Kevin Selle
Wichita Falls, TX
Male, 55
I've been a broadcast meteorologist on television since the early 1990's. Happy to answer any questions about the weather or local TV news. Yes, I often wear sneakers on set just out of view of the camera.
Great question, Vicki. Without knowing the exact circumstances I can tell you that light travels farther than sound. On average, depending on conditions, the sound of thunder will travel an average of 15 miles. Thanks!
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In the shadow of Mt. Monadnock...nice! The average high for Jaffrey for that day is right at 70 degrees, the average low is 50. At the beginning of June the warmest temperature of a sunny day would be around 4 to 5:00pm, sunset is at 8:20, so if it is a perfectly average day (and few are) I would say it would be falling through the 60's durning the wedding and perhaps in to the upper 50's near the end of the reception. Good luck and congrats!!
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Hi, Grant. Huge question. I remember reading something (and I'm paraphrasing and my facts might be off) that said shortly after Henry Ford invented the Model T that at one point there were 128 different companies manufacturing cars. Eventually most of them faded away for one reason or another and a few survived. I think we are in the same "wild west" period right now in weather information. A lot of players will make a lot of different plays, some will catch, others will fade away. That said, my hope is that what gains traction will be the best for the end users as opposed to systems designed by profit motive or convenience for companies. It would be nice to think "the best" will win but if you look at the history of home video, for example, Beta was always recognized to be a better quality format, but we all ended up with VHS machines blinking 12:00 hook to our TVs. Hope that wasn't too generic!
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Excellent question, and I wish there were a standard answer. Warning sirens are controlled by emergency management officials and local governments. There is no standard procedure. As a partial answer to your question, local TV meteorologists have no control over the sirens. I would suggest you contact your local National Weather Service office. They can give you information on how sirens are handled in your town. Go to weather.gov and click on your area on the map. This will take you to your local office page. Let me know if you have any trouble and we will try another path. Thanks!
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There are quite a few, Dave. At the base level you can always go to weather.gov and select a region of the map. That will take you a local office and the "Climate" link on the sidebar will get you started. Also, a simple Google search for something like "average temperatures in (city)" will bring up links to Weather Underground, The Weather Channel, etc. Actually, one that I have found recently makes some nice charts is weatherspark.com. You can select any city and then averages. Have fun!
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Hi, Walt! Depends on the person. If you are really a weather geek you might want a place other than SoCal, that said, even San Diego has some interesting weather. Broadly the interests break down into severe weather, tropical, and winter (don't understand the winter folks personally). Every location has some local weather that is unique. For me, the worst thing is being stuck in a boring pattern. Thanks!
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Tough to answer, and different areas of the country have different standards. I suppose 70% would be the bottom acceptable average. That said, "accuracy" is tough to define. Is one degree off okay? Two? Some give three degrees over or under the actual high as "accurate". Precipitation is another challenge. If "popcorn" afternoon thunderstorms cover 30% of the area, but not the official rain gauge (or your backyard) does that count as rain, or not? Guess that is why people get away with that old joke about weathermen still getting paid to be wrong all the time! :)
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