weatherwoman wrote:has anyone heard what derek has had to say today just wondering about his thoughts
Derek is backing off of his earlier thoughts given what has transpired with Invest 99.
Here are the two posts from this morning that I have seen:
5:35 AM:
Derek Ortt wrote:it is time to reconsider the forecast of a strong hurricane
This is evolving NOTHING like how the models indicated (and I do NOT ever recall them being this AWFUL for something in the mid lats in a long time)
Also, that UL to the west is NOT going away
This may be the second consecutive occurrance that the globals have just been beyond PATHETIC on
6:26 AM:
Derek Ortt wrote:it may be time to stop giving so much weight to the global models for forecasting TC genesis
They have been showing less skill at predicting these events (having Felix as an open wave) than my 5 year old brother has at following directions