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27 November 2006
Bye Bye Indian Summer
I hope you are enjoying this mild weather, because there is little doubt that it will come to an abrupt end late Thursday. Over the weekend, I saw some -40 readings up in N.W. Canada, and that air is still sinking southward. Take a look at this link. It is a high definition camera on a mountain over the beautiful village of Banff in Alberta. I have been watching the …
21 November 2006
A day to get out of the way…
On days like yesterday, all a weather guy like me can do is to stay out of the way and offer himself up to run errands. I have never had any journalism classes and my nerdiness has made me think many times, that I would be more suited for a job with NOAA than in TV. It is truly amazing to see a group of professional producers, reporters and anchors/correspondents …
19 November 2006
Upgrades to the Future
In the last 30 days, we have added 3 major new computer and software systems to the weather office. The first is a new weathenet system that allows us to show any and all of our weatherbug sensor stations. Along with this is a new weatherbug for our viewers. If you have not already downloaded it, it is on our weather page on whnt.com. Just put in your zip code …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.