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On Air Talent; Who Do You Trust? Distrust?

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WeatherHost:
AKA Talking Heads.

Our local station is ridiculous, more interested in self promos than accurate forecasting. Even their didgital subchannel that is supposed to be dedicated to weather is loaded with promos.  Broadcasts are loaded with fancy buzzwords, slogans, catch phrases, mottos and other silliness.  For local weather, I have to rely on the next distant station, about 60 miles west.  Oddly enough, during severe weather the #3 station in the market seems to have the best coverage.

On TWC, there are a few I just cannot stand, the rest are pretty good for the most part.  Cheryl Lemke is OK but her voice is like chalk screeching on a blackboard.  I rank Dave Schwartz in the same category as Billy Mays and Smiling Bob of the Enzyte commercials.

Can you trust your local on-air forecasters?

Where do you go for national information?

ocala:
I don't watch the local weather. I get all my info from the computer.
As you said they are disgusting to watch. We had one guy here a couple years ago who was real good. Didn't sugar coat it, and told it like it was.
These jokers now mis- pronounce names of cites and have on  several occasions given old hurricane updates.

ncpilot:
I try to get my info from multiple web-based sources--and VERY important!--look out the window...  :-) I do watch local weather, but only half seriously...

I wouldn't be surprised if Greg Fishel at www.wral.com is the best in N. Carolina, and since the CBS station here is run by WRAL, we get their news--so I can watch Greg if I want. He always has a great balance between the technical side and still making it understandable to most any viewer. I can actually learn from his weather segments.

http://www.wral.com/rs/bio/1010713/

He's an institution at WRAL, and given the equipment/software, his budget must be huge...

WeatherHost:
How are your local TV Weather Guessers doing?  Do they give you enough notice on upcoming severe events?  Do they cover them in real time?  Stay on the air or go to regular programming?

Have you seen any change in TWC since the NBC acquisition?

blackjack52:
Here we get about 2-day out notice for the bad stuff. I don't consider Dan's wx crew as guessworkers though. They tell it like it is. The chief met, at times, directs the spotter net. They educate the viewers too, about what the SRV means, etc. They don't inflate, which is real important here.

I stay away from TWC. It's too generalized. I can extrapolate more pin-pointed areas using NWSs SREF forecast tool. Something I learned how to do since joining the Virtual Chase. Severe wx will only be showing likely for a small portion of a state, and TWC plots the entire region.
I also don't like their angle now...green.  They're supposed to be reporting wx, not why it's better to use cloth diapers vice disposable.
You got me started.

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