Florida
hurricane threat reveals forecasting challenges in
social media era
Right **w, there's a broad area of disturbed weather extending from Cuba to Hispaniola. It's a messy storm system from a meteorological perspective, lacking any cohesion and the familiar, tightly wound swirling motion we're used to seeing in mature tropical storms and hurricanes.*
But the tropical wave, named "Invest 99L" by the National
hurricane Center, has the potential to become a big troublemaker for
Florida and other Gulf Coast states if it manages to get its act together and intensify. It has had that potential for days.*
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