This is so wonderfully said, in a away that it glazes over the issue of raising waters behind dams, so when high precipitations accross the river basins have no flood storage, such released storm...
Thank you for the informative discussion on marine datum. With all the engineering projects I work with It will be easyer explaining to others about issues of flooding and blow out tides associat...
Thanks for the explanation. I live in the West Indies and am always interested in the weather.
You guys are fantastic. It is a testament to your commitment that you will seek your own mistakes and ways to improve regardless of accuracy or inaccuracy of a given storm. I have no meteorologic...
There are a lot of people who do not have a meteorology degree but are very interested in weather. Having said that, the information that is provided gives us a picture of what to expect. The con...
This was very well written. Maybe a simple solution to better indicate the intensity forecast would be to add a range of predicted winds in parentheses next to the date/time text on the Warnings/...
I believe the NHC should put more resources on improving the 72-hr forecast model instead of pursuing an ambitious 120-hr forecast. After studying the graphs provided in this article, is clear th...
For Chris and Al: IF you had bothered to go back in the Storm Archive, you would have noticed that, 48 hours out, the NHC was predicting some areas on that island getting a foot of rain...so I do...
As AL said above: what about Dominica? You write: "Erika was a weak and disorganized tropical cyclone, and weak systems generally present us (and the computer simulations we consider) with toughe...
A great article and a good job on the storm. I think many of us forget how unpredictable nature can be. I agree that the Tropical Cyclone Discussion is an underutilized, but critical, tool in und...