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John Gumm — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:32:37 GMT

Hi Everyone,

There's a new way for you to share your weather reports and weather pictures and video with Local 12. It's a web interface where you can click on a map of your location and enter your weather report along with any pics or video you have.

Here's the site:

http://www.reportstorms.com/

Once you upload something, this data easily interfaces with our on air system so we can get it on the air quick. To start, just create an account. It's easy and it's free. We hope to eventually create a network of weather spotters all across the Tri-State. Let me know if you have any questions!

John

Introduce Yourself

John Gumm — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:26:34 GMT

Since we don't have any huge weather going on right now, I thought I would let our members get a chance to introduce themselves. I guess I'll start!

I've been interested in weather since I was really young. I spent the first 8 years of my life (for the most part) in Anderson Township. I still have pictures of myself as a young child during the blizzard of 1977. In fact, some of the coldest winters on record here in the Tri-State happened when I was a young child. That must've solidified my interest in snow at a young age. At 8 I proclaimed to my family I was going to become a meteorologist someday.

We moved to Union Township in Clermont County when I was 9. That was about the time I started to be very afraid of thunderstorms! That fear eventually turned into a curiosity. I graduated from Glen Este High in Clermont County and went on to study weather at Valparaiso University in northern Indiana just outside of Chicago. I earned a B.S. in meteorology from there and actually had no intention of going into TV weather. I wanted to work for the National Weather Service or go to graduate school. It was about this time I was offered an internship at WXIX and took it. When I was there I decided I liked TV and wanted to give it a try.

I landed my first job in the Quad Cities out in Illinois/Iowa and covered some major weather events. Most notably was a big blizzard that paralyzed parts of the Midwest. I sent a few of my tapes from this event to the American Meteorological Society and they liked my coverage enough to award me their Seal of Approval in 1999. From the Quad Cities, I went onto North Carolina where I had my first run-ins with hurricanes. In fact, I was on air during hurricane Floyd in 1999 which turned out to be the biggest natural disaster in NC state history. Seeing entire towns under water and people losing everything they owned (and even their lives) really had a huge impact on me.

From NC, I went onto New Orleans. I was there for about 2.5 years. My tenure in New Orleans ended with the approach of Hurricane Katrina. I was on the air for 12 hours straight the Saturday before it hit when my wife called to tell me she was in labor with our first child. So, during what was likely the biggest point of my career, I had to walk away for what was now the biggest moment in my life. My son was born 24 hours before the storm hit and we decided to evacuate with him when he was just 16 hours old. Our home was damaged by the storm and my wife’s place of employment was a total loss, so we decided it would be best (after going through that) to return closer to family. Since I am from the area and my wife is from Indiana, we always wanted to come back here. After leaving New Orleans, I found out there was a job opening here and the rest is history. It’s so cool to be working with Tim and Steve since I practically grew up watching them do weather on TV. I never thought I would ever be able to come back home, but I am glad I was able to.

Two other cool things of note: My birthday coincides with National Weather Person’s day in February. Another neat thing is that I was packing up my home in Louisiana when I came across an essay I wrote in the 6^th grade at Brantner Elementary in Mt. Carmel. The assignment was to write about your greatest dream in life. I wrote that my greatest dream was to become a meteorologist and to help warn people in a large city about a horrible hurricane and help to save their lives. Little did I know that would someday become a reality.

Anyway, I’m glad everyone joined this forum and I hope it will become a place where we can all discuss something I have loved since I was a child. I’d love to hear a little about everyone else on here.

John

Weather Authority Storm Pix

John Gumm — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:47:51 GMT

Have a cool weather pic you took? Feel free to post them right here!

http://community.wkrc.com/photos/vieweruser_storm_pix/default.aspx

Welcome!

John Gumm — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:12:37 GMT

Hello and welcome to the Weather Authority Stormboard! On this board, you will be able to speak with Local 12 meteorologists and others around the Tri-State about Tri-State weather! Looking for a forecast for a special trip you are about to make? Looking for the latest inside scoop on the big snowstorm that is forecast to hit the Tri-State? Or do you just want to learn more about weather? Feel free to ask questions of our meteorologists and our community of weather enthusiasts. You’ll also see discussions on here from Local 12 meteorologists with much more detail than television time constraints allow. We live, breathe, eat and sleep weather here at Local 12 and are looking for others around the Tri-State to discuss the weather with us!

Winter temps?

Bearcat04 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:53:25 GMT

So, just wondering if we have any blasts of cold air will be entering the area over the next month. I know weather is exactly predictable but I know usually we can get a good idea of what time be coming. I'm not even going to mention that four letter word in hopes we'll actually get some soon.

Joe

20 Years Ago - October 19, 1989

LFWeather — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:36:53 GMT

20 years ago on ~~October 20, 1989~~ October 19, 2009 we had a record (and early) 5" snowfall.

The heavy snow plus leaf covered trees caused many downed limbs and power outages. It's time to find your snow brushes so you aren't caught by surprise.

Flurries

Bearcat04 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:35:03 GMT

I hear mumblings of a few flurries possible Friday night into Saturday...any truth to it?

Winter predictions

lsmith022888 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:48:14 GMT

What are the winter predictions for 09'-10'?

