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Global Weather Model Run Times EST and UTC Conversion

  WEATHER MODEL RUN TIMES Manual Convert from Tropical Tidbits Z Time  and update to be accurate from NHC All the times are EST and approximate. GFS (out to 384 hours) 0z: 8pm 6z: 2am 12z: 8am 18z: 2pm ECMWF (EURO) (out to 240 hours) 0z: 8pm 12z: 8:00am NAM (out to 84 hours) 0z: 8pm 6z: 2am 12z: 8am 18z: 2pm CMC (out to 180 hours) 0z: 8pm 12z : 8:00am UKMET (out to 72 hours) 0z: 8:30am 12z: 8:30pm HWRF: 0z: 8pm 6z: 2am 12z: 8am 18z: 2pm 0z: 1:30am 12z: 1:30pm NOGAPS (out to 180 hours) *00z = 8:00 AM *12z = 8:00 PM DGEX (out to 192 hours) *00z = 8:15 AM *12z = 8:15 PM AI is WRONG but here are the results of my prompt: What times are all of the hurricane related and weather models updated including the Euro GFS nam hrrr cmc and icon models please print the results as a table, include a column for time in EST timezone format the time in AM/PM Bard AI: Sure, here is a table of the times when the major hurricane related and weather models are updated, including the Euro, GFS, ...

David Blaine Breath Holding Technique Archive

 world-famous magician and endurance artist David Blaine taught me how to hold my breath From a blog by M FERRISS ---------- For four months, David held the Guinness world record for oxygen-assisted static apnea (holding your breath after breathing pure oxygen): 17 minutes and 4.4 seconds. His record was then surpassed by Tom Sietas on September 19, 2008. David’s record for doing what I’ll describe is between 7 and 8 minutes. I was born premature and, unlike David, I couldn’t then remember the last time I held my breath for more than one minute. It has always been my physiological Achilles heel. What were the results of his training? My first baseline test: 40 seconds. 15 minutes later: 3 minutes and 33 seconds (!!!). Out of roughly 12 TEDMED attendees he also taught, all but one beat Harry Houdini’s lifelong record of 3 minutes and 30 seconds. One woman held her breath for more than 5 minutes. Here is a photograph of the session. I’m sitting in the vest, four people to the right o...