Changes to How I Issue Weather Reports in the Future

As my readers know, I left major social media over a year ago. Since then I’ve tried out a few privacy-oriented social media and messaging platforms, even eliminating those down to a handful.

I’m announcing that I have completely left social media in all forms and will no longer be using it personally or for weather-related posts moving forward. I’ve realized that social media in general is a time waster and not a productive use of my time in general. Since I have recently begun my PhD dissertation, I need to focus on investing my time in areas that pay off, not wasting it on social media. I’ve also dramatically scaled back my overall news consumption to a single daily newsletter and a weekly podcast, since consuming massive amounts of news is also not a productive investment of my time.

I still plan to be involved in weather reporting since I love monitoring the weather and reporting weather events in my community. I may be slightly less active in severe weather reporting during weekdays for the next few months while I focus on my PhD dissertation, but I will still keep an active monitor on the weather situation around here.

My “Weekly Wrap Up” weather posts on here will not change. I still plan to release those every Saturday in the same format I’ve been releasing them. I’ll still append #ARWX to the end of the post so anyone who does share them on social media can benefit from the #ARWX tagging.

Short-term, any major severe weather updates that occur in my community, I’ll likely post here on my WeatherTogether blog, and I may simply move to this format moving forward. The blog format allows me to provide more context and thought to weather reports I post instead of smaller, less-contextual reports on social media.

For the times I need to provide “real-time” weather reports, I’ve considered setting up a chatroom on a messaging app such as Discord or Signal and invite those who wish to follow my “real-time” weather reports to access it. This way people who would actually benefit from the weather reports could read and access the reports instead of a mass-broadcast to social media that falls on a bunch of deaf ears. I haven’t decided if this would be a useful format to setup, or if I should simply post all severe weather related updates to this blog instead (and share the link to my blog to those interested). Feel free to offer comments, as I would love to hear feedback on this.

Lastly, now that I am a HAM radio operator (N5PKR), I’m trying to use my HAM radio for better use in my community for severe weather events. I’ve received some guidance from one of the major players in EmComm in my community, and I’ll continue to research other areas in this matter.

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off.

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Keeping in Touch with Me

As many of you know, I left major social media (Facebook and Twitter) at the end of 2020 to focus on more privacy-oriented messaging platforms. I’ve been testing and evaluating various social media and messaging platforms over 2021, and I’m finally consolidating everything to a handful of services that are most actively used with my family and friends.

My contact form is here. Please use that contact form to message me directly.

Reaching me by traditional methods (phone, text message or Apple Messages/iMessage, and email, as well as FaceTime since I own an iPhone) always works. You can use the contact form link above to ask me for my phone number or latest email addresses.

In terms of messaging apps, most of my friends are on Signal. Feel free to reach out to me there.

Those who wish to see all of my videos over the years, including all my WeatherBug videos from Arkansas and Georgia, can check them out on my Rumble channel. I’ve consolidated all my videos from e-Zekiel.tv and Vimeo over to my Rumble channel. Some of my weather graphics and background audio tracks were lost in the transition, but the raw video footage is still there from everything.

I recently passed my HAM radio exam and secured a HAM radio license, so as soon as I purchase a rig, people can also chat with me over HAM radio. my callsign is N5PKR.

Lastly, my weather station is available here, and my weather camera is available here.

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off.

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Port Isaac, UK, Now Has a Weather Station!

People who know me know I love the British TV show Doc Martin. Doc Martin is filmed in Port Isaac. For a while now, Port Isaac has displayed a webcam (that even shows the live filming of Doc Martin taking place). The icing on the cake would be if Port Isaac had a local weather station there, so Doc Martin fans such as myself could track weather conditions there.

Well, now they do! The Port Isaac weather station can be accessed here. Fans of Doc Martin can now monitor the local weather in Portwenn (er, Port Isaac). It’s been fun watching the weather dashboard this week and checking out the conditions in the home town of the Doc Martin British TV show.

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off.

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Weekly Wrap Up: June 8, 2019 #ARWX

Welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up! This week saw warm temperatures and some rain to the Natural State, although Hot Springs missed some of the rain we were expecting. Here’s a look at the high and low temperatures from my Earth Networks weather station in Hot Springs over the past week, as well as a look at rain totals from my CoCoRaHS rain gauge in Hot Springs over the past week.

