The sad state of the youtube side of the weather industry.

[Warren Faidley]

The evolution of chasing has been fascinating to observe, especially being a part of it since the late 1980's. First it was the advent of getting dangerously close for publicity, using "grey" science for promotion, and now, it's a battle to be the king of social media. I just love it that a handful of social media gurus are getting more online viewers than TWC!

Makes me wonder what is next?

 

[Gavin Nichols]

The evolution of chasing has been fascinating to observe, especially being a part of it since the late 1980's. First it was the advent of getting dangerously close for publicity, using "grey" science for promotion, and now, it's a battle to be the king of social media. I just love it that a handful of social media gurus are getting more online viewers than TWC!

Makes me wonder what is next?

What would happen next? Well.... People will start making claims that tornadoes are actually alien spaceships and are controlled by the goverment!

 

[John Farley]

I have never used Youtube to get weather forecasts, and never will. Material generated by NWS is more accurate and useful, and without the commercials. And of course people in this group know, or should, to look at model output, not Youtube self promoters, or at least I would hope they would. Now I will watch storm videos on Youtube, but do not see it as a useful place for forecasts.

 

[JamesCaruso]

I am with @John Farley on only using NWS products. I even hate that stupid native iPhone weather app, which this morning had the audacity to explicitly indicate that there would be a particular 6-minute rain-free period. (So much for trying to move the public toward understanding probabilistic forecasts).

The only non-NWS source I use, particularly for winter storms, is a local forum called PhillyWx.com. Lots of knowledgeable folks on there, including current and retired local NWS mets. I don’t know much about winter storm forecasting, so I rely on those guys for real-time analysis with every model run, whereas the “official” NWS forecasts are updated only a couple of times per day.

 

[Gavin Nichols]

I am with @John Farley on only using NWS products. I even hate that stupid native iPhone weather app, which this morning had the audacity to explicitly indicate that there would be a particular 6-minute rain-free period. (So much for trying to move the public toward understanding probabilistic forecasts).

The only non-NWS source I use, particularly for winter storms, is a local forum called PhillyWx.com. Lots of knowledgeable folks on there, including current and retired local NWS mets. I don’t know much about winter storm forecasting, so I rely on those guys for real-time analysis with every model run, whereas the “official” NWS forecasts are updated only a couple of times per day.

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Boy do i hate those dumb Bare-bone rain forecasts. it makes my brain rot.

 

[Cameron E.]

Here's Exactly How Much Snow You'll See This Year (2022)
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This video is so hard to watch

 

[John Robinson]

Here's Exactly How Much Snow You'll See This Year (2022)

This video is so hard to watch
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If you take his forecast literally, more than 3/4 of the forecast period has already elapsed. After all, he says "How Much Snow You'll See This Year (2022)" in his video title and also in his audio. More than 9 of the 12 months of 2022 have already gone by.

Should we take that into consideration, "y'all", or should someone pay more attention to wording?

 

[James K]

Ryan Hall spoke about this on an Episode of the Storm Front Freaks podcast.

I might have to try & find that just out of curiosity to hear what he says.

I have never used Youtube to get weather forecasts, and never will. Material generated by NWS is more accurate and useful, and without the commercials. And of course people in this group know, or should, to look at model output,

For upcoming local weather I do look at NWS forecasts produced by the local office, basically choosing that as my main go-to source.
For national stuff I mainly give a quick check of the SPC outlooks & upper air charts.

Oh and I have been known to look at models -just on occasion- if I want a more 'in depth' look at something local, like timing & such of when/where afternoon rain/storms in the summer are expected to move through, (and for snow in the winter)...
(wouldn't go so far as saying "make my own forecast" (I can't do that) just try to get a better idea on something/maybe what you'd call 'make my best guess based on data' for specific location)

 

[Jeff Wright]

What I want is a network to compile each tornado video in each state…much as was done for tornado video classics.

Each one may have a little something. Once a woman on camera was looking scared at a tail cloud—and paying no attention at all to the tiny condensation cone and the debris swirl at its base.

That was a teaching moment forever lost. Or a narrow, near invisible funnel that shoved a vehicle off a highway long before the event earlier this year.