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...
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.
expect la storms stronger
With La Nina, you can expect not only more storms than average, but stronger storms, as well.
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.
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.
efforts recovery
But it will make it more problematic for the recovery efforts there.
certain fairly major
One thing is fairly certain -- it's going to be a major hurricane.
anticipate sure
It's not something we predicted, and I'm not sure it's something we can anticipate way in advance.
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.
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.