You don’t see these very often....
SONOMA AND MARIN COUNTIES-SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL MONTEREY COUNTY-
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-SAN MATEO COUNTY-
830 PM PDT TUE JUN 14 2005
...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER ISLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA INCLUSIVE...
EARTHQUAKE DATA..
.PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 7.4
LOCATION... 41.3 NORTH 125.7 WEST... OR 90 MILES NW OF EUREKA, CA AND 300 MILES NW OF SAN FRANCISCO CA AT 751 PM PDT.
IT IS NOT KNOWN...REPEAT NOT KNOWN...IF A TSUNAMI EXISTS...BUT A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED. THEREFORE PERSONS IN LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF IN A WARNED AREA. TSUNAMIS MAY BE A SERIES OF WAVES WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.
THIS TSUNAMI WARNING INCLUDES THE ENTIRE CALIFORNIA COAST. ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 923 PM PDT.
Fortunately, the tsunami was barely measurable.
An Unusual Warning...
June 17, 2005, 10:45 pm
by Bill Murray
in General Thoughts
MSU Recruitment
June 17, 2005, 8:18 pm
Along with my internship this summer, I will be returning to Starkville in July to prepare for Panhellenic Recruitment 2005. Recruitment is a week long process in which college women have the opportunity to join a sorority. Mississippi State offers potential membership into six Greek sororities: Delta Gamma, Kappa Delta, Chi Omega, Zeta Tau Alpha, Delta Delta Delta, and Phi Mu. Over the years, many misconceptions have developed about the process of recruiting new members into sororities. Contrary to popular belief, there is no “hazing” (pressure to participate in cruel or embarrassing activities) involved in the recruitment and initiation of sorority women. At Mississippi State, this week simply provides a time for potential new members and existing sorority women to become acquainted with one another.
Recruitment Week can offer women a fun way to meet other new collegians and sorority women through the different events. Panhellenic is the governing body for sororities that organizes and regulates the process. The Panhellenic Council and Recruitment Counselors start the week off with an orientation session where potential new members get to know one another and become informed about the upcoming events. Orientation is followed by four events: Water Event, Philanthropy Event, Theme Event, and Preference Event. During the Water Event, women tour each house for approximately thirty minutes while talking to members and enjoying glasses of water. The next day, women participate in the Philanthropy Event where they find out about each sorority’s charity. Women also make a craft to give to the charity during this longer visit. Theme Event is the most fun night! The potential new members and sorority women are allotted more time to converse, and the sorority women perform skits and songs about their sisterhood. Preference Night is the last and most serious step in the recruitment process. During this night, the potential new members visit their top two choices only, and each woman must select the sorority that she wants to join at the end of the event. Finally, the women celebrate joining a sorority on Bid Day.
Although the Recruitment process is only one week for participants, I will begin work with the other council members in July, cutting my internship somewhat short. I look forward to the discussions and planning. My hope is to make the 2005 potential new members’ experience as wonderful and memorable as mine was. As an out-of-state freshman, Recruitment Week helped me meet friends, gain conversation skills, and receive membership in an organization that has changed my life. In conclusion, I hope that you have gained some insight into the confusing steps of sorority recruitment. By the way...ABC33/40 Weather Team, I am putting my request in early. I need beautiful weather for the Recruitment Week in August!
Recruitment Week can offer women a fun way to meet other new collegians and sorority women through the different events. Panhellenic is the governing body for sororities that organizes and regulates the process. The Panhellenic Council and Recruitment Counselors start the week off with an orientation session where potential new members get to know one another and become informed about the upcoming events. Orientation is followed by four events: Water Event, Philanthropy Event, Theme Event, and Preference Event. During the Water Event, women tour each house for approximately thirty minutes while talking to members and enjoying glasses of water. The next day, women participate in the Philanthropy Event where they find out about each sorority’s charity. Women also make a craft to give to the charity during this longer visit. Theme Event is the most fun night! The potential new members and sorority women are allotted more time to converse, and the sorority women perform skits and songs about their sisterhood. Preference Night is the last and most serious step in the recruitment process. During this night, the potential new members visit their top two choices only, and each woman must select the sorority that she wants to join at the end of the event. Finally, the women celebrate joining a sorority on Bid Day.
