huronicane Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Caplan's last night at ABC7 was tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Caplan's last night at ABC7 was tonight. Where's he going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Where's he going? Not sure. His contract was either not renewed or he was let go. Likely due in part to the hiring of Cheryl Scott. He may focus on his photography more for a while. Will be interesting to see where he turns up. I personally thought he always had a bit of a holier than thou attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Man... The sh*t pile is DEEEP on WXrisk facebook page. Edit: sorry to clutter our thread with east coast stuff... Slow work day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Just brutal live by the flame, die by the flame. To his credit, he didn't delete it...yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Just brutal live by the flame, die by the flame. To his credit, he didn't delete it...yet the most entertaining part of that whole thing is how there were people replying to him as the storm was unfolding him to tell him HIS forecast was going to bust .... to which he replied (to paraphrase)...let's wait for the storm to be over before we start calling out who is right or wrong.... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 the most entertaining part of that whole thing is how there were people replying to him as the storm was unfolding him to tell him HIS forecast was going to bust .... to which he replied (to paraphrase)...let's wait for the storm to be over before we start calling out who is right or wrong.... lol It's like a car accident. I couldn't stop reading his facebook page this morning. Hypocrisy was the rule, blast people and heave childish insults at others for a busted forecast while riding your busted forecast like its spot on. What is sad is that I have heard from others on the board that he is a nice guy, but his internet persona/reputation precedes him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 It's like a car accident. I couldn't stop reading his facebook page this morning. Hypocrisy was the rule, blast people and heave childish insults at others for a busted forecast while riding your busted forecast like its spot on. What is sad is that I have heard from others on the board that he is a nice guy, but his internet persona/reputation precedes him. as a small business owner always concerned about how potential customers see me....I simply don't understand how in the heck he manages to bring in new customers with those kind of online antics. He's said much worse than that. Once time even busting on jb making a sexual slur about him and another weather competitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 It's like a car accident. I couldn't stop reading his facebook page this morning. Hypocrisy was the rule, blast people and heave childish insults at others for a busted forecast while riding your busted forecast like its spot on. What is sad is that I have heard from others on the board that he is a nice guy, but his internet persona/reputation precedes him. yeah....behavior last night from him was weak sauce and was all I needed to see to determine whether or not I need to ever read anything from him again (whether he is right or wrong)....I won't give him the traffic. The real test of personality is in challenging moments in life....his true colors showed during last night's challenge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Bastardi just went full JB on twitter: "Time to get behind the people that will be fighting in the coming weeks to keep roads open.. Deep south wont be immune either". Wonder if we should set up a fund or do a slap the snowman challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Good thing Brian Williams is a newscaster and not a weatherman. He'd make JB look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 as a small business owner always concerned about how potential customers see me....I simply don't understand how in the heck he manages to bring in new customers with those kind of online antics. He's said much worse than that. Once time even busting on jb making a sexual slur about him and another weather competitor. I know a lot of people on this board don't like JB - and I've criticized him my self a few times - but he comes across as a better person than DT...and more professional. True JB has attacked the NWS, but I don't think he's ever called someone crude names in one of his videos or posts. I remember he once actually praised Tom Skilling, despite the fact that they have different opinions on AGW. Seriously, when you compare the class of someone like Don Paul in Buffalo to DT... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Suddenly Weather Bell and JB map doesn't look as asinine: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 he's busting p bad in Cali sierra are closer to 1% than 100% heck of a point for early March @ 12,000' in the Sierra's http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-118.65990&lat=37.29625#.VPjBCvzF8WI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 he's busting p bad in Cali sierra are closer to 1% than 100% heck of a point for early March @ 12,000' in the Sierra's http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-118.65990&lat=37.29625#.VPjBCvzF8WI Yup. He admitted that, but up until 20 days ago his OV call was comical. Next winter will be interesting as he's on record as saying warm. West winter can go well into April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 JB has done well with this winter for the most part. He admits he was too fast in bringing the cold back in December, thinking it would be around Christmas, when in reality it was a little after New Years. He also admits he busted in the Plains with regard to the late January warm -up. Overall, though, he's done much better the past three winters than he did with 2011-2012 which was a disaster. It looks like he may be right with the cold late March too. I have my criticisms of the guy, but I give credit where it is due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 Yup. He admitted that, but up until 20 days ago his OV call was comical. Next winter will be interesting as he's on record as saying warm. West winter can go well into April. Warm west or east? I thought I heard him say he was having to do some rethinking based on the water temperature off Alaska? