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"Cryptic Message" found in NWS Anchorage forecast discussion

Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 3:53 pm
by AdamFirst
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/04/politics/ ... essage103a

"P-L-E-A-S-E-P-A-Y-U-S"

A true message, or somebody at CNN with way too much time on their hands?

Re: "Cryptic Message" found in NWS Anchorage forecast discussion

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:22 pm
by CajunMama
Yes it is true!!! It keeps falling back in the discussion pages but here's a copy and paste of part of that discussion

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FXAK68 PAFC 041245
AFDAFC

SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
500 AM AKDT FRI OCT 4 2013

.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
PRESSURES AT THE CENTER OF THE WESTERN GULF SURFACE LOW CONTINUE TO
LEVEL AS DYNAMIC SUPPORT HAS ONCE AGAIN RUN OUT. THE UPPER TROUGH
EASES SLOWLY EASTWARD IN THE GULF WITH THE REMAINING SURFACE LOW
AMALGAMATING INTO A BROAD COMPLEX CENTER UNDER THE UPPER LOW. WIND
SPEEDS IN THE JET STREAK DOWNSTREAM OF THE LONG-WAVE APPROACH 140 KT.
ENTERING THE BACKSIDE OF THE TROUGH...A WEAKER JET STREAK CONTINUES
PUSHING THE PROGRESSIVE PATTERN. RAIN SHOWERS PERSIST IN THE GULF...
ALTHOUGH THE FRONT IS RAPIDLY WEAKENING EARLY THIS MORNING.
YESTERDAY`S COASTAL JET HAS WOUND DOWN WITH THE ENERGY SHIFTING
UNDERNEATH THE BACKSIDE JET BEHIND THE LOW BRINGING THE STRONGEST
SUSTAINED WINDS FROM BRISTOL BAY THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GULF.

FURTHER OUT WEST...A MUCH DEEPER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE WESTERN BERING
SEA OVER KAMCHATKA AND LOOKS TO BE THE NEXT FOCUS FOR ACTIVE WEATHER
OVER THE GREAT LAND.

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:01 pm
by RL3AO
Someone broke out a thesaurus. AMALGAMATING? :lol: