The news I read this morning on a different site claimed Dean was downgrading to a Category 3….so which is it? it’s getting worse or it’s getting better?
Dean was a Cat5 storm as it came ashore. As it moved across the Yucatan peninsula it lost energy/wind speed and became a Cat3 storm. The question now is when it moves over the Gulf on its way to the Mexican ‘mainland’ will it pick up energy and go back to Cat4 or 5??
News articles in print are of course, subject to a big time lag…..on line is a little better as they get updated more than once a day. Best bet…check with the National Hurricane Center.
This is a prime example of why the Hurricane Forecasting function is a waste of taxpayer monies. I’m not speaking of Hurricane tracking, just forecasting. It doesn’t make any difference what William Gray or anyone else “thinks” about how many and how severe storms will be. Not only are the forecasts “best guesses”, it provides nothing of value. Nobody can do anything differently knowing there will be 8 or 16 storms. There will be however many and however severe storms mother nature wishes to create. End of story. Whether it was a category 3 or 5 doesn’t mean much to Mexico. It hot hit.
Mexico was hit & hit hard by this storm & Dean is nowhere near done. He certainly slowed on his departure from the Yucatan Peninsula, but will regain some strength as he crosses through the southern part of the Gulf before making landfall once again causing even more property damage to Mexico as he makes his way toward Mexico City.
This country is in for sever rains, which could trigger flooding, mudslides, and other problems for those residing in the path of Hurricane Dean.
How was that for forecasting???? I thought I would try my hand at it… did I do OK???
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The news I read this morning on a different site claimed Dean was downgrading to a Category 3….so which is it? it’s getting worse or it’s getting better?
They had to write the article before they had all the facts & were basing their info on what they expected…. Would be my guess…
Take a guess, It was a cat5 yesterday…
Dean was a Cat5 storm as it came ashore. As it moved across the Yucatan peninsula it lost energy/wind speed and became a Cat3 storm. The question now is when it moves over the Gulf on its way to the Mexican ‘mainland’ will it pick up energy and go back to Cat4 or 5??
News articles in print are of course, subject to a big time lag…..on line is a little better as they get updated more than once a day. Best bet…check with the National Hurricane Center.
This is a prime example of why the Hurricane Forecasting function is a waste of taxpayer monies. I’m not speaking of Hurricane tracking, just forecasting. It doesn’t make any difference what William Gray or anyone else “thinks” about how many and how severe storms will be. Not only are the forecasts “best guesses”, it provides nothing of value. Nobody can do anything differently knowing there will be 8 or 16 storms. There will be however many and however severe storms mother nature wishes to create. End of story. Whether it was a category 3 or 5 doesn’t mean much to Mexico. It hot hit.
Mexico was hit & hit hard by this storm & Dean is nowhere near done. He certainly slowed on his departure from the Yucatan Peninsula, but will regain some strength as he crosses through the southern part of the Gulf before making landfall once again causing even more property damage to Mexico as he makes his way toward Mexico City.
This country is in for sever rains, which could trigger flooding, mudslides, and other problems for those residing in the path of Hurricane Dean.
How was that for forecasting???? I thought I would try my hand at it… did I do OK???