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Twitter account for the WxChallenge meteorological forecasting competition.

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@SteveSeman Nothing exciting. Just a typo.

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@GoAskAScientist Yes

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@yattoni_wx Congratulations!!!

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@MB81996 Congratulations!!!

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@SteveSeman Me waiting on the city to be chosen.

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@YjlWx @wx3i The ASOS reported back a low of 30 at 11:24pm LST.

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@SteveSeman The Advisory Board wanted to wait as long as possible to find as dynamic of a potential forecast as possible. It is now on the website. (Quillayute, WA)

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Registrations for the 2021-22 WxChallenge are now open. Please contact your local manager for your registration key. The deadline for registering is September 26th at 2200 UTC.

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@YjlWx The Advisory Board is currently discussing the team tournament and a notice will be posted to the website when they have made a decision regarding it.

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@YjlWx Oops. Corrected now.

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@LanceWeatherGuy @NWSRaleigh We are using the latest information from the WFO. If anything ever changes, we will update it.

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By popular vote, City #10 will be Jackson, MS (KJAN).

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We believe that this is the first time a #WxChallenge city has been in a tornado warning during its forecast period. We hope everyone is safe from the storm.

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@LanceWeatherGuy After speaking with the NWS directly, the Advisory Board is keeping Day 1-4 verifications as is at this time. If they get any updated information, it will be handled at that time. It is a shame that the station (or any ASOS) is as fragile as it is.

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The KRDU ASOS site is not operating normally due to the combination of maintenance and a simultaneous communications incident. While the unit may be restored to normal soon, it continues to operate in a limited mode at this time, and may continue to do so ...(1/2)

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By popular vote, City #9 will be Raleigh, NC (KRDU).

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@wxjp2nyy FYI, we do not run the USL (just like we do not run the GFS, NAM, etc.). It is up to the USL folks to get out their numbers.

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temporarily goes down. Please be patient if there are any issues and we will get them resolved as soon as possible. (Hurry and enter forecasts early today.) We were notified a few minutes ago. (2/2)

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The University of Oklahoma will be shutting off power to certain buildings for 6 hours to conserve energy with our limited power supplies. The National Weather Center (where the WxC servers are housed) has backup power generators. Please be aware in case the website (1/2)