[snapperjk]

Yea, Texas Eagle!! Now that's a forecast!

When Bush is reelected, you've got my vote for head of NOAA. My point is (and you hit it right on the nail), don't give us this BS so called 'Super Duper Quadruple Three Eyed Triple Doppler' forecast. Just give us the information based on the level of technology we are at. If the NCH says they cannot predict, yet, with accuracy, then don't forecast accuracy. Plain and Simple.
Thanks, TE.

[Texas Eagle]

When Bush is reelected, you've got my vote for head of NOAA.

awwwwww...I'm touched.

[Marak]

Actually the National Hurricane Center did quite a good job with Charley. Anyone who was paying attention (and anyone who lives in Florida SHOULD pay attention) knew that Charley could hit anywhere between Marco Island and north of Tampa. When a hurricane is skirting the coast, as Charley was, where it actually makes landfall is impossible to predict, and the NHC never claimed to know where it was going. They posted the results of all of their computer models and liberally sprinkled it with warnings that they could not predict an impact point.

All of the county and municipal governments were kept informed and it was up to them to direct evacuation orders. It has been my experience to ignore the media when it comes to hurricanes and listen to the NHC. They give you the raw data and not hype.

Seems to me the only thing NHC might have missed was the prediction of cat 4 before landfall, although they did predict swift strenghtening to a cat 3 even before it hit Cuba.