Yet Another Nor'easter for the North East
 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f3yrpqag3wfqjiu/Screenshot%202014-10-29%2017.35.13.png?dl=0

This one looks just about as tightly wound as the last one depending
on where you are. Should start heating up on Sunday and Monday.

Batten down the hatches.

Yet Another Nor'easter for the North East
 

Wayne.B wrote:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f3yrpqag3wfqjiu/Screenshot%202014-10-29%2017.35.13.png?dl=0

This one looks just about as tightly wound as the last one depending
on where you are. Should start heating up on Sunday and Monday.

Batten down the hatches.

What program is the shot from?

Yet Another Nor'easter for the North East
 

On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:40:23 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f3yrpqag3wfqjiu/Screenshot%202014-10-29%2017.35.13.png?dl=0

This one looks just about as tightly wound as the last one depending
on where you are. Should start heating up on Sunday and Monday.

Batten down the hatches.

What program is the shot from?


===

It's called "Viewfax". It gives you a variety of options for
downloading and displaying the GFS weather model. You can get it
he

http://siriuscyber.net/wxfax/#viewfax

It's an easy install but usage and interpretation involve a bit of a
learning curve. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try to
help.

Two years ago I was able to identify the weather system that
eventually became Hurricane Sandy before anyone else was talking about
it.

Yet Another Nor'easter for the North East
 

On 10/29/2014 8:36 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:40:23 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f3yrpqag3wfqjiu/Screenshot%202014-10-29%2017.35.13.png?dl=0

This one looks just about as tightly wound as the last one depending
on where you are. Should start heating up on Sunday and Monday.

Batten down the hatches.

What program is the shot from?


===

It's called "Viewfax". It gives you a variety of options for
downloading and displaying the GFS weather model. You can get it
he

http://siriuscyber.net/wxfax/#viewfax

It's an easy install but usage and interpretation involve a bit of a
learning curve. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try to
help.

Two years ago I was able to identify the weather system that
eventually became Hurricane Sandy before anyone else was talking about
it.



Heh. You are talking about a nor'easter that nobody around here have
mentioned yet. I mentioned it to my wife and she looked at me like I
had two heads.

Be interesting to see what develops.

Yet Another Nor'easter for the North East
 

On 10/29/2014 10:07 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:48:29 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/29/2014 8:36 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:40:23 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f3yrpqag3wfqjiu/Screenshot%202014-10-29%2017.35.13.png?dl=0

This one looks just about as tightly wound as the last one depending
on where you are. Should start heating up on Sunday and Monday.

Batten down the hatches.

What program is the shot from?


===

It's called "Viewfax". It gives you a variety of options for
downloading and displaying the GFS weather model. You can get it
he

http://siriuscyber.net/wxfax/#viewfax

It's an easy install but usage and interpretation involve a bit of a
learning curve. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try to
help.

Two years ago I was able to identify the weather system that
eventually became Hurricane Sandy before anyone else was talking about
it.



Heh. You are talking about a nor'easter that nobody around here have
mentioned yet. I mentioned it to my wife and she looked at me like I
had two heads.

Be interesting to see what develops.


Is this a projection of what the low pressure area around the Virgin
Islands is going to do?



I took a look at Wayne's link for the software. I think I am going to
download it and give it a whirl. Looks interesting.

Yet Another Nor'easter for the North East
 

On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:07:50 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:48:29 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/29/2014 8:36 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:40:23 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f3yrpqag3wfqjiu/Screenshot%202014-10-29%2017.35.13.png?dl=0

This one looks just about as tightly wound as the last one depending
on where you are. Should start heating up on Sunday and Monday.

Batten down the hatches.

What program is the shot from?


===

It's called "Viewfax". It gives you a variety of options for
downloading and displaying the GFS weather model. You can get it
he

http://siriuscyber.net/wxfax/#viewfax

It's an easy install but usage and interpretation involve a bit of a
learning curve. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try to
help.

Two years ago I was able to identify the weather system that
eventually became Hurricane Sandy before anyone else was talking about
it.