Although the Recruitment process is only one week for participants, I will begin work with the other council members in July, cutting my internship somewhat short. I look forward to the discussions and planning. My hope is to make the 2005 potential new members’ experience as wonderful and memorable as mine was. As an out-of-state freshman, Recruitment Week helped me meet friends, gain conversation skills, and receive membership in an organization that has changed my life. In conclusion, I hope that you have gained some insight into the confusing steps of sorority recruitment. By the way...ABC33/40 Weather Team, I am putting my request in early. I need beautiful weather for the Recruitment Week in August!
Comments Allowed Again!
June 17, 2005, 5:10 pm
Sorry... just noticed that comments were blocked on the blog. This was the result of a software upgrade; we have opened comments back up again.
Have a great weekend!
Have a great weekend!
by James Spann
in General Thoughts
A Very Nice Weekend Ahead
June 17, 2005, 2:40 pm
The Friday afternoon map discussion video is on the web server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Not much change in our thinking for the weekend; sunny warm days and clear cool nights. We will see a few high clouds from time to time coming from those decaying storms to the west, but the air near the surface will stay very dry.
And, next week the models look pretty dry until the end of the week. This is quite a long time period for us here in June not to mention "scattered afternoon storms" in the forecast.
TROPICS: Nice and quiet in the Atlantic basin, and tropical storm formation is not expected through the weekend.
I will be taking a little time off next week; the rest of the gang will be taking over duties for me, including the blog, radio, TV, and Internet work. Thanks in advance to J.B. Elliott, John Oldshue, David Black, Bill Murray, and Jason Simspon. I have not had any time off since Christmas, and there is no doubt the time has come for a break.
Have a great weekend; I will be back Monday June 27.
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Not much change in our thinking for the weekend; sunny warm days and clear cool nights. We will see a few high clouds from time to time coming from those decaying storms to the west, but the air near the surface will stay very dry.
And, next week the models look pretty dry until the end of the week. This is quite a long time period for us here in June not to mention "scattered afternoon storms" in the forecast.
TROPICS: Nice and quiet in the Atlantic basin, and tropical storm formation is not expected through the weekend.
I will be taking a little time off next week; the rest of the gang will be taking over duties for me, including the blog, radio, TV, and Internet work. Thanks in advance to J.B. Elliott, John Oldshue, David Black, Bill Murray, and Jason Simspon. I have not had any time off since Christmas, and there is no doubt the time has come for a break.
Have a great weekend; I will be back Monday June 27.
Interesting To Our West
June 17, 2005, 10:16 am
Interesting happenings to our west. We have mentioned all week that in this NW flow, groups, or clusters of thunderstorms often form in the Central Plains and head SE.
Overnight and early this morning there was wind damage in SE Oklahoma, South Arkansas and North Louisiana.
At 10:15 this morning, the thunderstorms still remained strong to severe over NE and Central Louisiana and some of the thunderstorms were moving intoWest Central Mississippi.
Numerous trees have been uprooted in such places as Stamps and Lewisville, Arkanasa. An interesting report from 8 miles SE of Texarkana said "trees and fences are down and cattle are running amuck."
The Storm Prediction Center has placed the following areas under a slight risk of severe weather today and tonight:
Extreme East Texas
All of Louisiana
South one-third of Mississippi
Mobile is on the east edge
Here in Central Alabama, we expect dry weather to continue. Those storms should continue moving SE and stay west of us.
Overnight and early this morning there was wind damage in SE Oklahoma, South Arkansas and North Louisiana.