Here’s a look at temperatures across the state this evening (both from NWS and Earth Networks weather stations), as well as current conditions from Earth Networks weather stations across Arkansas this evening (maps and images courtesy of Baron Threat Net and Earth Networks Sferic Maps).

Here’s a look at the current river flooding conditions across Arkansas. For those interested in donating, KARK4 and FOX 16 have teamed up with the American Red Cross to allow donations to Arkansas flood victims.

Finally, here’s a look at the seven-day extended forecast for Hot Springs. Cooler, drier, and less humid this week!

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off.

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Weekly Wrap Up: May 11, 2019 #ARWX

Welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up! It was a wet and stormy week for the Natural State. Here’s a look at rain totals from my CoCoRaHS rain gauge in Hot Springs, as well as the high and low temperatures from my Earth Networks weather station in Hot Springs over the past week.

Here’s a look at the current high-res radar across the region (now more high-res and with smoother data), as well as a look at current temperatures across the state this evening (from both NWS and Earth Networks weather stations), in addition to current conditions from Earth Networks weather stations across Arkansas this evening (maps and images courtesy of Baron Threat Net and Earth Networks Sferic Maps).

Here’s a look at the seven-day extended forecast for Hot Springs. The brakes have been put on the rain finally for this week!

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off.

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Weekly Wrap Up: May 4, 2019 #ARWX

Welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up! This week brought some wet weather to the Natural State, with flooding even in parts of Hot Springs, as well as severe weather (including a few tornadoes).

Here’s a look at temperatures over the past week from my Earth Networks weather station that’s back online and now back on WeatherBug, as well as a look at rain totals from my CoCoRaHS rain gauge over the past week.

Rain is clear across Arkansas this evening, but more rain is on the way next week! Here’s a look at current high-res radar across the nation, current temperatures across the state this evening (from both NWS and Earth Networks weather stations), as well as current conditions from Earth Networks weather stations across Arkansas this evening, including from my own weather station in Hot Springs (maps and images courtesy of Baron Threat Net and Earth Networks Sferic Maps).

Here’s a look at the seven-day extended forecast for Hot Springs. Another washout this week!

Finally, here’s a look at featured weather reports from our team of contributors over the past week:

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off.

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Weekly Wrap Up: April 27, 2019 #ARWX

Welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up! This week saw a little rain in the Natural State, as well as warm temperatures overall. For some excellent news, my Earth Networks Weather Station in Hot Springs, Arkansas, is back online! It can be accessed here, and it will be back on WeatherBug by next week. It is also available via The GLOBE Program.

Readers will also notice my blog has a fresh new look in line with the theme Charlie and Mark have been using, as well as some enhancements to my blog’s sidebar and about page. I took the afternoon to add some new content to the site, and I hope my readers will enjoy it! Now onto the weather. Here is a look at the rain totals for the couple days of rain we saw on my CoCoRaHS rain gauge in Hot Springs this past week.

The current high-res radar for Arkansas shows some showers and rumbles of thunder near the Clarkesville area, but nothing too severe this evening (maps and images courtesy of Baron Threat Net and Earth Networks Sfeirc Maps).

Here’s a look at temperatures across the state (from both NWS and Earth Networks weather stations), as well as a look at current conditions from Earth Networks weather stations across Arkansas this evening, including mine in Hot Springs!

Here’s a look at the seven-day extended forecast for Hot Springs. Plenty of rain in the forecast this week!

Here are some featured weather reports from our team of contributors on WeatherTogether, finally back by popular demand! Keep those weather reports rolling in!

Finally, here is a look at my Earth Networks HD Cam in Hot Springs from earlier today!

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off!

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Weekly Wrap Up: April 20, 2019 #ARWX

Welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up! This week saw both warm and cooler temperatures across the state. Some additional excellent news is my new Earth Networks weather station will be arriving and installed this week, so I will begin featuring it in next week’s Weekly Wrap Up. Here is a look at rain totals from my CoCoRaHS rain gauge in Hot Springs since April 13.

Here’s a look at temperatures across the state (from both NWS and Earth Networks weather stations, as well as a look at current conditions from Earth Networks weather stations across Arkansas this evening (maps and graphics courtesy of Baron Threat Net and Earth Networks Sferic Maps).

Here is a look at the seven-day extended forecast for Hot Springs.

Finally, here is a look at the video of the Arkansas Storm Team Weather Radio Programming at Kroger in Hot Springs a couple of weeks ago.

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off.

 

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