Heh. You are talking about a nor'easter that nobody around here have
mentioned yet. I mentioned it to my wife and she looked at me like I
had two heads.

Be interesting to see what develops.


Is this a projection of what the low pressure area around the Virgin
Islands is going to do?

===

No, the low pressure area near the VI moves off to mid-ocean and kind
of fizzles. The one neaded for New England looks like it will form
off Cape Hatteras on Saturday afternoon and then go up the coast.

Yet Another Nor'easter for the North East
 

On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:51:07 -0400, wrote:

It looks like this is just the viewer. I am not sure where you get the
weather data.


===

After you configure the options, the program will download the GFS
model data going out as far as 8 days. You can then roll it forwards
and backwards on your screen. It is very useful for spotting weather
systems as they are first developing. The professional
meteorologists use the same data but they have accesss to many
different models. The GFS is one of the better ones however.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Forecast_System


For my purposes the NOAA hurricane center and the local RADAR is all I
need.



RADAR is very good for the near future. Beyond that you need a
weather model. That's what the NHC does and all of the popular
weather sites.

Yet Another Nor'easter for the North East
 

wrote:
On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:15:41 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/29/2014 10:07 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:48:29 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/29/2014 8:36 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:40:23 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f3yrpqag3wfqjiu/Screenshot%202014-10-29%2017.35.13.png?dl=0

This one looks just about as tightly wound as the last one depending
on where you are. Should start heating up on Sunday and Monday.

Batten down the hatches.

What program is the shot from?


===

It's called "Viewfax". It gives you a variety of options for
downloading and displaying the GFS weather model. You can get it
he

http://siriuscyber.net/wxfax/#viewfax

It's an easy install but usage and interpretation involve a bit of a
learning curve. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try to
help.

Two years ago I was able to identify the weather system that
eventually became Hurricane Sandy before anyone else was talking about
it.



Heh. You are talking about a nor'easter that nobody around here have
mentioned yet. I mentioned it to my wife and she looked at me like I
had two heads.

Be interesting to see what develops.


Is this a projection of what the low pressure area around the Virgin
Islands is going to do?



I took a look at Wayne's link for the software. I think I am going to
download it and give it a whirl. Looks interesting.


It looks like this is just the viewer. I am not sure where you get the
weather data.

For my purposes the NOAA hurricane center and the local RADAR is all I
need.

Where do you get the data?

Yet Another Nor'easter for the North East
 

On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:14:58 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Where do you get the data?

===


Once you get Viewfax configured properly it will download the latest
model data.

The command sequence goes like this from the pull down menu:

File Get Data

At the bottom select Model: GFS, then drag and draw a box on the map
for the area of interest. Then press the "Request" button. That
will bring up a pop-up configuration window where you specify dates,
times and model parameters. In the beginning I'd stick to something
simple like Prmsl (sea level pressure), Wind, Waves and Rain.

After you've checked off the boxes, click "send" and the model data
will download.

It sounds more complicated than it really is and once you've
configured it once it remembers the settings.

Yet Another Nor'easter for the North East
 

On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 01:14:58 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:58:03 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:14:58 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Where do you get the data?

===


Once you get Viewfax configured properly it will download the latest
model data.

The command sequence goes like this from the pull down menu:

File Get Data

At the bottom select Model: GFS, then drag and draw a box on the map
for the area of interest. Then press the "Request" button. That
will bring up a pop-up configuration window where you specify dates,
times and model parameters. In the beginning I'd stick to something
simple like Prmsl (sea level pressure), Wind, Waves and Rain.

After you've checked off the boxes, click "send" and the model data
will download.

It sounds more complicated than it really is and once you've
configured it once it remembers the settings.

OK I may have figured it out. The Beta says it supports direct
download but my virus scanner will not let me run it.

I usually don't fool around with Betas, let some hobbyist catch the
arrows. When this is in general release, I will try again. We are not
going to have any weather here until next July or August anyway. ;-)

===

The version I'm running is 5.0.56 - It does not say Beta.