Joe Bastardi: Katrina will be 910mb N of 25N

[sponger]

I am glad this thread was bumped up because I thought the same thing when I woke up this am. Joe B deserves the credit.

For all you pseudo amateur mets who flamed him, have a healthy serving!
I know he is controversial but he is passionate about his work and gives great detailed explainations of the synoptic situation. Love him or hate him, he is a good met. Maybe you dont wont him over for dinner, but thats another story.

[curtinnc]

Joe has really hit this one.... FROM A LONG WAY OUT... I'm no fan if his tactics, but he saw this, and put it out there long before most other mets would even entertain the thoughts publicly...

[Mello1]

I am glad this thread was bumped up because I thought the same thing when I woke up this am. Joe B deserves the credit.

For all you pseudo amateur mets who flamed him, have a healthy serving!
I know he is controversial but he is passionate about his work and gives great detailed explainations of the synoptic situation. Love him or hate him, he is a good met. Maybe you dont wont him over for dinner, but thats another story.

Hmm, it sounds more like he just got one right this time. So did Chicken Little...

[Tri-State_1925]

I don't pay very close attention, but doesn't this guy predict the extreme on just about every hurricane and noreaster?

[wolfmmiii]

I am glad this thread was bumped up because I thought the same thing when I woke up this am. Joe B deserves the credit.

For all you pseudo amateur mets who flamed him, have a healthy serving!
I know he is controversial but he is passionate about his work and gives great detailed explainations of the synoptic situation. Love him or hate him, he is a good met. Maybe you dont wont him over for dinner, but thats another story.

Hmm, it sounds more like he just got one right this time. So did Chicken Little...

For all his faults, I'm willing to bet my house that he is STILL better than ANYONE on this board (pro or amateur). I liken the bashing to the Monday morning QB. A Monday morning QB may be real good and know what he's talking about but he could NEVER perform in the real thing.

Remember that.

[sponger]

Chicken little does not have a met degree. A professional should be given credit regardless of style or hype.

[Mello1]

Chicken little does not have a met degree. A professional should be given credit regardless of style or hype.

Not to argue at this time, but the point here is that this guy tends to be on the fringes of the Bell curve in his forecasting. Statistically, he was bound to get it right. That's all I'm saying on this topic.

[x-y-no]

I am glad this thread was bumped up because I thought the same thing when I woke up this am. Joe B deserves the credit.

For all you pseudo amateur mets who flamed him, have a healthy serving!
I know he is controversial but he is passionate about his work and gives great detailed explainations of the synoptic situation. Love him or hate him, he is a good met. Maybe you dont wont him over for dinner, but thats another story.

Hmm, it sounds more like he just got one right this time. So did Chicken Little...

For all his faults, I'm willing to bet my house that he is STILL better than ANYONE on this board (pro or amateur). I liken the bashing to the Monday morning QB. A Monday morning QB may be real good and know what he's talking about but he could NEVER perform in the real thing.

Remember that.

I'd put Derek or Jeff or AFM (to name just three that come to mind immediately - there are more) up against him any time.

That said, I agree he performed well on this storm once it actually formed, and called the level of intensification in the Gulf quite well.

I might remind you, though, that he was saying TD10 would take off intensifying when it was NE of Puerto Rico, and that was a total bust. So if one considers the disturbance that became Katrina at least partially related to TD10, that makes his performance on the entire history of this system decidedly more of a mixed bag.

[wolfmmiii]

I'm not saying he's perfect and I'm not saying there aren't people on this board that aren't any good or even nearly as good. All I'm saying is that it's a lot less pressure posting on an internet message board vs going out on television. Over the long haul, I'd bet on JB.

[The Big Dog]

I am glad this thread was bumped up because I thought the same thing when I woke up this am. Joe B deserves the credit.

For all you pseudo amateur mets who flamed him, have a healthy serving!
I know he is controversial but he is passionate about his work and gives great detailed explainations of the synoptic situation. Love him or hate him, he is a good met. Maybe you dont wont him over for dinner, but thats another story.

Hmm, it sounds more like he just got one right this time. So did Chicken Little...

I agree 1,000%. If you predict gloom and doom enough times, eventually it's going to happen. If you throw 100 darts at a dartboard, you'll probably hit the bull at least once. Does that make you a great dart thrower?