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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 10:41 PM
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OK, I'm a weather nerd-sue me.
I'm watching cloud movement from a motel balcony in Miami.
Day's Inn-4767 NW 36th St. The cloud movement is amazing.

Looking east, all circulation is counterclockwise-centered, by
my best guess somewhere near the eastern tip of Cuba.

Typical tropical movements this time of year, I suppose. Taken
as normal by locals much like Peggy wound ignore a 4.2 quake.

The surface wind matches cloud movement. WOW!

Yeah, I'm a nerd, a damn proud one.

:7
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mwdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 11:21 PM
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1. You are a trucker, so you'd almost have to be a weather nerd!
You're all over. I love weather, and since I've been living in the midwestern part of the U.S. for the last 12 years, I'm quite the fan of the Weather Channel.
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:17 AM
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7. Surface observation and common sense are my friends
But, I gotta admit, anytime wireless net access is my cheat card.

:evilgrin:
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mwdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:20 AM
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9. I was raised to look at the skies.
I grew up in the Southeast, and we did have tornadoes. I know what "weather" looks like!
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 11:26 PM
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2. i'm a weather junkie
got lots of gadgets for it too. :hi:
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chemenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 06:23 AM
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11. Me too! And I'd be interested to know what gadgets you have for it too
Iff'n you don't mind me askin'?
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 11:28 PM
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3. Good description.
Being an ex-farmboy, I share your awareness.

Sounds like something worth seeing.
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:14 AM
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6. Monsoonal flow over the AZ mountains
Creating HUGE thunderboomers are also a sight to behold!

:)
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 11:46 PM
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4. my dad was a meteorologist
and both my bf and my closest co-worker are weather junkies :D
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halliburtonsux Donating Member (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 11:47 PM
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5. I am, as well. n/t
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:19 AM
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8. First tiem I heard that one
Lol. Yay for pride. :) :hug:
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:38 AM
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10. I think living on the Gulf Coast, it's kind of natural to be a weather-nerd
:D

I tend to ignore most of the commercial sites and go straight to the source, the NWS :)

Here's a site for the Southern Region of satellite imagery, including water-vapor. I use that one the most, such as the following West Atlantic Water Vapor Loop.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 07:50 AM
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12. It's amazing that you can see anything through the smoke.

:hi: I'm a weather nerd too. I love watching storms.
I've been in Florida during mild hurricanes because my stepmother and my father wanted to go deep sea fishing several times a year. I've got so many memories of being carried out to the car at 2 AM for a road trip to Pensacola.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 07:51 AM
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13. i will sue you
keep an eye out for the process server.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 08:10 AM
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14. You are staying right down the street from where I used to live
off 36th Street. You are actually in Miami Springs.
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