I quoted the definition of the cone. Do you read anything I write?
Actually I didn't see it - my apologies. TRUE - HAND TO GOD story - I was at the VA in Houston and just had my eyes dilated - I'll even send you a copy of my appointment reminder if you think I'm putting you on...lol. I could barely see anything. The good news is even after 32 years - I've still got 20-20 and 20-15. I might be deaf and crippled - but I can see.
My point remains the same. As a professional forecaster who spent 32 years doing this for a living and working with EM's - this Tweet by them was right on track.
And as I mentioned numerous times - Trump was given BAD info - it wasn't his fault. It was Admiral Schultz who gave him the faulty info.
The state EOC of Alabama had already been told to stand down. Imagine their shock when all of sudden they are hearing something TOTALLY different. If you have never worked in this world, never been an Incident Commander, never worked in a JOC or an EOC - then you have ZERO idea the trouble such a confusing message can cause. IT was a mistake - pure and simple.
ANY forecaster who would say Alabama could even remotely be hit harder than though would be considered an idiot given all the evidence available at that time. It was not. The models had clustered by 00Z on the 1st.
Trump was given bad intel. The WFO made a good tweet to cam the waters. PERIOD.