[abb]

The NHC has become wishcasters instead of forecasters. So desperate are they to have a named storm, they went ahead and issued a name before it meets their own definition of a TD - namely a low-level circulation. Has Bastardi gone to work for the NHC?

[Islander7]

“....The NHC has become wishcasters instead of forecasters. So desperate are they to have a named storm, they went ahead and issued a name before it meets their own definition of a TD...”

Actually the poster of this thread jumped the gun. The NHC website has not made such announcement.

[NautiNurse]

Everything I have read and heard about this storm has bewildered the experts. This system has had excellent presentation for the past day. Having lived through a storm that was overlooked/ignored shortly after 9-11-2001, I would much prefer the watches and warnings associated with the upgrade.

[Old Professer]

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a thunderstorm named after you?

[Old Professer]

BTW, when I was in meteorology we called those guys forcecasters.

[nwctwx]

The NHC has become wishcasters instead of forecasters.

there is a low level circulation, and there are a whole bunch of public products that come out of classifying a storm. this is now possibly well within 5 days of being a threat to the U.S. and a very small deviation to the left of expected track can have massive implications on intensity. no reason not to start getting people tuned in.