I got this e-mail and was wondering about admins thoughts.

[LSU2001]

8-15-2005


Tim-


I noticed your active involvement with the Storm 2 K forum board and your location being in Denham Springs. I'm a meteorologist residing in the New Orleans area.


Since we are getting further into the 2005 hurricane season, the reason I'm writing to you today is to inquire with you if it is alright for me to send you occasional weather forecast briefings in the future, via e-mail--(when warranted, of course)--that concerns the future developments and tracks of either hurricanes, tropical storms, or any other BIG WEATHER episodes that involve hazardous weather including severe local storms. Would this be alright with you?


I do realize that you already get your current weather advisory data streamlined from your National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center. I do not work for the National Weather Service and I do not work for the National Hurricane Center either. However, I have worked for the NWS in the past. I am not currently affiliated with them either. I just feel that sometimes we can all use additional insights and, at times, a second opinion with the more serious weather occurrences such as, but not limited to, tropical storms or hurricanes that approach our parishes in the future. Think of my writings as being a "heads-up" to the most important inclement weather.


I am currently a free-lance writing Meteorologist whose work is currently non-profit and yet it provides another perspective and professional opinion concerning hazardous, severe weather, which could be applicable to your outdoor operations. My forecast writings often get long, very specific and yet helpful, before a storm is even born.


I do not ask of anything in return from you, and I'm not out to solicit any business or services. There are no fees. This is not a scam, either. I would just like to share my viewpoints on very serious, important weather issues. I figure, since I currently have been writing these weather forecast briefings, anyway, for many TV weathercasters, academia at L.S.U., and many weather hobbyists on my e-mail list, then as a courtesy, why not include yourself as well? Accuracy of forecasts cannot be guaranteed, since forecasting weather does inherently come with errors. However, every effort is made on my part to give it the best try from sophisticated data that I consult with and synthesize through.


The weather forecast briefings that I do write are only done on occasion and varies; it's not everyday. I may send an e-mail to you once in a week, or once in only a month, or you may get 4 e-mails in one week. It's just contingent on how SERIOUS I judge a weather event to be and how great the impacts are over how large an area that I consider to be important. So there is some degree of subjectivity involved on my part on deciding when to write and what to write about based upon, #1) The severity of a weather occurrence that I expect and, #2) How many people or areas will be affected, in a spacial or areal coverage extent. A person in the NWS called me an "Impact Weather Forecaster", someone who only forecasts the weather for very big weather events.


My weather forecast briefings are NOT intended to replace or substitute the current weather data you now receive from your National Weather Service/National Hurricane Center, and my forecast briefings should not be exclusively used in the planning purposes for protecting life and property, either, as I disclaim liability and disclaim interest in these areas. Instead, the briefings I write are intended to provide the interested reader with either additional concepts and insights on the weather, and, at times, a second opinion of contrasting points of view on the weather, other than what you can just get from the National Hurricane Center or the National Weather Service. My thoughts and forecasting ideas do not necessarily represent the same views as that of the NWS or NHC. I have published many comments I have received from some of your favorite prominent TV weathercasters---with their permission---in both the New Orleans and Baton Rouge area markets on my website that I currently maintain.


Briefly, if you care to know about my credentials, I am a Meteorologist graduate from the University of Oklahoma having earned a B.S. degree in Meteorology in 1995. Since then, I've professionally forecasted weather for a private weather forecasting consulting firm, and have worked for the National Weather Service as well. I've also had experience monitoring aviation weather as an Aviation Weather Observing Meteorologist, and participatedwith the AMS meetings.


Please respond to this message by dropping me a quick note, advising me if this is alright for me to send you future weather forecast briefings concerning future tropical weather activity such as tropical storms and hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico as well as severe local storm forecasts in the fall, winter, and spring. Thank you!


For further info., my website can be found at http://www.home.earthlink.net/~pvamagic/bigwx4bigeasy The first, home page is always where my forecast briefings appear---please take note of the date as it is ONLY updated when important weather arrives. The last page showcases the several different comments I have received about these forecast writings that I send by e-mail. Let me know, though, one way or the other, if you're interested?


T. Scott Barry
Meteorologist
pvamagic@earthlink.net

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