H2O Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Hopefully she is blowing nice snow i read this differently than its intent because my mind is in the gutter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 i read this differently than its intent because my mind is in the gutter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 ive learned my lesson. G rated jokes with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 You could just email the editor. It appears the email for that is [email protected] Not sure they'll do anything to edit the piece though, lol I ended up sending an e-mail. I hope that doesn't stop them from quoting CWG in the future and hope next time they do a better job of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 http://www.businessinsider.com/super-bowl-weather-forecast-2014-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/The-Forecast-For-The-Super-Bowl-Is-Starting-To-5152927.php http://www.publicopiniononline.com/local/ci_24933861/polar-vortex-ii-return-cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Impressive... Wes is going to be known all over the US now calling for the PV of doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/The-Forecast-For-The-Super-Bowl-Is-Starting-To-5152927.php http://www.publicopiniononline.com/local/ci_24933861/polar-vortex-ii-return-cold Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/20140113sentencing-date-set-junker.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 man....people across the country are going to think Junker is a Bastardi like winter hypester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/20140113sentencing-date-set-junker.html Geez, one peep of the PV and it goes semi-viral. GWG has got legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/20140113sentencing-date-set-junker.html I laways wondered whether we were distantly related as my dads uncle was named John. However, none of dad's brothers kids had that name and I don't know whether his uncle John had kids or not or if he did where they settled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Scarey bad when a reporter without and science credentials does a quick post on the weather. I now have my own models and made a forecast for the most of the country rather than the DC area. Pretty funny but sad. http://nation.time.com/2014/01/17/the-polar-vortex-is-probably-coming-back/?hpt=hp_t3 Wes, I linked to this discussion in the comments. And noted how poor of a job he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I also posted on Twitter about it...it's ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 There are a lot of people writing about weather now that shouldn't be. I'm not even sure how some become a full-time journalist sometimes. The system has to be rigged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 There are a lot of people writing about weather now that shouldn't be. I'm not even sure how some become a full-time journalist sometimes. The system has to be rigged. His other stuff is actually pretty good. But weather is something a lot in the media don't do well with. I had first-hand experience dealing with that at AccuWeather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 And also, this speaks to a larger issue. A lot of the public already believes weather forecasts are never right. When media miscommunications like this happen, it perpetuates the myth. It muddies the message and in impending severe weather situations like a hurricane, blizzard, or tornado, it's not a stretch to say it's a public safety issue as people will ignore warnings due to believing that forecasts are never correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 The good news is I am talking to him on Twitter and he wants to get it right. So, I told him actually talking to Wes would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 And also, this speaks to a larger issue. A lot of the public already believes weather forecasts are never right. When media miscommunications like this happen, it perpetuates the myth. It muddies the message and in impending severe weather situations like a hurricane, blizzard, or tornado, it's not a stretch to say it's a public safety issue as people will ignore warnings due to believing that forecasts are never correct. Yes, and the reaction overall from the informed community is to run with whatever sells... so now we are attributing polar vortices to all cold weather etc. It's a weird mix where it's cool the public is interested in science but I think instead of informing in a lot of cases we're leaving them dumber. Case in point is the Euro argument over Sandy. Did some good in getting funding rolling, did some bad in making most consumers think the Euro is always right or "why not just use the Euro". Now we've got people looking into the polar vortex from a plane, seeing Chicago covered in snow from the polar vortex, etc etc etc. This is polar vortex 2 coming up. But it could be less than one in intensity if not coverage. The sequels almost always suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Case in point. We/CWG are as conservative and measured as it comes but "Polar Vortex meets Miami" ?? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/01/17/polar-vortex-meets-miami/ Eh, that's a stretch... but a good keyword. Eventually it will be saturated and just mean cold I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterymix Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Wes: You can put your name in the GOOGLE search bar. I see 177,000 references. Could be worse. I get 789,000 for my name. Probably people for which I owe money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midatlanticweather Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I dunno about others, but we look at the GFS, CMC, EC, NAM, JMA, and now have the WJM (Wes Junker Models) to use in forecasts! AWESOME! Wes has been keeping his super computers a secret. What does the WJM say today? =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I dunno about others, but we look at the GFS, CMC, EC, NAM, JMA, and now have the WJM (Wes Junker Models) to use in forecasts! AWESOME! Wes has been keeping his super computers a secret. What does the WJM say today? =) The WJM says NO SNOW FOR US! And then it laughs at us mercilessly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 Wes, I linked to this discussion in the comments. And noted how poor of a job he did. I ended up writing the editor and would have posted on the Time article but didn't want to register.....I don't like doing that. The bad job he does really should have his editors at him but I doubt anything will be done. It's said as people already think most weather stories and a good deal for forecasts are hype and I really try not to do that. Jason added Polar vortex to the title of my article and it was a good choice to get hits but the term has been overused and one of our own CWG guys complained about the use and I partially agree with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Wes! Where are you hiding your private weather models? Or are these models like Bob Barker used to have Barker's beauties? If so, same question! His DerecHos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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