Accuweather=Tampa

#1 Postby **Ivanhater** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:27 pm

it IS accuweather so take it or leave it, lol

gpickett00 · #2 Postby **gpickett00** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:32 pm

"follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick road"

OR

"follow the yellow dot line, follow the yellow dot line"

aren't we not supposed to look at that line.

edit: crap its red not yellow

djtil · #3 Postby **djtil** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:36 pm

not a little left, or a little right...but directly into tampa...wow....the odds.

and how do you trademark "forecast eye path"?

floridahurricaneguy · #4 Postby **floridahurricaneguy** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:37 pm

hmm. Path very possible. I think path will be close to that but slightly to the left but still hitting Tampa or within 60 miles to the north.

Matt

jax · #5 Postby **jax** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:39 pm

djtil wrote:not a little left, or a little right...but directly into tampa...wow....the odds.

and how do you trademark "forecast eye path"?

forcast eye path.... trademark.... Brilliant!

i'm gonna TM Hurricane Location... and make a BUNDLE!!!

#6 Postby **dixiebreeze** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:44 pm

floridahurricaneguy wrote:hmm. Path very possible. I think path will be close to that but slightly to the left but still hitting Tampa or within 60 miles to the north.

Matt

60 miles north is me. :eek:

jax · #7 Postby **jax** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:46 pm

dixiebreeze wrote:
floridahurricaneguy wrote:hmm. Path very possible. I think path will be close to that but slightly to the left but still hitting Tampa or within 60 miles to the north.

Matt

60 miles north is me.

well... to be honest... i'm not to sure there are many 150 hour forcasts
that are very accurate... possible 400 mile error in either direction.

#8 Postby **MWatkins** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 11:12 pm

Based on this...trademarks I am registering:

"Cone of Doom"
"Hurricane Strike Zone"
"Landfall Target"
"Forecast Track and Intensity"

Here are some I am considering:

"Cane-tastic!"
"Hurricane-o-rama"
"Landfall-rific!"
"Tropical Trouble"
"Cane Cuisine"

MW

artist · #9 Postby **artist** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 11:26 pm

Mike - your thoughts on the latest GFS?

#10 Postby **SkeetoBite** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:22 am

djtil wrote:... how do you trademark "forecast eye path"?

Eye sure hope they aren't diluting the "Eye Path" Trademark owned by Sola International Inc. which provides optical products.

Note that an official U.S. Trademark does not need to be registered to be protected by Trademark laws. However, the Accuwx claim is merely descriptive at best and not likely defendable since this term is used quite a bit in the meteorology community.

Eye trademark everything we produce, some official, some just stated.

#11 Postby **HURAKAN** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:30 am

There has been a shift to the left by Accuweather.

cinlfla · #12 Postby **cinlfla** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:31 am

Look like they have covered just about the whole Gulf of Mexico with that death cone. :wink:

#13 Postby **angelwing** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:43 am

They want to cover all bases with that cone so it looks like they're right :roll:

Thunder44 · #14 Postby **Thunder44** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:51 am

I don't think their cone is based on average margin of error throughout 5-days like TPC's is. It's based on the current spread of the model guidance. Basically covering all the tracks shown by each model.

cmdebbie · #15 Postby **cmdebbie** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:36 am

MWatkins wrote:Based on this...trademarks I am registering:

"Cone of Doom"
"Hurricane Strike Zone"
"Landfall Target"
"Forecast Track and Intensity"

Here are some I am considering:

"Cane-tastic!"
"Hurricane-o-rama"
"Landfall-rific!"
"Tropical Trouble"
"Cane Cuisine"

MW

I will be registering "hunkering down" and "batten down the hatches."
lol

El Nino · #16 Postby **El Nino** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:04 am

I think the actual track is SW to this forecast, so ... I'm not trusting this one.

jes · #17 Postby **jes** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:14 am

I like Cane-tastic and Landfall-rific

Remember Katrina was predicted to hit the florida panhandle --- I made motel reservations in Hattisburg --- wouldn't have been a pleasant stay.

Wacahootaman · #18 Postby **Wacahootaman** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:19 am

Those accuweather maps are absolutely terrible!

You can only see details inside the cone. Everything outside the cone is too dark and blacked out!

If you are an expert on the local geography you can put it in perspective even with the blacked out areas. If not, the maps are almost worthless. I have seen accuweather maps of USA cold fronts and the like where state boundries are completely blacked out by dark colors and you really have to focus on the light areas to figure out what the map shows and how it will effect you.

It is incredible that a national website like accuweather misses such a basic rule of graphics and posts totally amateurish maps that are so hard to read!

All they would have to do is change the colors so that the whole map is visible in detail.

#19 Postby **tracyswfla** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:23 am

Well the good news is that Florida is not in the 5 day cone, today. Not good news for people who are. What a mess this season has been. Totally catastrophic!

#20 Postby **Steve** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:28 am

Crack-U-Weather [tm]

I'm getting the Trademark for that

Still, the Tampa to maybe Destin path looks legit. Late October, a storm getting caught in the westerlies...check

TPS

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