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 If JB goes warm east, I think that would be only the 2nd time he's done that in the message board era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Timmer's thoughts fwiw.... https://community.tvnweather.com/t/el-nino-warning-2015-what-does-this-mean-for-tornadoes/82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 JBs Saturday summary for this week, from the free site. Some interesting meteorology in his video this week. http://www.weatherbell.com/saturday-summary-march-7-2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 JB and LC beating the drums that this week into early next week is a false spring. Both think the hammer slams down after March 20th for another 2-3 week very cold and stormy period. This time all indicies look to line up -epo, -nao. -ao,+pna. Regardless of what they say, I always had a sinking feeling that the subforum wasn't finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 JB and LC beating the drums that this week into early next week is a false spring. Both think the hammer slams down after March 20th for another 2-3 week very cold and stormy period. This time all indicies look to line up -epo, -nao. -ao,+pna. Regardless of what they say, I always had a sinking feeling that the subforum wasn't finished. You can already see signs of it on op/ensemble progs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 JB and LC beating the drums that this week into early next week is a false spring. Both think the hammer slams down after March 20th for another 2-3 week very cold and stormy period. This time all indicies look to line up -epo, -nao. -ao,+pna. Regardless of what they say, I always had a sinking feeling that the subforum wasn't finished. If it is stormy (not all just to my south that is) ... I am all in ... otherwise I'll pass on a cold pattern that ends up dry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I have Verizon Fios and the weather channel just got removed from my programming. It is now accuweather.com streaming local on the 8s nonstop. TWC has been declining but I enjoy following them during Tornadic events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 I have Verizon Fios and the weather channel just got removed from my programming. It is now accuweather.com streaming local on the 8s nonstop. TWC has been declining but I enjoy following them during Tornadic events. Isn't there a second 24 hour weather channel down there? Weather Nation or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Isn't there a second 24 hour weather channel down there? Weather Nation or something? Nope. Just the weather channel on Verizon Fios here. Tom Niziol posted about a conflict between verizon and Fios. Really hope they figure it out before the next tornadic outbreak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Nope. Just the weather channel on Verizon Fios here. Tom Niziol posted about a conflict between verizon and Fios. Really hope they figure it out before the next tornadic outbreak. Weather Nation used to air on WGRZ 2.2 I believe it was recently replaced by the Justice network. I also saw the Weather Nation channel when I was in Phoenix. I believe its a relatively new station and is still trying to gain a foothold. After I watched a bit of it I decided to download the app. The thing I like about the app is that you can stream it live from your computer, tablet, phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Marusak Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Nope. Just the weather channel on Verizon Fios here. Tom Niziol posted about a conflict between verizon and Fios. Really hope they figure it out before the next tornadic outbreak. how far are the sides apart in this dispute? and as well, what type of contract did Accu-Wx sign with Verizon? I'm wondering since A-w has better lawyers than WN, are there some tricks up their sleeve? Like DirectTv, will The Weather Channel actually be able to get their channel numbers back on FiOs TV? I have a feeling A-W won't make it that easy this time, unlike WN, if not impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 One of our local weekend mets, last Sunday, had one of the worst 7-day forecasts you'll ever see. It made no sense at all and it turned out even worse than it initially appeared to be. Keep in mind it was very clear a nice stretch of much warmer weather was on the way and 50s and even 60s were likely, especially once the snow quickly melted. This was the temp forecast... and this met even mentioned these were optimistic numbers based on no fog issue. 46 46 47 48 50 48 46 This is what actually occurred... 52 62 58 62 69 62 67 That's an average of 14.4 degrees too cold every single day. This station is often conservative, but this was a seriously wtf forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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