Will We Run Out Of Names For Rocks This Year?

2 Responses to Will We Run Out Of Names For Rocks This Year?

1. PJB says:

   August 2, 2011 at 1:07 pm

   The beauty of this climate arena is that we can see the shortcomings and the successes of the models and the forecasters in real time. This time next week, we will know if there is a hurricane, tropical storm, rain event or just sunny skies in southern Florida.
   They don’t claim to be infallible (unlike their associates at GISS) and they include their error estimates as well as their caveats with each prediction (and not just projection) AND they use real-world data.

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   RADIOSONDE DATA
   FROM THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN STATIONS SHOW SOME UNFAVORABLE
   NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY FLOW AT 300 MB JUST BELOW THE UPPER-LEVEL
   OUTFLOW LEVEL. MOREOVER…AS NOTED EARLIER…SOME DRY AIR IS
   PRESENT JUST TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF EMILY. IN A FEW
   DAYS…PERHAPS IN PART DUE TO THESE LARGE-SCALE FACTORS…THE GFS
   AND ECMWF MODELS WEAKEN EMILY TO A LOW-LEVEL TROUGH. THE OFFICIAL
   INTENSITY FORECAST SHOWS ONLY SLOW STRENGTHENING INTERRUPTED BY THE
   INTERACTION WITH HISPANIOLA…BUT NO LONGER BRINGS THE CYCLONE TO
   HURRICANE INTENSITY IN THE LATTER PART OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.

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2. Andy WeissDC says:

   August 2, 2011 at 6:21 pm

   They can officially flush Emily down the toilet along with the other four pieces of crap that were earlier named.

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