is horrible for your visitors. I recommend you take that IE-destroyer script out, as the majority of the people whom you are advertising to seem to use IE. If you want, you can still have a message that appears at the top of the page if IE is detected.

On another note, Internet Explorer seems to be FULLY compatible with your site; I was able to view it perfectly when I disabled scripts to get around your block.


I used IE and got onto the page last year, it worked fine. Unfortunately I do see the IE blocker script. I wouldn't say it's limited to a small minority, but yeah, I would recommend removing that script.
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#14 Postby ncweatherwizard » Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:50 pm

I was hoping things would go more smoothly in the browser avenue--last year, about 40% of the visitors were non-IE users--so...well anyway.

The linked pages should function now as well as any information pertaining to the 2005 hurricane season and the home page. Some other pages weren't affected when I implemented the script a couple of months ago. If something doesn't work tonight, check back again tomorrow and I should have everything running.

On a side note, I'll be updating some things outside of the tropical weather section of the website, and removing some links. You may come across a broken link occasionally over the next few weeks, but you shouldn't come across a broken link in the tropical weather section.

Although I discourage IE usage, that's a totally and completely different subject--my apologies for inconveniences.

Scott
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#15 Postby Rainband » Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:52 pm

Scott, I have both. I prefer Firefox though :D
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#16 Postby jasons2k » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:20 pm

I use both. The new IE Beta version is pretty slick. It also offers tabbed browsing, etc.
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