Podcast: Weekend Edition
* This is the Newscenter 11 Podcast - a forecast designed for the increasingly popular IPods! This product can also be played on most personal computers. It's a great way to get extra forecast and weather content at your convenience.
* In today's podcast, I discuss our forecast over the next several days...Check it out:http://media.graytvinc.com/audio/Podcast1.mp3* You can point your IPod or MP3 receiving program to this RSS feed in order to subscribe:
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Are You Ready For Some Football?
* With apologies to Hank Williams and his popular Monday Night Football intro song, let's talk about the forecast for some upcoming football action. Here we go:
Auburn at South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Kickoff: About 10 Mins From The Time This Is Being Typed (630 pm)
Weather: A few scattered thunderstorms - most will stay north of Columbia for now, but some are possible during the second half.
Temps: Falling through the lower 70's into the upper 60's.
Miss. State at LSU
Baton Rouge, LA
Kickoff: 1130 am
Weather: An outside chance of a shower, otherwise plenty of sunshine.
Temps: Upper 70's, rising into the lower 80's.
Alabama at Florida
Gainesville, FL
Kickoff: 230 pm
Weather: Mostly sunny and warm.
Temps: Lower 80's, falling into the upper 70's by the second half.
Georgia at Ole Miss
Oxford, MS
Kickoff: 8:00 pm
Weather: Mostly clear and cool.
Temps: Falling through the 50's. Carry along a light jacket.
* If you would like weather information for a different football game, simply leave a comment below and I will post a forecast for your game of interest!
Hurricane Georges Anniversary...
* Today is the 8th anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Georges. It made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane near Biloxi, MS, and brought 8-12 feet of storm surge to the Mississippi and Louisiana coastline. The storm made seven different landfalls on its lengthy track through the Caribbean and into the Gulf of Mexico.
* Interesting facts on Georges:
+ This storm brought about the use of the Superdome as a shelter of last resort for the first time in history.
+ 14,000 people rode out the storm in the Superdome. While there were no weather problems, people looted the building and stole furniture and other property.
+ Georges brought significant flooding to southern Mississippi. Rainfall amounts of over 30 inches were recorded in parts of the state. Damage in Mississippi was estimated at $665 million. However, no one was killed due to excellent preparations and evacuations.
+ The storm killed 603 people. Most of the fatalities occurred in Hispaniola. It should be noted that the only death in the U.S. occurred due to freshwater flooding in Mobile, Alabama. Inland flooding is the number one killer in most landfalling tropical systems.
+ Here is a link to the estimated rainfall during Georges:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Georges1998rain.gif
Podcast: Wednesday Edition
* This is the Newscenter 11 Podcast - a forecast designed for the increasingly popular IPods! This product can also be played on most personal computers. It's a great way to get extra forecast and weather content at your convenience.
* In today's podcast, I discuss our forecast over the next several days...Check it out:http://media.graytvinc.com/audio/Podcast1.mp3* You can point your IPod or MP3 receiving program to this RSS feed in order to subscribe:
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Global Warming: An Interesting Read
* The global warming alarmists should read this speech made by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma)...
http://epw.senate.gov/speechitem.cfm?party=rep&id=263759* It's a very long read, so I will post some of the highlights in this space.
"Since 1895, the media has alternated between global cooling and warming scares during four separate and sometimes overlapping time periods. From 1895 until the 1930’s the media pedaled a coming ice age.
From the late 1920’s until the 1960’s they warned of global warming. From the 1950’s until the 1970’s they warned us again of a coming ice age. This makes modern global warming the fourth estate’s fourth attempt to promote opposing climate change fears during the last 100 years.
Recently, advocates of alarmism have grown increasingly desperate to try to convince the public that global warming is the greatest moral issue of our generation. Just last week, the vice president of London’s Royal Society sent a chilling letter to the media encouraging them to stifle the voices of scientists skeptical of climate alarmism.
During the past year, the American people have been served up an unprecedented parade of environmental alarmism by the media and entertainment industry, which link every possible weather event to global warming. The year 2006 saw many major organs of the media dismiss any pretense of balance and objectivity on climate change coverage and instead crossed squarely into global warming advocacy."*
"One of the key aspects that the United Nations, environmental groups and the media have promoted as the “smoking gun” of proof of catastrophic global warming is the so-called ‘hockey stick’ temperature graph by climate scientist Michael Mann and his colleagues.
This graph purported to show that temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere remained relatively stable over 900 years, then spiked upward in the 20th century presumably due to human activity. Mann, who also co-publishes a global warming propaganda blog reportedly set up with the help of an environmental group, had his “Hockey Stick” come under severe scrutiny.
The “hockey stick” was completely and thoroughly broken once and for all in 2006. Several years ago, two Canadian researchers tore apart the statistical foundation for the hockey stick. In 2006, both the National Academy of Sciences and an independent researcher further refuted the foundation of the “hockey stick.” http://epw.senate.gov/pressitem.cfm?party=rep&id=257697
The National Academy of Sciences report reaffirmed the existence of the Medieval Warm Period from about 900 AD to 1300 AD and the Little Ice Age from about 1500 to 1850. Both of these periods occurred long before the invention of the SUV or human industrial activity could have possibly impacted the Earth’s climate. In fact, scientists believe the Earth was warmer than today during the Medieval Warm Period, when the Vikings grew crops in Greenland."* Definitely some interesting observations...
Podcast: Tuesday Edition
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* In today's podcast, I discuss the beautiful weather and an interesting development in the world of weather radio...Check it out:http://media.graytvinc.com/audio/Podcast1.mp3* You can point your IPod or MP3 receiving program to this RSS feed in order to subscribe:
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Fantastic Week Ahead...
* WOW: It's hard to imagine much nicer weather than this. Cool mornings, warm afternoons, sunshine, and low humidity all headline our forecast for most of the work week.
* RAIN? Sure looks unlikely through the next 4-5 days. However, a weak front will pass through on Thursday, and I suppose we can't rule out a shower as it passes. But, most places will stay dry with only an increase in clouds for Thursday afternoon.
* WEEKEND: Saturday and Sunday both look fantastic at this point - highs in the upper 70's and lower 80's, with cool mornings.
* NEW LOOK: I have received several notes on the "new look" Newscenter 11 Weather Blog. I hope you enjoy it - I am finishing up the process of adding back the ability to sign up for daily email updates. These email messages bring all of the day's weather blog activity straight to your inbox!
Podcast: Monday Edition
* This is the Newscenter 11 Podcast - a forecast designed for the increasingly popular IPods! This product can also be played on most personal computers. It's a great way to get extra forecast and weather content at your convenience.
* In today's podcast, I discuss the forecast for first full week of Fall...Check it out:http://media.graytvinc.com/audio/Podcast1.mp3* You can point your IPod or MP3 receiving program to this RSS feed in order to subscribe:
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