Frank Alsheimer

Regular Joe had a long career with the NWS. Now teaching meteorology at the College of Charleston. NWA and AMS member.

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@ZombieTrev5k Those airport slot machines are gonna make a killing today.

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@jkeyeser @MissAshes92 Yeah, I tried the annual exceedance at times (often explaining that as a different interpretation of the 1000 yr flood), but I don’t think the general public grasps 0.1% any better than 1000 yr.

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@blamarre @NWSTampaBay So your saying I picked the wrong year to start spending the month of February in southwest Florida :)

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@MatthewCappucci While the NWS (and any forecast entity) need to look consistently at performance (which is done, BTW), those fairly criticizing performance need to be less attacking and need to ask more questions than provide opinionated answers.

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@MatthewCappucci 1/2 The problem rests on both sides. Many comments directed toward those making the decisions are “you’re wrong” or “you should have done this”. That automatically puts people on the defensive and hurts the entire communication process.

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@IvettaAbramyan

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Thanks for the great season, #RaysUp I know it didn’t end the way you wanted, but you were the best in the AL all year and won the pennant. It was a great season to be a fan!

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Hey @espn your iPad app keeps crashing on NCAA football

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Hey @Apple your new IOS stinks. Can’t see battery amount on iPad. Killed my silence unknown caller settings. Siri isn’t worth anything. A huge disappointment

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@burgwx @ContentWxGuy @ColeWeather25 I’ve always considered there to be “anticyclonic dominated” and “cyclonic dominated” nor’easters, based on SLP anomalies associated with the system. NE FL gets regional nor’easters as a result of high to the north and a trof over the Gulf Stream, pinching the gradient.

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What is Campbell doing?

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Two crazy endings of regulation at the same time. Thank you, @YouTubeTV for the quad box!

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Hey @Apple I can’t see the remaining amount of charge on my iPad battery on the Home Screen. There is not enough contrast between the number and the battery image with the latest update. You need to make this configurable, or have a way to see the number outside the image.

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@RyanWeather It’s not the same lightning data, and shouldn’t be any more delay since it’s a baseline instrument we already have. Agreed that the GXS is the game changer, assuming we get our modeling act together.

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Caminero!!

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@meier_keith I’m gonna disagree with you on this one. We have all the technology necessary to avoid mistakes like this. There should have been one more play, no matter what the score or the teams involved. This shouldn’t happen. This isn’t the first time this season, either.

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@SCwxFrankStrait I saw that title, too, and tried to figure out what the heck that meant.

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College kickers. Oof.