WOOD vs KGRR weather

Compare these two forecasts for today and Sunday:

WOOD:

It is going to be a bit of a rough and tumble 36 hours for West Michigan. This morning temperatures are rapidly rising into the 50s, many areas will see highs near 60 degrees today. Fog is widespread and dense this morning and there will be little improvement today as warm, moist air continues to flow over the snowpack. Rain will fall, heavy at times and there is the possibility for a few thunderstorms.

The wind will increase dramatically tonight as a cold front moves in from the west. Expect gusts over 50 mph at times beginning tonight and lasting into the first part of Sunday. Fog will dissipate as the colder air moves in. Temperatures will fall rapidly behind the front and by Sunday morning most areas will be in the 30s with rain changing to snow by daybreak.

Snow showers and wind will be prevalent tomorrow with the wind acting to blow around the fallen snow. Accumulations will be light, ranging from trace amounts to about an inch. Temperatures fall through the day tomorrow, reaching the mid 20s by tomorrow evening. We will closely monitor this very complex storm system and of course bring you the latest on the extened forecast coming up tonight at 6 p.m.

KGRR

.SYNOPSIS...(434 AM EST SAT DEC 27 2008)
WILD WEATHER WILL BE EXPERIENCED ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS.  IT WILL REMAIN VERY FOGGY WITH LOW
VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND TONIGHT.  VISIBILITIES WILL
BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.  NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEEN ACROSS
MUCH OF THE REGION.  ALONG WITH THE WARM AIR WILL COME STEADY...AND
SOMETIMES HEAVY RAINFALL...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT AS A
STRONG COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH.  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  WITH THIS RAIN AND THE EXCESSIVE SNOW
MELT THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS
FLOOD PRONE AREAS INTO TONIGHT.  AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE STATE
OVERNIGHT WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.  THESE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AND USHER IN A RETURN TO COLDER TEMPERATURES.

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.SHORT TERM...(434 AM EST SAT DEC 27 2008)
(TODAY THROUGH MONDAY)
WILL CONTINUE AND EXTEND THE FOG ADVISORY THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO
TONIGHT.  THE DEW POINTS WILL REMAIN IN THE 40S AND 50S UNTIL THE
FRONT COMES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.  SO DESPITE BRISK WINDS...
VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN LOW ALL DAY IN FOG.  AS DEW POINTS LOWER
TONIGHT THE FOG SHOULD MOVE OUT...BUT THIS WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WILL MAINTAIN THE FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT.  UPSTREAM
RADARS ARE OMINOUS LOOKING WITH CLUSTERS OF CONVECTION.  TEMPS HAVE
ALREADY REACHED THE INTO THE 45 TO 50 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF
THE CWA AND WE ARE ALREADY MELTING A GOOD AMOUNT OF THE SNOW COVER.
THOUGHT ABOUT UPGRADING TO AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS AS WE FEEL THERE
WILL LIKELY BE SOME FLOODING...BUT PIN POINTING THE LOCATIONS IS TO
OCCUR AT THIS TIME IS DIFFICULT.  RIGHT NOW THE HIGHEST CONFIDENCE
OF SEEING FLOODING IS ACROSS THE NW CWA WHERE THERE IS A DEEP SNOW
PACK AND MUCH OF THE CONVECTION IN IL/IA AS OF 09Z APPEARS TO BE
HEADING TOWARD THIS AREA.  WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRENDS.

AS THE FRONT COMES IN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THE WINDS WILL PICK UP
ON THE HEELS OF THE CAA.  FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW 50-55 KNOTS OF
WIND AT 2-3K FEET.  THIS SHOULD LEAD TO MUCH OF THE CWA SEEING WINDS
GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WITH A FEW 50 MPH GUSTS EXPECTED ACROSS THE LAKE
SHORE COUNTIES.  ITS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT WE MAY NEED TO
UPGRADE TO A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE LAKE SHORE COUNTIES...BUT AT
THIS POINT WE WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE CWA TO GIVE
A HEADS UP.

COLDER AIR POURS IN BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.  H8
TEMPS ARE SHOWN TO DROP SOME 20 DEGREES CELSIUS BETWEEN 06Z SUN AND
12Z SUN.  THIS WILL BE A QUICK SHOT OF COLD AIR AND I BELIEVE THE
LAKE EFFECT WILL BE MINIMAL WITH SUCH STRONG WINDS CONTINUING INTO
SUNDAY.  SOME AREAS ACROSS THE NW CWA MAY PICK UP AN INCH OR SO.
ANY SNOW THAT DOES ACCUMULATE WILL BE BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

I don’t know if this is the norm but what do TV stations need lots of weather people for – or any weather people for that matter – if they’re just going to echo in plain-language the National Weather Service forecast? I know that NWS provides forecast products specifically for consumption by news agencies, but still. Seems like a station could save some money if they trimmed the weather staff and just let the news people do the delivery. (I’m harsh, I know)

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