Jason Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 New NOAA head may come from AccuWeather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 We need to privatize weather forecasting so to stop John Kerry from shooting his hurricane lasers or something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 I think there is a good case for ratings based on more than specifics about wind speed and storm surge. Even in the case of something like Harvey, where it was a Cat 3 at landfall, and therefore a "major" hurricane, it wasn't so much the wind speed that caused most of the problems. Still, I think having competing systems in place, on the same scale of 1-5, is going to lead to more confusion than anything. If accuweather calls the next great storm a 4-5 and NOAA calls it a 2, I can imagine that would cause problems. So while I think it's terrible that someone like Santorum would try and limit the National Weather Service's ability to share data, and I'm no fan of websites deciding on their own names, titles, and classifications for storms, it does seem like something in the system needs to change to properly prepare the public. Maybe the best course of action is for NOAA to separate the meteorological classification from the practical. Meteorologists obviously have a need for collecting specific data and making that data easily comparable. Things like peak wind speed are useful in a scientific context, but perhaps not the data that need to be emphasized to the public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 @SaysWho? explain dis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Changes in designations/categorization need to be long drawn out processes to get public input and find out what works and also to about confusion. Not to mention the need for some sort of democratic oversight instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Kal-El814 said: @SaysWho? explain dis AccuWeather sucks and they want to reign supreme and be the main avenue for weather. They don't like the NWS because it's a helpful service that the public has, and AccuWeather wants to be the service. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 AccuWeather is my favorite weather app. That’s all I know about them haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Weather Underground, y'all. I like my weather delivered by a company named after leftist terrorists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 20 hours ago, SaysWho? said: AccuWeather sucks and they want to reign supreme and be the main avenue for weather. They don't like the NWS because it's a helpful service that the public has, and AccuWeather wants to be the service. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pandamonium.noaaweather It pulls NWS in the US, and Dark Sky abroad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 6 hours ago, Chris- said: Weather Underground, y'all. I like my weather delivered by a company named after leftist terrorists. Also the site is "wunderground" and who can resist something that charming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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