Weather Watchers, anyone?
 

I had suggested to TOTV admin a topic here called Weather Watchers. Rain reports, weather monitoring equipment, etc. Here is their response:

>> Hello,

Thank you for the feedback and suggestion. We have not had any prior requests for this. You may want to make a post on the forum and see how much interest there would be for something like this. If there is enough support we can add it.

Best Regards,

TOTV Team <<

If you are interested in this topic, please post so I can show to admin.

Thanks, and happy weather!

Weather Watcher
 

I would be very interested in this. I hope there's enough interest to start this.

I like the idea a lot. We have such different weather sometimes from one section to another of TV.

Add me to the list

We have many NWS/NOAA approved storm spotters in TV. I'm one, and would be interested.


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I'm in. Good luck. We will all benefit.

I'm in. How many do we need to actually be weather watchers. The rest will just reap the knowledge we gather.

Great idea. I am a self proclaimed weather nerd and would find this of interest. May even participate.

It would a great advantage to full timers, and those away from their homes at different times.

Excellent idea/suggestion:bigbow:

Count me in please

Given where we all live and the potential for many kinds of weather events, this seems like a no brainer to me.

Count me in please.

Seems like a no brainer to me, too! Bet it will help snowbirds during the rainy season know whether to fret about their property - or not fret!

Count me in, too....🌧⚡️🌪🌈

That's great. With a few more replies (I hope), I'll forward the admin. Thanks for your support!

Great suggestion!!! Please add me to the list.

A great idea..I'm in!

Count me in as well!

Talk about Weather, R U get'in Rain where U live? We R:a040:

.79" in Sanibel.


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Sounds great. We're in.

Sounds like a great idea, count me in, I have also gone one step further, and I have my name in to install a lightning monitor which would cover all of TV and beyond, just wanting for the sponsor to get back to me. Currently the closest ones to TV appear to be in Tampa and to locations north (Gainesville/Jacksonville??).

:BigApplause:Good suggestion!

Question? Will the Weather Watcher's become a Sticky on TOTV, or a Thread when TV is in the Path of Bad weather? I like the Idea. Just ask'in....

Count me in

Excellent idea!

The Weather Underground Wundermap summarizes a pretty chunk of available data and can telescope down to small areas. It also includes the data from PWSs (Personal Weather Stations). There is pretty good PWS coverage in The Villages.

WunderMap(R) | Interactive Weather Map and Radar | Weather Underground

While there could be installation and maintenance issues with the PWSs, my experience suggests they are generally pretty good. If you want to know what is going on in The Villages, the PWSs are a good place to look.

The Wundermap also includes a simple access to some of the results from the ECMWF and NWS global spectral transform codes. More detailed results, and from other codes, are available elsewhere but explaining the results can become involved. If anyone is interested let me know and I will post some other links.

Great idea! cocorahs.com is a great site sponsored by NOAA that allows us to become weather sites to record our data and observations and view data from local and national weather watchers. Its a great site that I have used for years and totally legitimate. Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network. All it takes is a simple rain gauge and good old fashioned thermometers.

Thanks! I'd like to learn more about this.

Weather watchers?
 

It will probably become a major hurricane soon. Still a question as to if it will just turn back into Atlantic or hit the US. Has the potential to be a cat 4 or 5. Follow @RyanMaue on twitter to get good info on hurricanes... it what he does for a living

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Sounds like an interesting forum to me!

Irma :angel: is my Dearly Departed Mother In Law's first name and the entire family is teasing that she is coming to check up on me. Not to funny! :pray:

The latest 15-day spectral transform model run from the NWS continues the trend of heading north and potentially hitting NY or New England. However, that is 8-9 days out and the skill levels are not very good that far into the future. Still, the best bet is that it will be curving north and not be an issue for the Southeast US. The 216 hour forecast valid 18z Sunday Sept 10 has a direct hit on NYC. It is too early to get all excited as accurate solutions are typically available 3-4 days out.

Great idea, I'm a weather watcher. I play the Energy Market!!
Need to keep an eye on it.

Thank you, everyone, for your posts. I've sent them to admin and am waiting for a reply.