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...
certain fairly major
One thing is fairly certain -- it's going to be a major hurricane.
almost category certain hurricane major
It's almost certain it will make landfall as a major hurricane -- Category 3 or Category 4.
coming given happen horrible impacts last wants
Everyone wants to know what's going to happen this coming season, given the horrible impacts of the last two years.
category expect gradually gulf next ocean open rita turn
At this point, Rita has become a potentially very devastating Category 5 hurricane. Fortunately it's over the open ocean of the Gulf of Mexico, and will be over the open ocean for the next day. But we expect it to gradually make a turn to the north.
expect la storms stronger
With La Nina, you can expect not only more storms than average, but stronger storms, as well.
efforts recovery
But it will make it more problematic for the recovery efforts there.
good science settles
I think that this is very good science and a very important paper, but I don't think it settles every question.
deepening quick
That was kind of my first impression: Wow, this one is deepening as quick as Andrew, ... It's larger.
analysis far
I thought his analysis was interesting, but I think it's far from definitive.
half hit hitting hurricane major seasons time
Most seasons we are going to get a hurricane hit the U.S. and probably more than half the time we will have a major hurricane hitting the U.S. as well.
curiosity
Fortunately, Zeta is more of a curiosity than a life-threatening event.
category equivalent
If it's a Category 3 at landfall, it's equivalent to 25 Category 1s.
explain forecast storms
We can explain it after the fact, but we can't forecast that very well, where the storms are going to form.
holes
I know how many holes there are in the data. I put it together.