At 10:15 this morning, the thunderstorms still remained strong to severe over NE and Central Louisiana and some of the thunderstorms were moving intoWest Central Mississippi.
Numerous trees have been uprooted in such places as Stamps and Lewisville, Arkanasa. An interesting report from 8 miles SE of Texarkana said "trees and fences are down and cattle are running amuck."
The Storm Prediction Center has placed the following areas under a slight risk of severe weather today and tonight:
Extreme East Texas
All of Louisiana
South one-third of Mississippi
Mobile is on the east edge
Here in Central Alabama, we expect dry weather to continue. Those storms should continue moving SE and stay west of us.
ABC 33/40 Afternoon Podcast for June 17 2005
June 17, 2005, 10:07 am
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by James Spann
in Podcast
Better Late Than Never
June 17, 2005, 9:36 am
Sorry for the problems early this morning; but the server is back online now and all seems back to normal. This is the blog discussion I usually write between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. I was up, but could access the blog at that time!
The Friday morning map discussion video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
This weather is almost too nice for June. I see that Cullman, Decatur, and Fort Payne all dipped to 59 degrees this morning. Temperatures will drop to the upper 50s and low 60s again early tomorrow and Sunday morning as unusually dry air continues to cover the deep south.
Sunny warm days, clear cool nights, and low humidity levels will continue through the weekend. This should be the nicest weather ever for Birmingham's annual music festival, City Stages.
Looks like the dry spell continues well into next week as a high amplitude upper pattern continues across the nation. The big trough over the eastern U.S. will keep us in very dry air for at least the next five days. There is some hint of an upper low to the east of us by Tuesday of next week, but the showers should stay over Georgia and the Carolinas with that feature.
TROPICS: The Atlantic basin is very quiet this morning. A disturbance is located south of Bermuda that might try to develop, but it will not be close to the U.S. mainland as it moves over the open water of the Atlantic Ocean.
Writing this update from Hunter Street Baptist Church where I have been helping with Summer Quest this week, our annual week-long version of "Vacation Bible School". We have enjoyed over 1,000 kids and we all have had a blast. ABC 33/40 News Anchor Brenda Ladun is also here helping as well. Thanks to the church staff for the wireless Internet access throughout the campus; it has been very easy to do radio weather chores and a variety of other duties from here this week during the midday hours.
I will be back in the weather office a little later today for the afternoon map discussion video and blog update!
The Friday morning map discussion video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
This weather is almost too nice for June. I see that Cullman, Decatur, and Fort Payne all dipped to 59 degrees this morning. Temperatures will drop to the upper 50s and low 60s again early tomorrow and Sunday morning as unusually dry air continues to cover the deep south.
Sunny warm days, clear cool nights, and low humidity levels will continue through the weekend. This should be the nicest weather ever for Birmingham's annual music festival, City Stages.
Looks like the dry spell continues well into next week as a high amplitude upper pattern continues across the nation. The big trough over the eastern U.S. will keep us in very dry air for at least the next five days. There is some hint of an upper low to the east of us by Tuesday of next week, but the showers should stay over Georgia and the Carolinas with that feature.
TROPICS: The Atlantic basin is very quiet this morning. A disturbance is located south of Bermuda that might try to develop, but it will not be close to the U.S. mainland as it moves over the open water of the Atlantic Ocean.
Writing this update from Hunter Street Baptist Church where I have been helping with Summer Quest this week, our annual week-long version of "Vacation Bible School". We have enjoyed over 1,000 kids and we all have had a blast. ABC 33/40 News Anchor Brenda Ladun is also here helping as well. Thanks to the church staff for the wireless Internet access throughout the campus; it has been very easy to do radio weather chores and a variety of other duties from here this week during the midday hours.
I will be back in the weather office a little later today for the afternoon map discussion video and blog update!
by James Spann
in General Thoughts
ABC 33/40 Podcast for Friday, June 17, 2005
June 17, 2005, 8:29 am
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