Sunday, August 22, 2004
The week ahead, and Los Angles twister?
Jason Samenow @ 11:00 PM
I can't remember the last time the forecast was this clear cut: high pressure is going to take control and bring us pleasant, summery conditions for about the next four days. You'll notice the nights will get a little warmer as the week goes on and the humidity will creep upwards but it probably won't feel "sticky" in the Washington sense until Thursday or Friday. And the next chance of late afternoon storms won't come along until then either -- and the chance will be slight. Of course, I'll be fine tuning this forecast throughout the week, but right now things look great for the better portion of it -- especially if you like the mid 80s.
You know the weather is slow when the Drudge Report is providing weather blog material, but this is funny, and yes, weather related.
According to Drudge, a tornado warning was issued for Los Angeles Saturday morning by mistake. In fact, National Weather Service Forecast Office in Los Angeles, in an official bulletin, warned that:
It would appear the fake warning was a spoof of the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" (see my May 30, 2004 post for a review) where multiple tornadoes level sections of Los Angeles. It will be interesting to see if any heads roll at the LA forecast office. As they say on Drudge, developing...
You know the weather is slow when the Drudge Report is providing weather blog material, but this is funny, and yes, weather related.
According to Drudge, a tornado warning was issued for Los Angeles Saturday morning by mistake. In fact, National Weather Service Forecast Office in Los Angeles, in an official bulletin, warned that:
AT 825 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF GLENDALE...OR ABOUT NEAR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.Druge reports the warning remained on the state's emergency digital information database for 4 minutes, before a follow-up bulletin was issued: "PLEASE DISREGARD THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING. NO TORNADO EXISTS."
It would appear the fake warning was a spoof of the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" (see my May 30, 2004 post for a review) where multiple tornadoes level sections of Los Angeles. It will be interesting to see if any heads roll at the LA forecast office. As they say on Drudge, developing...
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