Why no 2-hour NHC updates?

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Why no 2-hour NHC updates?

#1 Postby OtherHD » Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:49 pm

Isn't there a set of criteria for NHC releasing intermediate advisories every 2 hours with position estimates in between? They did it with Gaston, and it wasn't even a hurricane.
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#2 Postby dhweather » Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:50 pm

Cause she's stationary? :)
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Re: Why no 2-hour NHC updates?

#3 Postby TS Zack » Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:51 pm

No Movement!
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#4 Postby Brent » Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:52 pm

They usually start them when the eye can be tracked by radar. I expected them to start already, but expect it after the 11pm advisory.
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#5 Postby NFLnut » Sat Sep 04, 2004 7:01 pm

I don't know about NHC, but I've been tracking the eye via radar on my laptop computer at home for the last five hours. I'm no meteorologist.
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#6 Postby alicia-w » Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:02 pm

Then why did they just say that she's moving WNW at 5mph?
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#7 Postby Thunder44 » Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:03 pm

I wondered about this too.
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