Invest 94L,Near Windwards-Discussions

[AtlanticWind]

Accuweather must be flying thier own recon planes now.

[cycloneye]

Folks,disregard information above from a private firm.NHC is the official word.

[CrazyC83]

988mb is a strong tropical storm or Category 1 hurricane...

[x-y-no]

6th tropical depression of the 2007 season has formed according to Accuweather Meteorologists

HUH????

And these jokers want to supplant the NHC as the official source of storm info?

Unbelievable!

[oyster_reef]

that's a very tight cone for Accuweather... not very typical for them.

[Andrew92]

Maybe our favorite troll got a job working for them.

1000 mb, maybe. 988, no.

But I do think this is about to become a depression, if it isn't one yet.

-Andrew92

[Chacor]

Anyone with knowledge of US law... can Accuweather be sued if people take their false info and act on it?

[southerngale]

Accuweather must be flying thier own recon planes now.

J/K - no offense to AccuWeather, but when I saw the 988mb....

[fci]

Well now, isn't this a bit awkward??

[x-y-no]

that's a very tight cone for Accuweather... not very typical for them.

Well, the cone looks fine - I've no problem with that.

But 988mb? I will eat my hat if recon finds that.

[RL3AO]

Anyone with knowledge of US law... can Accuweather be sued if people take their false info and act on it?

It's America. You can sue anyone for anything.

But in reality, I'm guessing if they have a disclaimer, they are safe.

[cycloneye]

Folks in Tobago can sue that private firm.

[Chacor]

Thanks for the clarification. It seems ridiculous that they would be giving out blatantly wrong information.

[tolakram]

http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurric ... traveler=0

All of that is from their publicly available hurricane page.

[CrazyC83]

that's a very tight cone for Accuweather... not very typical for them.

Well, the cone looks fine - I've no problem with that.

But 988mb? I will eat my hat if recon finds that.

I'd say it is really around 1005mb. 988 in this environment would be about a 65 kt hurricane...

[RL3AO]

http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane/index.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0

All of that is from their publicly available hurricane page.

My quick glance did not see a disclaimer on that page.

[tolakram]

http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane/index.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0

All of that is from their publicly available hurricane page.

My quick glance did not see a disclaimer on that page.

Why would you need a disclaimer for a forecast. I would suggest that the entire company has a disclaimer that says they are in the business of forecasting and that forecasts might not be accurate.

[wxman57]

Maybe our favorite troll got a job working for them.

1000 mb, maybe. 988, no.

But I do think this is about to become a depression, if it isn't one yet.

-Andrew92

I see no issue with AccuWeather telling their clients that this is most likely a depression now. I'm having to do the same thing with our clients. I've been calling them and telling them this is a depression without a name yet. They need to know where it'll be in 5 days and I'm giving them our forecast. Can't wait for the NHC to act, they need to take actions now (before everyone leaves work for the holiday weekend). That 988mb doesn't look unreasonable, considering the GFDL was forecasting 110 kts as it approached Nicaragua on a few of yesterday's runs. Much will depend on how much interaction it has with South America.

[Pearl River]

RL3AO

tolakram wrote:
http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurric ... traveler=0

All of that is from their publicly available hurricane page.


My quick glance did not see a disclaimer on that page.

http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane/index.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0

All of that is from their publicly available hurricane page.

My quick glance did not see a disclaimer on that page.

See Terms of Usage at the bottom of the page.

[storms in NC]

That folks is why I don't go by AccuWeather