Nederlander wrote:From well-respected KFDM Met Greg Bostwick:
“The National Hurricane Center this afternoon named the tiny cluster of thunderstorms near Savannah, Georgia Tropical Storm Danny. I strongly disagree with the upgrade as surface pressures are quite high and no surface weather reports support sustained winds of tropical storm force.
It should be noted that there appears to be an increasing tendency by NHC to name storms when in previous years they would have not been classified. In fact, before weather satellites in the early 1960's, none of the current 4 storms would have received a name.”
He's probably a good met, but I really can't stand the argument that these storms wouldn't have been named pre-satellite era. Like to me, while that period of time is interesting to analyze, there's absolutely no reason why anyone needs to bring up that argument when it comes to naming storms. If it's a TC, it's a TC no matter how short lived it is.
The only storm this year that was borderline was Claudette, but it still got named because it met the criteria.
I don't know about anyone else, but to me it's completely pointless, and even irresponsible, to compare the way we name storms now, then we did back then when we had hardly any of the technology we do now.
I respect all pro mets, but I highly dislike that argument... And it's not just him. Seems like every year someone makes a statement like this...
I am in no way a professional. Take what I say with a grain of salt as I could be totally wrong. Please refer to the NHC, NWS, or SPC for official information.
Boomer Sooner!