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Originally Posted by sounding (Post 2370838)

As of 11 AM today (Sep 15) the hurricane center still claims TD7 is a tropical storm. The circulation has no clothes. The hurricane center must be desperate for attention.

This has been a lame hurricane season after they over hyped la Nina and it's affects. Normal thunderstorms have been much worse than the hurricanes.

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Originally Posted by Annie66 (Post 2371311)

Due to the complexity, weather forecasting, it is at best an inexact science. It’s like any of us trying to guess the number of marbles in a large jar.

Tropical storm science is smarter than marble guessing. I have made forecasts for over 100 tropical storms, including the world's largest, Super Typhoon Tip, and issued more than 500 storm bulletins -- so I know a bit about that stuff. Gordon was a borderline tropical storm and should never been named such. In recent years, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has been changing rules on how and when to name storms -- with the net effect of increasing the numbers. This has been confirmed by the Dr Neil Frank, the longest serving Director of the NHC ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30kWv95kF_4