Warm, Chance of Storms
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Partly Cloudy and Slightly Cooler
Today was my first day back at the TV station since June 16th. I felt like I had a little bit of rust! I’ve been in Pontotoc running, biking, swimming, playing tennis, following Wimbledon, College World Series, NBA free-agency, some World Cup…ha. Nonetheless, here are the morning and afternoon webcasts. I also recorded the cut-ins that air on TV at 1 and 2 o’clock on CBS. I suppose I’ll be doing that more often as well as filling in when WCBI needs me, so tune in! I’ll be in the Golden Triangle until Thursday of this week and plan to return next week. I’m just taking it day by day and enjoying my summer! I have also updated my personal blog, so check that out, too!
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Still Hot
After a break from interning so I could go storm chasing for a while and to my sister’s wedding on the coast, I have been back in the saddle this week and recorded the morning webcast. This was my first time back in front of a green screen since I was on live TV May 4th, but I am pleased with it!
This is a picture Amy Simmons sent in from yesterday's showers in Oxford. It may look like a funnel, but there was most likely no rotation. Still pretty neat!
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Our dog of over 10 years, Penny, was selected for WCBI's Pet of the Day segment!! I had nothing to do with it....
I would be filling in today for the noon show, as Jason still isn’t feeling well, but I am still learning the graphic system. However, after another week around the non-user-friendly-system, expect to see me on CBS at various times during the summer.
Have a great day!
LIVE TV DEBUT!!
The video is posted below, but you should read this first…or not.
I have been interning at WCBI since January of 2010. Most times, I wake up at 3 in the morning (yes, apparently that hour does exist) to be there around 4 to prepare for the morning show with meteorologist Jason Dunning who does the show from 5-7. (Yes, most of this is before the sun rises.) WCBI has been allowing me to record webcasts (which, if you’re reading this, you’ve most likely seen before), but to culminate my semester there, the news director allowed me to go LIVE, and do a full-length weathercast for the noon show–WCBI Midday!
I really wasn’t nervous. You just can’t think about what you’re saying being broadcast to thousands of households stretching to the Mississippi/Tennesse border, on over to the Mississippi River, and portions of Western Alabama. (Wow, now that I see that written out, I can’t believe I did that yesterday. Ha.) Looking back at this, there are plenty of things I wish I would have done/said differently. But hey, for the first time on LIVE TV, and with it going out to thousands of people and knowing MANY friends and family were watching, I concluded it will not be perfect the first time. (Too bad I am a perfectionist.)
I’ll be storm chasing in the Great Plains the rest of May (yes, I am praying for severe weather!) and at the coast the first week of June for my older sister’s wedding, but I’ll be back at WCBI some in June and July as well as next school year. Be on the look-out for me as I have been promoted to fill-in meteorologist! The news director and general manager were both pleased with the show. I look forward to what I will be producing this time next year!
Click the pictures below to enlarge! Oh, and my tie is NOT pink.
Christian (the anchor) & Me
Take Two
This is the Board in the Weather Office
My Name on the Board!
Closer
Not From My Debut, But This Is What The Set Looks Like
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Warm and Dry
Don’t forget to look for me on the WCBI noon show today. Yes, LIVE! I’m just now starting to get a little nervous.
And here is the discussion I wrote for wcbi.com:
The cold front that came through earlier this week has left us with drier air and lower humidity. There just isn’t enough moisture in the air to sustain much cloud cover, and that will be the case for Wednesday as well.
Fortunately, all of this sunshine will help ease the flooding problems in our northern counties.
Daytime highs will continue to climb over the next few days, peaking at about 90 degress on Thursday. And as the wind shifts to more of a southerly direction, we’ll see those humidity values increase as well.
For the third weekend in a row, we have rain chances in the forecast. An approaching cold front will be at our doorstep Friday evening, and along with that, we’ll see slight chances of showers and thunderstorms both Saturday and Sunday. The good news is that this event will not be as widespread as the past couple of weekends’.
Expect a cool down Saturday and Sunday with temperatures topping off in the middle 70s.
Nice Today, Wet Weekend
Enjoy today…Nasty weather for Saturday looks promising.
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Photo Taken by Jason Dunning
Warming Back Up
Not quite last week’s webcast, but….
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Jason during the morning show.
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Cooler Today But Sun For A While!
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Rain & A Cool Down In Store
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This is outside WCBI in Columbus.
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