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strong cold front?

#1 Postby frederic79 » Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:43 pm

I just checked several weather sites for local weather on MS coast. Weather.com says lows in lower 60's by Thursday night! That's close to a record for us this time of year. However, AccuWeather and WLOX locally says mid 70's at night and humid. Anybody know which one I should go by? If were talking about near-record lows on the northern Gulf coast, no tropical systems here for awhile and lots of dry, stable air in EARLY AUGUST...
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#2 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:45 pm

WLOX is my choice around here for local weather. I am shocked at these fronts making it this far South in August. We had one come through at the end of July. Now, do not get me wrong, it was not a sweater front. lol. But it reduced the humidity around here for a few days.
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#3 Postby USAwx1 » Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:49 pm

Lindaloo wrote:WLOX is my choice around here for local weather. I am shocked at these fronts making it this far South in August. We had one come through at the end of July. Now, do not get me wrong, it was not a sweater front. lol. But it reduced the humidity around here for a few days.


Normally b/c of the seasonal contraction of the westerlies during the summer in the northern hemisphere, cold fronts have a hard time making it into the deep south and ESPECIALLY Florida--according to climo.
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#4 Postby Agua » Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:52 pm

Based solely on reliabiliity, I'd go with WLOX. The old "Campbel Soup Kid" is pretty darned good with the peculiarities of weather along the Miss. Gulf Coast.
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#5 Postby c5Camille » Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:59 pm

i actually work with mike as an intern...
he tunrs the tv to the weather channel and
copies the maps... prints out the NWS forcast
sheet and reads it as his forcast on the air...
i hate to bust your bubble... mike doesn't
forcast...
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Maybe, but

#6 Postby frederic79 » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:21 pm

WLOX and TWC are not in sync right now. I'm curious to know what Mr. Reader will say at 5.
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#7 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:22 pm

c5Camille wrote:i actually work with mike as an intern...
he tunrs the tv to the weather channel and
copies the maps... prints out the NWS forcast
sheet and reads it as his forcast on the air...
i hate to bust your bubble... mike doesn't
forcast...


I KNEW it! lol. You have to admit though, Mike was great at forecasting georges.


Thanks for the info USA! :D
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#8 Postby Janie34 » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:22 pm

Hrmmm, well, hrmmm. I'm not familiar with the WLOX personality. The ABC affiliate for my cable company is based in Pensacola, which seems odd to me because I'm closer to Biloxi than Pensacola. Anyhow, I don't know this person so I can't adress that particular issue.

Weather.com is probably following one of the models (I forget which model at the moment) which predict a much lower nocturnal temperature than is likely. So far, the "cooler" airmass seems to be on track for arrival over the weekend. Lower 60s seem much too low to me, climatologically speaking. I'd be very surprised if that were to happen. However, a low in the upper 60s with a lower dewpoint temp does seem to be a workable solution.
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#9 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:22 pm

Agua wrote:Based solely on reliabiliity, I'd go with WLOX. The old "Campbel Soup Kid" is pretty darned good with the peculiarities of weather along the Miss. Gulf Coast.



:roflmao:
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#10 Postby Agua » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:25 pm

Well, over the years, I've seen him go against the grain many times before with comments like, "the weather service is saying X, but I don't think it's going to get that far". He's generally been pretty good with knowing the limits of fronts and viewing area temperature variations.
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#11 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:27 pm

I agree Agua!!
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