Archive for July, 2008
BUST!
By Charles E. Roop
Well, the term “Team Drizzle” is sticking with us as a multi-county chase ended up with not-so-hot data.
We went from Gainesville, to Starke, to Palatka, to Bunnell, to Port Orange, to north of Ocala, to Gainesville on Wednesday. We touched seven counties. Through all of that miles, we collected 0.1 inches of [...]
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Far-Out Chase Today, Man
By Charles E. Roop
Yep, today is the day when the indi-study crew is planning on getting on the road early and go out as far as possible to catch some storms for data gathering. We should be heading on the road in a little over an hour.
As for the weather, things look very potent today [...]
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Tuesday’s Chasing Forecast…
By Charles E. Roop
Here’s today’s outlook that was posted 30 minutes ago:
Another moist and wet day today, Team Drizzle. It’s a similar setup to yesterday – SFC to 700 mb S to SWly flow from the GOMEX is pulling in deep tropical moisture. Dewpoints are in the 70s statewide and temps are expected to hit [...]
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Yo, Where The Party At?! UF!
Charles E. Roop
I just came accross this artice from Yahoo! News/AP:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida can raise a glass to another national title — best party school in the country.
The Gators, known for wild celebrations following national championships in football and basketball, wrested the party title away from West Virginia University and beat [...]
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By Charles E. Roop
It has been a while since my last post and I do apologize. I’ve been busy and lazy at the same time. Anywho, we still have two weeks in the independent study “storm chasing” course and we only had one real successful chase (July 8). However, we are confident that we can [...]
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Roller Derby!
By Charles E. Roop
On Sunday, I finally had an opportunity to do some video. I covered a bout with the Gainesville Roller Rebels at the Alachua County Fairgrounds. The video has been posted on the Alligator’s site as well as on YouTube…
I’m trying to get more video to add to my [...]
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By Charles E. Roop
Local storm spotter and Assistant Emergency Coordinator of Alachua County Melissa Royce was featured in today’s Gainesville Sun in an article about the new spotter network. Check out the article.
The first new organization meeting will be a the Alachua County EOC on July 31 at 7 p.m.
As a spotter since 2002, the [...]
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ESPN in Town
By Charles E. Roop
ESPN came to Gainesville in the scorching heat on Thursday. They were not there to cover a game, but to see if Gainesville should be declared “Titletown.” Gainesville is one of 20 stops that the cable sports network is making to do a taped feature of the city. ESPN reporter and journalism [...]
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“Chase” Day 1 – 07/08/2008
By Charles E. Roop
For our independent study/Chasing Storms course this Summer B, we’ve had a good start. After a bust for our first day on stand-by (Monday), things ended up working out the second day.
We met at 3 p.m. EDT to view the radars and other weather data to make our decision. As time ticked, [...]
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By Charles E. Roop
I just saw this on the crawler on CNN. I was surprised, but relieved. Months ago, I read that the Landmark Communications-owned The Weather Channel and weather.com was up for sale. I remember reading the potential buyers including NBC Universal being one of them. But one potential buyer I read that scared [...]
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