This area near the Bahamas is impressive

[SouthFloridawx]

Is Christy Tottaly banded then. Will she ever be back.

Probably not. We are very serious about the rules.

I really enjoyed her posts on S2K and was great member her aswell.

This was not the first time she has used quotes from other sources without posting a link, while trying to make it out that it was her own thoughts.

[Weatherfreak000]

I understand everyone is shocked with the events with Christy, but to protect the topic onhand i'll have to ask if we can please stay on topic now.



For any newcomers the User Christy copied Jeff Master's work. This wouldn't be the first time i've seen her plagerize, but certainly this was of the highest extent.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

I am interested in an area of convection just south of Cuba that is
being fueled in part by this low pressure area (upper level low).
It has persisted for almost 24 hours...is it just storminess convection?
Could it develop seperately once the upper-level low moving
over Florida gets accelerated Northward? I'm just a small bit
concerned because it has been rather persistent:
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real- ... xirg8n.GIF

There's a tropical over Jamica and Southern Cuba and it forecast to keep chugging along almost due west. Probably to much going on for anything to develop in the near future. ULL over Texas(heading SE), Frontal boundry(heading South)ULL over S FLA.(heading NW),Trough over FLA. headed west,and LOTS of northerly shear over almost the entire Gulf. Buts that's just me.

Yes thanks for the response...that explains it- until the ULLs and
TUTT trough plus shear lessen or go away conditions will
remain relatively unfavorable for development.

There sure are a lot of features to deal with as you
have listed...predicting what will come out of all this mess
with the cold front, ULL, trough, shear, convection will be quite
tricky...but with the shear the way it is development has been
hindered and will remain hindered for some time.

[bigmoney755]

000
ABNT20 KNHC 060217
TWOAT
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2006

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM THE CAYMAN ISLANDS NORTHWARD
ACROSS CUBA...THE BAHAMAS...AND THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTHERN FLORIDA AND A
SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA PENINSULA SOUTH-
SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS ACTIVITY
IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION AT THIS TIME.

[HurricaneHunter914]

Convection seems to have decreased with this system on SAT, but might probably regenerate over night.

[boca]

With ULL the convection usually wanes at night and regenerates with the heating of the day.

[mvtrucking]

Edit: Nevermind

[HurricaneHunter914]

I think we were asked not to bring back the Christy case mvtrucking (no offense).

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

With ULL the convection usually wanes at night and regenerates with the heating of the day.

True. The showers and circulation do appear more
visible during the late afternoon prior to the diminishing
of showers at night.

[rockyman]

Should we not have a separate thread to discuss that thing that we are no longer allowed to discuss in this thread? My opinion is "If we don't learn from history, we are bound to repeat it"...Note: this is NOT an original quote and I'd give the source of the quote if I could remember who said it...

Edit: A little research yielded this:

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
--George Santayana

[cycloneye]

Should we not have a separate thread to discuss that thing that we are no longer allowed to discuss in this thread? My opinion is "If we don't learn from history, we are bound to repeat it"...Note: this is NOT an original quote and I'd give the source of the quote if I could remember who said it...

At the rate this thread is going it will reach the limit soon enough.

[Swimdude]

Should we not have a separate thread to discuss that thing that we are no longer allowed to discuss in this thread? My opinion is "If we don't learn from history, we are bound to repeat it"...Note: this is NOT an original quote and I'd give the source of the quote if I could remember who said it...

Why should we? There's only one point to be made: Be original. And that wasn't really funny... Considering the circumstances...

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Is it true that she used her own words to make that post? In U instead of YOU is not what I expect from a pro??? It was not really copy per say. She was a good member.

[The Hurricaner]

Please get back on freaking topic! (she was a great member, but BLAH)

Yes it is loosing signature but will probably regen in the heat of day and i hope i will still catch rain.

[rockyman]

Is it true that she used her own words to make that post? In U instead of YOU is not what I expect from a pro??? It was not really copy per say. She was a good member.

This is EXACTLY the reason we need to discuss this issue...The thing we are not talking about was a BLATANT form of plagiarism...I was very sad when I compared the 2 pieces...because it was clear that the former member was trying to make it sound like these WERE HER ORIGINAL THOUGHTS. Even the parts that were wrong (such as Alberto being at the end of June instead of the middle) were COPIED. I will let this issue drop or move to another thread, but I do think an open discussion about the dangers of plagiarism is a valid topic for ANY message board.

[boca]

The Miami Discussion says that we could have a shot of more widespread rain since were on the eastern side of the ULL.

[mvtrucking]

I think we were asked not to bring back the Christy case mvtrucking (no offense).

No way was I bringing that up. I was going to mention something about the ULL but I noticed it had been said already.

[SouthFloridawx]

The Miami Discussion says that we could have a shot of more widespread rain since were on the eastern side of the ULL.

I tend to find out that when they say we have a shot for rain... my anti-rain buffer kicks in around me in a 5 mile radius.

[stormtruth]

Is it true that she used her own words to make that post? In U instead of YOU is not what I expect from a pro??? It was not really copy per say. She was a good member.

This is EXACTLY the reason we need to discuss this issue...The thing we are not talking about was a BLATANT form of plagiarism...I was very sad when I compared the 2 pieces...because it was clear that the former member was trying to make it sound like these WERE HER ORIGINAL THOUGHTS. Even the parts that were wrong (such as Alberto being at the end of June instead of the middle) were COPIED. I will let this issue drop or move to another thread, but I do think an open discussion about the dangers of plagiarism is a valid topic for ANY message board.

Plagiarism is a serious issue whether it is articles, blogs, essays and even forums. I applaud you for spelling plagiarism correctly.

[Dr. Jonah Rainwater]

So uh, about what Dr. Master said...Christy made a serious no-no by using pronouns like "my opinion" and "I" when she quoted him...but what he said was very intruiging.

Today is apparently day 2 of a 3-day transition to a warm-core low? Will the NHC wait to issue an INVEST until that transition is complete? I hate it when storms surprise me out of nowhere!