Chris Landsea
Chris Landsea
Christopher W. Landseais an American meteorologist, formerly a research meteorologist with Hurricane Research Division of Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory at NOAA, and now the Science and Operations Officer at the National Hurricane Center. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society...
florida gets hit last seen
In general, Florida gets hit a lot. But what we've seen the last two years should not continue.
accurate assessment august change effect hurricane influence la late nina peak season tends tough
The La Nina effect tends to change in the late spring. That makes it tough to make an accurate assessment about what influence it will be having in the peak of hurricane season in August and September.
ships
Back then forecasters didn't have satellites or even land-based radar. All they had were ships at sea.
holes
I know how many holes there are in the data. I put it together.
half hit hitting hurricane major seasons time
Most seasons we are going to get a hurricane hit the U.S. and probably more than half the time we will have a major hurricane hitting the U.S. as well.
anticipate sure
It's not something we predicted, and I'm not sure it's something we can anticipate way in advance.
deepening quick
That was kind of my first impression: Wow, this one is deepening as quick as Andrew, ... It's larger.
activity along although compared effects global huge hurricane impacts increase likely lost measured might natural population swings tiny today warming
The global warming impacts are so tiny today that they can't be measured although they might be measured in 100 years. Compared to the natural swings of hurricane activity and compared to the huge population increase and infrastructure build-up along the coast, any global warming effects are likely to be so tiny that they're lost in the noise.
category equivalent
If it's a Category 3 at landfall, it's equivalent to 25 Category 1s.
category expect gradually gulf next ocean open rita turn
At this point, Rita has become a potentially very devastating Category 5 hurricane. Fortunately it's over the open ocean of the Gulf of Mexico, and will be over the open ocean for the next day. But we expect it to gradually make a turn to the north.
explain forecast storms
We can explain it after the fact, but we can't forecast that very well, where the storms are going to form.