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kayakjohnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-01-10 09:09 AM
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A good weather-monitoring tool for those who don't know of it. And a storm may be coming....
I've been using Crown Weather for several years. They can be a little slow to load because of the volume of data. But it's well worth it during storm season.

I always go to the second link first, then to the third if there is something going on. It's a thorough discussion of Current Tropical Weather.

Here is the main page:

http://www.crownweather.com/

But I usually have this one saved... It's the one with all the volume:

http://www.crownweather.com/?page_id=29

And I like this one because the guy writes a great breakdown of all the models and forecasts. He seems very knowledgeable and insightful:

http://www.crownweather.com/?page_id=325



Cheers.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-01-10 09:10 AM
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1. My body has been my weather tool!
:rofl:
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enough Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-01-10 09:19 AM
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2. Wow that is great. Thanks for this. Bookmarking. (nt)
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kayakjohnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-01-10 09:37 AM
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3. You are very welcome. I'm glued to that site at this time of year.
Things happen fast. When I checked last night, there was no real major threat out there.

Woke up today, and saw that we might get a storm.

When you live in coastal Florida, you need every heads up you can get.

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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-01-10 12:34 PM
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4. very nifty - I would have assumed it was Canadian!
I'm not a fan of Accu-Weather on a lot of levels - mostly because its "scientists" have been helping the climate change deniers. It's embarrassing that they're associated with Penn State.

http://climateprogress.org/2010/01/07/accuweather-meteorologist-joe-bastardi-pushes-the-70s-ice-age-scare-myth-science/

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=AccuWeather%27s_science_for_hire

In addition, AccuWeather's site is not easy to use or navigate.
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kayakjohnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-01-10 12:53 PM
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5. Heh .... it would seem, huh?
Or from someone who just had a real thing for Crown Royal. Or even a Crown Victoria.

I also like Intellicast and WeatherUnderground, NOAA, and even Weather.com.

They all seem to have their pros and cons.

That's why I use them all for different reasons.

And it is nice that Crown has so many products all on one page.

Cheers.
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yowzayowzayowza Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-01-10 01:05 PM
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6. Nice, but I'll still prefer Weather Underground.
Edited on Sun Aug-01-10 01:06 PM by yowzayowzayowza
http://www.wunderground.com augmented with the National Hurricane Center, http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

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kayakjohnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-01-10 01:42 PM
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7. Yes, and Crown likes them too.
They are part of that big page in the second link.

Crown uses both Wunderground and noaa and so many others.

Their bandwith use must be significant.

They put in a request for increased bandwith beginning Tuesday to keep up with the anticipated demand for the coming week.
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yowzayowzayowza Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-01-10 04:12 PM
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8. They do have good tropical coverage.
Thx for the link.

:hi:
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