[02:29]  * Obsidian1723 gtg all
[05:18] <mr_steve> I finally almost have a decent Awesome config again, and vim is getting there. Still gotta tweak irssi and zsh before this computer feels like home again...
[06:52] <Takyoji> I still have yet to use irssi
[06:53] <tonyyarusso> Heathen.
[08:41] <Takyoji> Using Pidgin now, rather than standing Empathy..
[08:41] <Takyoji> At least I can use OTR again
[08:41] <Takyoji> and a hell lot more
[20:48] <tonyyarusso> ARE YOU READY FOR SOME SNOW?!?
[20:48] <ColinHarrington> Ready or not...
[20:48] <Takyoji> Thar be moar comin'?
[20:49] <tonyyarusso> Wow, Takyoji hasn't turned on a television/radio/computer today, which is odd, since he appears to be talking to us on one.
[20:49] <Takyoji> I don't regularly check weather. :P
[20:49] <tonyyarusso> Takyoji: Likely over a foot in the Metro, two feet possible in Wisconsin.
[20:50] <Takyoji> And I just auto-joined this channel like a few seconds ago after starting my system. :P
[20:50] <Takyoji> Ooo
[20:50] <tonyyarusso> you're in Faribault still, yes?
[20:51] <Takyoji> Yes
[20:51] <Takyoji> I usually use wunderground.com as a weather information source
[20:51] <tonyyarusso> This model says 10" for you.
[20:51] <Takyoji> Ooo
[20:52] <ColinHarrington> I'm not used to wunderground
[20:52] <ColinHarrington> where do you go to see that?
[20:53] <Takyoji> Check the weather for your area, and click the link about the "Blizzard Warning" at the near top
[20:53] <tonyyarusso> Right now what I have up is a republishing of it on the Strib's site, http://apps.startribune.com/blogs/user_images/metroaccum.png
[20:53] <tonyyarusso> I'll get you the links to the real sources in a second
[20:58] <tonyyarusso> First, go to http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/index.php?model=eta
[20:58] <tonyyarusso> Select each of the hour ranges from 18 to 48.  Then click "precipitation".
[21:00] <ColinHarrington> cool
[21:00] <ColinHarrington> you know, that png was good enough for me atm
[21:00] <ColinHarrington> http://apps.startribune.com/blogs/user_images/metroaccum.png
[21:01] <tonyyarusso> See also http://www.weather.unisys.com/nam/loop/nam_pres_loop.html
[21:02] <ColinHarrington> cool
[21:03] <tonyyarusso> Then there's http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/94qwbg.gif
[21:03] <tonyyarusso> Those are all giving precipitation amounts in inches of water.  You combine it with the temperature to figure out "fluffiness" and get depth of snow.
[21:05] <Obsidian1723> radar.weather.cov and www.dot.state.mn.us are good sites to look at, both real time.
[21:05] <Obsidian1723> radar.weather.gov and www.dot.state.mn.us are good sites to look at, both real time.
[21:06] <tonyyarusso> Outside of metro map:  http://apps.startribune.com/blogs/user_images/snow1.png