Flood Watch

wxenthus — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:23:33 GMT

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
320 PM EDT THU OCT 8 2009

INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-
070>072-077-090730-
/O.NEW.KILN.FA.A.0003.091008T2000Z-091010T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-HARDIN-
MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-
CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-
GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-
HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...KENTON...CELINA...
WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...
DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA...SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...
NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...
CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...
CINCINNATI
320 PM EDT THU OCT 8 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF INDIANA AND OHIO...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN INDIANA...DEARBORN...FAYETTE IN...
FRANKLIN IN...RIPLEY...UNION IN AND WAYNE. IN OHIO...
AUGLAIZE...BUTLER...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...CLINTON...DARKE...
DELAWARE...FAIRFIELD...FAYETTE OH...FRANKLIN OH...GREENE...
HAMILTON...HARDIN...LICKING...LOGAN...MADISON...MERCER...
MIAMI...MONTGOMERY...PICKAWAY...PREBLE...SHELBY...UNION OH AND
WARREN.

* THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING

* WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE WILL RIPPLE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
DRAPED ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THESE
FEATURES WILL INTERACT WITH A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WHICH WILL
RESULT IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED NORTH
OF THE OHIO RIVER WHERE 2 TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY
OCCUR. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY BE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS
TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA.

* RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA ARE LOW AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THE
ANTICIPATED RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RISES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED LOCATIONS TO APPROACH FLOOD STAGE. OF EQUAL CONCERN
WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR CREEKS AND STREAMS TO FLOOD AS WELL AS
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN URBAN LOCATIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

a few snowflakes?

seany87 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:48:05 GMT

I have heard some rumors that we might have our first flakes early next week. true?

Frost/Freeze?

Bearcat04 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:28:50 GMT

Is there a possibility of getting the first frost of the fall on Wednesday morning? I know known of the local stations are showing it yet, but I've some murmurs from a couple of the local farmers...any truth to this?

Joe

cool down

seany87 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:55:57 GMT

I am looking at a major cooldown at the end of next week!!disscus

White Death

Bearcat04 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:15:55 GMT

I know, you think I'm crazy talking about it, it being snow of course, but do any of the long term forecasts have us with a major cooldown and possibly snow? I really haven't seen much, but I'm anticipating a rough winter. Any idea if we could have a white thanksgiving and/or christmas based off of these forecasts?

Joe

Farmer's Almanac

Bearcat04 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:46:14 GMT

Here's a questions I've had for sometime and I would like to get some of the experts' feeling on this as well too if possible. Does anyone put any stock into the "The Old Farmer's Almanac" meaning is this just for fun or is this actually a true guess of the weather? My reason for asking is pretty simple, it appears the that almanac is pretty close at guessing the weather, usually within a week or two of the actual guess. How does everyone feel about this?

Joe

Foggy Froggy!

gymnast0405 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:44:55 GMT

Hi all. It is very, very foggy up here in Warren County. I was surprised that they did not issue more than one fog advisory/warning, over this past week.

Please post how it is in your County/City/Town. I'd love to know! ♥HS♥

Highest Cincinnati emperatures

daveh — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:55:16 GMT

Where can I find a file/location of the highest daily Cincinnati temperatures for the last 30 days?

weekend cooldown

seany87 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:56:08 GMT

The temperatures are gonna be in the low 70's.It' a good change considering all the heat that we have had.Up for discussion..........

Bad weather approaching

Bearcat04 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:31:11 GMT

So how bad of storms are we looking at for tonight?

Joe

Line of Storms to our West 8/17

FairfldBur — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:16:15 GMT

Will this line stretching from Chicago to W Tenn at approx 8pm hold together and spread into SW Ohio or will it fizzle out?

clinton co rain storm today attn weather anchor on duty..

jansr — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:10:56 GMT

I just received 1 and 6 tenths inch of rain out of the storm that came thru Farmers Station at a very slow speed and was last seen over New Vienna,oh.. only had a little lightning, some strong winds, but a lot of hard rain.. must have lasted over half an hour, and the stopped as quick as it started.. just like you shut a valve off..

by the way Farmers Station is showed on the map as farmers.. We like the real name.. thanks jan..

Bring on the HEAT!

gymnast0405 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:41:34 GMT

Hey all, I know it's a hot topic these days, but really, is there ever going to be pool weather? I have not really got to go swimming lately this summer. I mean, will it not be a cold winter? Or what's up with Mother Nature out there?!?

Holly ♥♥♥

this evening's weather

bdubya — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:42:41 GMT

I am in College Hill for the National Nite Out and we are wondering what we're looking at for the next couple of hours. It looks like things are clearing a bit, but it is not clear from the radar what we should expect. It will determine whether we have musicians outside or in.

Top 10 Coolest July's on Record

cincywxpro_12 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:36:13 GMT

Even though we are in for a gradual warming trend over the next several days, beginning tomorrow, it will not be enough to trim away at our unusual average deficit. Highs over the next 5 days will still be below normal even if we do reach the middle 80s.

I've done some digging around and found some unusually cool July's. So here are the top 10 coolest on record:

*** 69.6° 2009 (ONLY THE FIRST 22 DAYS. THIS WILL NOT BE THE COOLEST ON RECORD)***

#1 71.35° 1891

#2 71.9° 1947

#3 72.1° 1996

#4 72.35° 1924

#5 72.6° 2000

#6 72.8° 1920

#7 73.3° 2004 (COOLEST HIGH TEMP EVER IN JULY RECORDED: 66° 7/26)

# 8 73.5° 1992

#9 73.9° 2003

#10 74.05° 1909

River levels

chipster — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:29:29 GMT

How can you find out what the river levels are and what the forecast is?

Saturday Storms

Bearcat04 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:44:15 GMT

I'm hearing some rumors of some pretty good wind on Saturday? Any truth to this, or will this just be a typical summer storm?

Joe