Sentences with phrase «said hurricane forecasting»

On Oct. 5, Rush Limbaugh said hurricane forecasting often involved «politics» because «the National Hurricane Center is part of the National Weather Service, which is part of the Commerce Department, which is part of the Obama administration, which by definition has been tainted.»

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Oct 30 (Reuters)- Hurricane Sandy appears to have easily caused more losses than last year's Hurricane Irene, but final totals will be hard to come by for some time because of the scale of the disaster, catastrophe forecasting companies said on Tuesday.

«Some strengthening is forecast during the next day or two, and Maria could regain major hurricane status by Thursday,» said the NHC in its latest advisory, which also called for «catastrophic flash flooding» in parts of Puerto Rico.

When hurricanes are forecast in the future, the hospitals will host platelet drives with local blood banks as the storms approach, Philpott said.

When there's a spate of major hurricanes, people tend to wonder if we're entering an era of bigger and more powerful storms, says Dan Kottlowski, a meteorologist at AccuWeather, a Pennsylvania - based company that provides forecasts.

«Even though hurricane forecasts are costly and have a high impact on health and safety, there has been little research demonstrating how to depict forecast uncertainty to the general public effectively,» said Padilla.

Six to 10 of those storms are likely to reach hurricane strength, the agency said in its initial forecast for the 2011 storm season, which begins June 1 and ends Nov. 1.

Scientists working to improve storm intensity forecasting have identified a more accurate means of predicting a hurricane's strength as it approaches landfall, using sea temperature readings that they say will help forecasters better prepare communities for storm impacts in the face of sea - level rise caused by rising global temperatures.

But in the big picture, hurricane models adeptly forecasted Irma's ultimate path to the Florida Keys nearly a week before it arrived there, says Brian Tang, an atmospheric scientist at the University at Albany in New York.

«By improving our understanding of the processes that drive tropical cyclones and hurricanes, we will be better positioned to improve our ability to forecast these events and their impacts with longer and longer lead times,» he says.

Gabriel Vecchi, head of the climate variations and predictability group at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab and another author on the paper, says decades of weather prediction data show that forecasts have improved — and will improve — as scientists learn more about hurricanes.

The 2016 hurricane forecast is NOAA's most accurate and reliable yet, Sullivan said.

«Our study is important because tropical cyclone intensity forecasts for several past hurricanes over the Caribbean Sea have under - predicted rapid intensification events over warm oceanic features,» said Johna Rudzin, a PhD student at the UM Rosenstiel School and lead author of the study.

In the 25 years since Hurricane Andrew devastated southeastern Florida, the 3 - day track forecast for hurricanes has improved by 65 percent, she said.

NOAA evaluates the accuracy of its seasonal forecasts each year, with the aim of seeing the number of storms fall in the given ranges at least 70 percent of the time, which they do consistently, Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster with NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, said.

The errant forecast said 2013 would see above - average activity, with eight hurricanes and three that would develop into major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher on the five - step Saffir - Simpson intensity scale.

The 2014 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be quieter than normal, with a below - average number of storms and hurricanes, a leading U.S. hurricane forecasting team said last week.

But forecasts suggested the hurricane would not reach land and that storm warnings may be altered, the NHC said.

Bell said that he and his office, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, have been fielding questions about the August lull in Atlantic hurricanes and whether it would cause his forecast team to soften its May and August outlooks, which concluded that the 2013 season had a 70 percent chance of being more active than normal.

I remember headlines many weeks back saying simply we're headed for an above - average number of Atlantic hurricanes, which seems to be the standard, annual forecast.

They released a detailed spending plan, saying among other things that more money could increase computing power, a prerequisite for gaining insights and forecasting skill on drought, tornadoes, hurricanes and regional impacts of human - caused climate change.

Forecasts of hurricane frequency don't matter, said Garret Foskit, Galveston County's emergency management coordinator.

That data, scientists said at the Nov. 10 briefing, can be used to improve hurricane forecasting by providing more data and in a more timely manner than possible with other satellites or hurricane - tracking aircraft.

«A hurricane of this magnitude will have impacts extending far from its center, so it's important for residents not to focus on the exact forecast track but to consider the system as a whole,» he said.

Chan and Au - Yeung say that their research shows the importance of including land - surface variation in hurricane forecasting in the future.

Muir - Wood says cat modelers have always accepted the 100 - year average of history for forecasting future hurricanes.

Weather forecasting in the region had «vastly improved» since previous hurricanes, he said, but global warming was worsening the impacts of such storms.

I said it was tacky to promote a for - profit corporation in the business of making hurricane forecasts before the bodies are cold in this latest hurricane disaster.

The Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project (HFIP), which is currently underway, is intended to improve intensity forecasting among other parameters, said Knabb.

James Franklin, chief of forecast operations at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, said forecasters, at least, are ready for this season, having made significant improvements in hurricane - track forecasts in receHurricane Center in Miami, said forecasters, at least, are ready for this season, having made significant improvements in hurricane - track forecasts in recehurricane - track forecasts in recent years.

«The hurricanes have not caused me to change my long - term forecast,» says Simonson.