Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog

Blame the war in Iraq for the problems at the hurricane center. I work as an Wx observer at Miami International. There has been word coming down for the last year or so that the government wants to make the tower people take observations and phase out the observer program. The talk is that this phase out would first affect c and b stations first. There is no word yet on A stations like Miami. Ft Lauderdale is a level b airport for the wx station there. Couple this talk with the aging quick scat, the fact that they are scaling down flights into hurricanes, and the fact that Noaa won't allow our satellites to study global warming anymore, should tell you all you need to know about where we stand. Our government is out of money and we are low hanging fruit. Our stations contract is awarded again in August with a take over date of Oct 1. Whether or no we will still have a job or whether or not the government will actually phase us out remains to be seen, but I can tell you that everyone in the observing field is very worried.

If someone says that the system was decoupled, does that means that it was a TD, TS or H?

: Drakoen same her

Proenza came in and worked to make things better for the public. He did what many of us nonpoliticians always say we would do; cut out the politics and get something done as a public servant. By pointing out that NOAA is spending money on the proverbial $500 toilet seat and not paying attention to the true needs of the service he has painted himself in the corner. His staff isn't behind him for obvious reasons; go with your boss or the 400lb elephant against him.

Look at this wind shear forecast for the next 72hrs.Link

is this good or bad for our blob?