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Mike1 · September 17th 03, 06:48 PM posted to sci.geo.meteorology

(Sim Aberson) wrote:

NHC forecast advisories already include gusts.

Given my sampling of public (esp. televised) update statements, I'd say
that not enough effort is being made to promote gusts as an important
piece of information.

Insufficiently-informative MSW-labeling schemes lead to goofy
revisionist business like a burst-phasing hurricane Andrew being altered
after the fact to a cat5 due to extreme gusts well in excess of the cat4
145MSW at landfall causing catastrophic damage.

Andrew was revised upward to a category 5 based on maximum sustained
winds.

Measured by what, when? If the info was of a timely nature, you'd figure
the upgraded classification would have made the news while the storm was
still winding toward Louisianna, yet I recall nothing of the sort.

(Have MSW time-duration requirements softened, such than winds formerly
classified as gusts are now labeled MSWs?)

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