Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog

Hey 27 how are you....

27, Oh,OK. Not something I have in the phrase locker. I will work on that. Thanks.

Doda - I guess I meant both.

But here is a good read for understanding what a "tool" is: Urban Dictionary!

Bill was pointing out flaws with NOAA. BAD IDEA BILL!!!! NOAA is operated by the government. NEVER, EVER CRITICIZE THE GOVERNMENT!!!!

Howdee chaser....How are you?

It wasn't 27's opinion, but mine alone that I expressed.

I am sure 27 is of a much more pleasant demeanor.

what happened to patrap, drak, nash, and jp???

Posted By: Pachanga at 4:03 PM CDT on July 09, 2007.
A multi-million dollar party paid for by tax-payers to celebrate the anniversary of a program in need of reform IS a colossal failure on the part of the government!


I agree with you about the party situation.

I still don't think of them as a failure..not yet anyway.

good job bill bad job jeff master his blog supporting noaa to take out bill

what wave is worth watching

I am sure 27 is of a much more pleasant demeanor.

That sounds like it was dripping with sarcasm......lol

Well, I shall take my leave. Have fun guys.

You have to love Politics.. it just makes me very sad to think that the field I chose to be in and the people I respect are full of Politics something that has no place in science... and something I want nothing to do with.

Posted By: stormybil at 4:07 PM CDT on July 09, 2007.
what wave is worth watching


There's a wave/system at 6N,35W with a spin. Another wave coming off of Africa.

There is absolutely nothing to watch in the Atlantic.

anyone have the link for the NCEP models?

This blog has become very childish.........

thanks ike thats the one i was thinking of

Posted By: Tropicnerd13 at 9:06 PM GMT on July 09, 2007.

what happened to patrap, drak, nash, and jp???

I am here...

thank god.

Very disappointing. The forecasters lost sight of the fact that Proenza was more than just a scientist, he was a bureaucrat who understood the necessity for "framing." The issue was never about Quikscat. Quikscat was just something to rally around for the REAL issue, which was the inter-agency budget fight. NOAA and Commerce wanted money for P.R., and the actual meteorologists wanted it for research. In the midst of an otherwise boring (to the media) budget fight, Proenza understood that it was necessary to have something that the media would fix on, and Quikscat provided this. I understand that they were trained as scientists, but whining to get him ousted because he may have distorted statistics to make an important point about budgeting is little more than scientific purism. Proenza was an advocate for what they supposedly wanted, more money for hurricane research. They acted against their own self-interest with their purism. Sometimes people just need to swallow the idea of "ends justifying the means."

None of this is a commentary on Rappaport. He should be a good agency head if he can get away from the academic bubble and have real-world experience managing a bureaucratic, inherently political entity, and dealing with what that entails.

the one by south america, the one off the coast of africa, and the one between. hey 27ws, who are the trolls and who are the tools?

Also does anyone have a loop for the Caribbean and central Atlantic that does not require java? For some reason that loops that i was using 20 minutes ago are not working now.

sorry drak, i just didnt see your entries. any waves look any more impressive in the atlantic? im thinking about updating my blog if nothing interesting is going on...

no thats it. The one of Africa and the one in the ITCZ are about it. There is also one in the Caribbean but i think its moving inland.

At least we don't have to hear about it anymore. Obviously this guy had leadership problems. The main thing, in running any business, is that you have the respect of the people who work for you. They may not always agree with your system but they don't try to undermine you as the boss. Once this takes place, the whole organization will come to a grinding halt and eventually shut down.

drak, does the one on the tropical homepage require java?

Convection firing north of Panama...should move into the Pacific.

A wave entering the extreme SE Caribbean sea.

Man-yi looks like it will become a Super Typhoon.

maybe we should stop talking about tropical systems and start the talk about subtropical systems and the northers.

maybe we should stop talking about tropical systems and start the subtropical systems and the northers.

huh??????

LOL

you know, those big swirly things (yes, a technical term) that go up and hit greenland and canada? i think some of those are interesting...

I am glad that Proenza is gone. You cannot have the Director of a scientific agency using questionable science to get his agenda across. The forecasters absolutely did the right thing by not going along with this. They were brought into the public by Proenza by his blatant misquoting of them and had every right to put their retorts through public channels if only to clear their names. I am glad this situation has been addressed before the season really ramps up.

alright. seems there isnt much tropical weather to our concern. what about local weather? anybody see some interesting weather lately?

you know, those big swirly things (yes, a technical term) that go up and hit greenland and canada? i think some of those are interesting...

You mean extratropical storms and Noreasters? We have to get through hurricane season first.

why didnt ed get it in the first place before bill . unless he didnt want it . he was my choice all along

Tropical Storm Man-yi Link

oh. thats odd. i thought i saw something on the map that looked like one. i'll have to look at a different map.

Here's something interesting to me. We've had 4.41 inches of rain so far this month here in Defuniak Springs, FL. That averages over 13 for July if it's maintained.....great news for the dirt that takes up half of my front yard and the grass.

YAY! where? must see....

Jupiter, I respect your view, but your forgetting one important thing...government doesn't run like any other business. In fact, in government what you will usually find is that the best person for the job usually isn’t the person given the job. Or like in the case of Bill, if that person gets the job, they usually won’t keep it because they push for reform, which of course nobody wants, especially if you have a plush government job!

Posted By: hurricanehunter93 at 4:24 PM CDT on July 09, 2007.
Dave Cocherella with CFNEWS13 Just said that stalled out frontal boundry in the atlantic formed an area of low pressure in it and may develop in 2-3 days


If it's the area east of the Carolina's, that's headed to the Atlantic graveyard.

Hey guys. Did you know that there is an invest only 1400 miles away from the United States?

A very active ITCZ



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Hey guys. Did you know that there is an invest only 1400 miles away from the United States?

HERE WE GO AGAIN OK I BITE WHERE

yeah, ike. i am having the backwards effect. i live in southeastern texas and my yard has been a swampy pit for the last 20 days. you know how they say that the polar ice caps are melting and the ocean water level will rise? if ice takes up more space than water, wont it decrease?

90C is 1400 miles away from Hawaii.