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RSS FeedsGloomy with a Chance of Denial
(WorldNews Environment)

 
 

24 october 2017 03:17:43

 
Gloomy with a Chance of Denial
(WorldNews Environment)
 


As Hurricane Harvey roared toward the Texas coast in late August, weather models showed something that forecasters had never seen before: predictions of four feet of rainfall in the Houston area over five days — a year´s worth of rain in less than a week. `I´ve been doing this stuff for almost 50 years,` says Bill Read, a former director of the National Hurricane Center who lives in Houston. `The rainfall amounts … I didn’t believe `em. 50-inch-plus rains — I’ve never seen a model forecast like that anywhere close to accurate. “Lo and behold, we had it.` That unbelievable, but accurate, Harvey rain forecast is just one example of the great leap forward in...


 
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