NEW VIDEO: Our field correspondent Josh Morgerman (@iCyclone) is in Black River, Jamaica, one of the hardest hit locations by Hurricane Melissa.
Here's some of the damage he's seeing. ๐ฝ๐ฝ #Melissa
Inside a recon flight in the eyewall of Melissa. Keep in mind, these crew members were working with no pay due to the government shutdown.
Unbelievable job by everyone aboard the NOAA and AF recon missions as always.
"we got it wrong, but we also donโt have a clear explanation as to why"
That's at least two 2025 hurricane season significant "forecast falters" (to use @MichaelRLowry's words) โ the previous obvious one being the intensity projections for Erin.
๐ค makes me wonder ๐ง
"With the rising costs of and vulnerability to extreme weather in a changing climate for the United States, dismantling or defunding NOAA would be a catastrophic error."
https://t.co/wxkHFYcDXe
Microwave imagery time-lapse shows the eyewall and how it went through a replacement cycle growing in size. The could happen again as it nears Florida. And might allow more intensity as it crosses over a very warm Loop Eddy in the Gulf. Some 'weakening' expected as it nears the coast. But how much and does it really matter in the overall impacts to come. https://t.co/0EQMEw6Iu0
Hurricane Hunters just found Miltonโs pressure has cratered to ~898MB.
This would make #MILTON one of the strongest hurricanes in recorded history in the Atlantic Basin.
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