[Regorp]

Originally Posted by sounding

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.

[sounding]

Originally Posted by Annie66

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