Stop Fighting and let’s get ready

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   Mike D

   January 7, 2013 at 6:30 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

   Well, I hope that took care of it. Now Eric won’t have to waste his time. Thanks Jason!
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   Eric

   January 7, 2013 at 6:36 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

   Thank you Jason, just about says it all. I hopefully should have a new post out by early next week (most likely with studies getting me caught up it might even be later than that . Anyway, thank you Jason for backing me up, and although Yamahas was a negative influence on the site, certainly made things interesting around here, that’s for sure.
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   Mike D

   January 7, 2013 at 8:04 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

   @ Eric
   I hope nobody stopped participating in the conversations because of this. I hope you don’t mind me asking, how old are you? I’ve lately been admiring your forecasts and knowledge, as you know, and I was wondering your age.
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   Mike D

   January 7, 2013 at 8:06 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

   Hey, also meant to ask you, this warmup were having has many factors going into it. If you study the sunspot numbers, that supports this idea. Do you know any website with daily sunspot predictions?
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   chris v

   January 7, 2013 at 8:30 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

   Hey i have been keeping up with yall I’m sorry for even asking but i live in south central VA and was wondering if yall see me getting any snow this yaer and will it come around the 15/20
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   Eric

   January 7, 2013 at 8:32 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

   @ Mike D
   I think you’d be very surprised to know I am only 16, lol, and I just started forecasting weather in late August, yet my skills have improved dramatically while working here. The amount of growth I have had in weather knowledge in the last few years is quite staggering, and there is hardly a day that goes by that I don’t learn something new. I always persevere to make my skills better, read scientific papers, read blogs, look back at history to try and solve current problems, etc.. It was only 2 years ago, I was still watching the weather channel (I can’t believe it myself) and I still did not know and understand the basics like what AO, NAO, and PNA meant. Now look at me and my abilities, it’s quite an amazing transformation, and I really am only getting started here. Just imagine what I could be capable of doing once I get the most important thing in weather forecasting (experience), and take actual courses on meteorology (you’d be shocked to know I have not taken a single class on it, I’ve had to learn everything I know by myself) I could easily become an expert on this and I’m aiming to get a doctorate degree in a related field of meteorology and conduct my own research to discover new things and help the weather community as a whole.
   Also, I have a goal of one day being able to create a network or a specific business specifically designed to specifically compete with the weather channel (hopefully being able to overpower them), and giving you the weather how it is supposed to be, without any of those useless shows or propaganda, giving more accurate forecasts (not just looking at the GFS model like they are known to do) and have the meteorologists working there helping the viewers to also understand why the weather pattern is behaving a certain way and what is driving it.
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   Eric

   January 7, 2013 at 8:37 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

   @ Mike D
   There really are no sites that offer “predictions” per say, however, this site has daily observations, and this will come to great use of you in the future, also with the Potsdam AP (the blue line on the bottom) also is useful for looking at arctic blocking. Usually, the lower the index is, the more blocking usually shows up over the arctic and vis versa. It is now wonder with the index being so low, that the AO and NAO (along with other factors like the stratospheric warming event) is going to crash negative soon.
   Here’s the link http://www.solen.info/solar/
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   AutoFill Rob

   January 7, 2013 at 8:59 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

   @ Eric..only 16?! I thought you was older! Geez!! With the way you talk about the weather I thought you had alot more experience! Good job cuz ur knowledge n understanding of weather is crazy! Keep up the good work….Oh by the way,seeing how this winter in NYC has started so slowly and its supposed to be back loaded..dovu have any opinions on how this winter is similar or reminds u of for the big cities of the northeast? Just kinda curious on ur opinion on it..thanks E
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   Mike D

   January 8, 2013 at 3:39 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

   @ Armando
   What is the URL where the daily posts are?
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    Mike D

    January 8, 2013 at 3:43 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

    Love your plans for the future Eric! Good luck. This is a perfect way to start that, not even working here, so much as being a commenter here. It really pushes you to research , learn, and become a better forecaster.
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    Mike D

    January 8, 2013 at 3:52 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

    @ Armando
    New England Weather Works, that is.
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    Armando

    January 8, 2013 at 4:00 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

    Yea mike thats it! O man did you see that storm around 20th? O boy that could mean major snow!
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    Mike D

    January 8, 2013 at 4:31 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

    But where are the daily posts for our area on that site?
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    Armando

    January 8, 2013 at 4:45 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

    Well its a facebook page and they only talk about our whole area from DC to Maine! They make posts everyday about the upcoming cold and now the new storm next weekend!
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    Mike D

    January 8, 2013 at 4:47 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

    Got it thanks.
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    chris v

    January 8, 2013 at 9:09 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

    Looking for wild not mild in south central VA do yall think it possible how cold will it get and how long will it stay