Category: social media

Reviewing the past decade at MemphisWeather.net

December 31, 2019

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Erik Proseus

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cirrus weather solutions, event recap, intern, jackson weather, mobile applications, social media, stormwatch+, TeamMWN

As we come to the end of the 2010’s and get ready to start messing up the 3rd digit when we write or […]
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AMS: Best Practices for Sharing Weather Information on Social Media

January 26, 2017

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Erik Proseus

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education, nowcast, social media

Earlier this year at the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) 2017 Annual Meeting in Seattle, the AMS Council adopted a set of “best practices” […]
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On blizzards, communicating uncertainty, hype, and YOUR responsibility

January 28, 2015

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Erik Proseus

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accuracy, blizzard, commentary, forecast models, social media

The “Blizzard of 2015” has been the biggest weather story so far this winter due to multiple factors – from the promises of […]
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Facebook changes and how it affects our use of the platform

August 6, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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facebook, social media, Twitter

Just when we think we’ve semi-figured out the best way to use Facebook for social media weather nowcasting, Mark Zuckerburg changes things up […]
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Are you missing our content on Facebook?

October 30, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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facebook, social media, Twitter

(and what to do if you are…) Originally published October 30, 2012 The use of social media to relay important, at times vital, […]
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How to navigate the new MWN Facebook page

March 27, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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facebook, social media

www.facebook.com/memphisweather1 Well, Facebook has done it again! As you’ve no doubt seen, many individuals have begun using the new “Timeline” format that Facebook […]
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The Top 11 of ’11: Mid-South weather stories from MWN (part 1)

December 27, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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aurora borealis, mobile applications, nowcast, social media, top 11

Everybody does Top 10 lists to end the year (or daily if your name is David Letterman), so MWN decided we should too. […]
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Commentary: the tornado warning process, use of technology, and application of social media during severe weather

June 19, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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commentary, social media, technology, tornado warnings

I’ve posted in the past on the phenomena known in the weather broadcast community as “wall-to-wall” (or long-form) coverage, in which a local broadcast […]
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Various topics for May 29, 2009

May 29, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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airport, heat, poll, social media, tropical

Tropical Depression OneT.D. 1 is headed out to sea after exiting the Gulf Stream overnight with no further intensification. It poses no threat […]
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