isobar wrote:I've been seeing lots of interesting quotes in discussions, not just tropical. Mets do have a sense of humor!
I wish I copied the AFD for Chicago from Saturday. Basically after writing the forecast challenge in what looked like Latin, the met said, "You know you're in a drought when the biggest challenge is coming up with different ways to write the AFD."
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
315 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2005
DISCUSSION FOR AFTERNOON ZONES/GRIDS
MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS WITH HOW FAR NORTH TO TAKE PCPN ASSD WITH
REMAINS OF HURRICANE DENNIS MOVING INTO LOWER OH VLY TUES-WED.
ATMOSPHERUM IN STATU QUO ANTE. ERGO...INFERNAE SOL ET TERRE EST, AD
NAUSEAM. SO...LTL OR NO CHGS MADE TO PREVIOUS PKG. AREA TO RMN IN
DOLDRUMS THRU MON (YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN A TRUE DROUGHT PATTERN WHEN
THE MOST DEMANDING PART OF THE DAY IS TRYING TO COME UP WITH FRESH
VERBAGE FOR THE AFD).
THAT SAID...HOW ABOUT A LTL PLAGIARISM?
BUILDING UPR RIDGE OVR WRN GRTLKS THRU MON...COMBINED WITH APCH OF
HURCN FROM SOUTH WILL ACT TO STRENGTHEN SUBSIDENCE OVR RGN THRU
MON. BY TUES...ISSUE BECOMES EVENTUAL EVOLUTION OF HURRICANE
DENNIS...AND POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON FCST AREA. 12Z GFS RUN CONSISTENT
WITH ONLY A GRADUAL INCRS IN HIGH CLD BANDS ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN FCST
AREAS THRU MON NGT. GFS QPF JUST TOUCHES SOUTHERN TIER OF CWA
COUNTIES TUE-WED AS DENNIS STALLS OVER LOWER OHIO VALLEY. WILL
CONTINUE IDEA OF CHC POPS FAR SOUTH...DECREASING RAPIDLY FARTHER
NORTH AND WEST. TEMPS TO REMAIN FAIRLY WARM IN SUBSIDENCE AREA ON
PERIPHERY OF DENNIS...WITH 850 HPA TEMPS HOLDING IN 16-18 C RANGE
THRU MID WEEK. UPPER 80S/LOW 90S LIKELY TO BE TEMPERED A BIT SOUTH
WHERE DENSER CLOUD SHIELD EXPECTED.
MERZLOCK/RATZER
AVIATION
BROAD SURFACE HIGH CONTINUES TO KEEP SKIES CLEAR AND WINDS L/V
DURING THIS CYCLE.
WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
IL
NONE.
IN
NONE
LK MI
NONE.