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Winter Storm Names
Anybody else getting annoyed by all the winter storms receiving names? I mean any snow or ice gets a name now... I get a blizzard or a significant ice storm but not something that will be gone the next day.
01-25-2013 12:06 PM
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RE: Winter Storm Names
I am annoyed by the media naming storms various things on their broadcasts just to make it sound more dramatic than it is, much less the NWS.
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01-25-2013 03:44 PM
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RE: Winter Storm Names
The Weather Channel came up with the names on their own. The practice has not been supported or endorsed by NWS or AMS.
01-25-2013 03:49 PM
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RE: Winter Storm Names
Yup, this is a Weather Channel thing. It annoys the NWS as much as it annoys you.
01-26-2013 10:26 AM
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RE: Winter Storm Names
I don't watch The Weather Channel, so I hadn't noticed.
01-26-2013 06:35 PM
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RE: Winter Storm Names
What pissed me off was in 2003, Memphis had a storm with some very damaging straight line winds, topping 70-80 mph. Did lots of damage. It didn't receive much national attention, but some local yokel at a TV station decided to name it Hurricane Elvis. It's been called that ever since and some idiots think it is the official name.
01-26-2013 11:09 PM
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RE: Winter Storm Names
I've always called winter storms by their official name. Winter storms.
01-27-2013 12:47 AM
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RE: Winter Storm Names
(01-26-2013 06:35 PM)Grammar-Nazi Wrote:  I don't watch The Weather Channel, so I hadn't noticed.

I don't watch it regularly, but on DirecTV you have a red button to access local weather here in Cropwell and in 5 or 6 other ZIP codes so I can see what is happening where the kids live and a friend who lives in Fairbanks, AK.
01-27-2013 02:52 PM
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RE: Winter Storm Names
Weather Channel is OK:

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But I prefer Univision's weather reporting:

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01-27-2013 06:46 PM
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