Chris Landsea
Chris Landsea
Christopher W. Landseais an American meteorologist, formerly a research meteorologist with Hurricane Research Division of Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory at NOAA, and now the Science and Operations Officer at the National Hurricane Center. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society...
accurate assessment august change effect hurricane influence la late nina peak season tends tough
The La Nina effect tends to change in the late spring. That makes it tough to make an accurate assessment about what influence it will be having in the peak of hurricane season in August and September.
changes detect global small
It's cyclical. If there are changes from human-induced global warming, they're so small we can't detect them yet.
ships
Back then forecasters didn't have satellites or even land-based radar. All they had were ships at sea.
consistent fishy intense physically
That's not physically consistent with more intense storms, there's something fishy in that result.
almost category certain hurricane major
It's almost certain it will make landfall as a major hurricane -- Category 3 or Category 4.
affect areas conditions hits rain storm
It's getting to be a large-sized hurricane, ... If the storm hits Texas, some of the rain and the squall conditions will affect other areas as well and probably Louisiana.
good
It's a good way to end the record-breaking season. Why not have one more and be done with it?
anticipate sure
It's not something we predicted, and I'm not sure it's something we can anticipate way in advance.
changing concerned global issue katrina versus warming worried
The global warming thing is a long-term issue to be concerned about, how that's changing things. To me, I'd be much more worried about a Katrina right now versus something in 10 or 20 years.
activity along although compared effects global huge hurricane impacts increase likely lost measured might natural population swings tiny today warming
The global warming impacts are so tiny today that they can't be measured although they might be measured in 100 years. Compared to the natural swings of hurricane activity and compared to the huge population increase and infrastructure build-up along the coast, any global warming effects are likely to be so tiny that they're lost in the noise.