Analog96 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 The ABC crew is great. Lee Golberg and the crew go into great detail. They use the euro and explain weather in detail. Most of what they get is from Accuwx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocoAko Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 Most of what they get is from Accuwx. Yeah but the meteorologists tthere still examine things themselves and just confer with AccuWx. It isn't uncommon for them to go against what AccuWx has advised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgwp96 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 i miss good old bob harris, didnt have a met degreee but was great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncat Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Yeah but the meteorologists tthere still examine things themselves and just confer with AccuWx. It isn't uncommon for them to go against what AccuWx has advised. I dont know about that. They seem to follow accuweather"s forcast to a tee, even down to the exact temp forcasts. Didnt they go with accu's call on last january's snowstorm of an additional 3-6 in. of snow at night when over a foot fell. That forcast was so bad I cant see them coming up with it on their own. I would think with ch.7 paying accuwx for their services that they might frown upon their own guys changing the forcast... kinda like paying for nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analog96 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Yeah but the meteorologists tthere still examine things themselves and just confer with AccuWx. It isn't uncommon for them to go against what AccuWx has advised. They won't "go against" Accuwx. They can refine their ideas, but only after phone conferencing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analog96 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I dont know about that. They seem to follow accuweather"s forcast to a tee, even down to the exact temp forcasts. Didnt they go with accu's call on last january's snowstorm of an additional 3-6 in. of snow at night when over a foot fell. That forcast was so bad I cant see them coming up with it on their own. I would think with ch.7 paying accuwx for their services that they might frown upon their own guys changing the forcast... kinda like paying for nothing. Yes, I happen to know from first-hand experience that they're not allowed to go against what Accuwx tells them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analog96 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 What's REALLY surprising is that Janice Huff is a met! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwx21 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I dont know about that. They seem to follow accuweather"s forcast to a tee, even down to the exact temp forcasts. Didnt they go with accu's call on last january's snowstorm of an additional 3-6 in. of snow at night when over a foot fell. That forcast was so bad I cant see them coming up with it on their own. I would think with ch.7 paying accuwx for their services that they might frown upon their own guys changing the forcast... kinda like paying for nothing. Lee Goldberg makes his own forecasts. I've seen times in which at 6pm he talks about making changes to the 5 day by 11pm, and he does it. I've also seen him talk on tristateweatherboard. For example one time last season he talked about being a little uncomfortable going on air with a new snow map he had put together, before being able to see the Euro late at night. Lee is a great met. Nick Gregory use to be my favorite, but in recent years Lee has moved ahead of him as my favorite. I love the way he goes into the science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analog96 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Lee Goldberg makes his own forecasts. I've seen times in which at 6pm he talks about making changes to the 5 day by 11pm, and he does it. I've also seen him talk on tristateweatherboard. For example one time last season he talked about being a little uncomfortable going on air with a new snow map he had put together, before being able to see the Euro late at night. Lee is a great met. Nick Gregory use to be my favorite, but in recent years Lee has moved ahead of him as my favorite. I love the way he goes into the science. Lee can only do that with prior approval from Accuwx. In other words, he has to put in a call with them and get their approval. That is why he is "uncomfortable". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwx21 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Lee can only do that with prior approval from Accuwx. In other words, he has to put in a call with them and get their approval. That is why he is "uncomfortable". It wasn't that he was uncomfortable over accuweather. I'm telling you exactly what he said on the board. He decided to go on air with much higher snow totals at 11pm, despite the fact that the Euro wasn't on board yet. He said the reason he was a little uncomfortable was because he decided to up the totals late that night before the Euro came on board, and he was very anxious to see the Euro. Then he was happy to see the Euro come aboard late that night. That was like 2 in the morning when he was talking to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Lightning Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Try out some radio mets....there are some good ones out there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxtracker93 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Lee can only do that with prior approval from Accuwx. In other words, he has to put in a call with them and get their approval. That is why he is "uncomfortable". I think you're exaggerating what their arrangement is. WABC receives maps, forecasts, discussions, etc. from AccuWeather, but I don't think the number one news station in the number one television market would require that its meteorologists get "approval" from an outside company to issue a forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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