MJO812 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 The National Weather Service announced today that, starting June 1, the definitions of hurricane and tropical storm watches and warnings will be broadened. The new changes will allow watches and warnings to be issued or remain in effect after a tropical cyclone becomes post-tropical, when such a storm poses a significant threat to life and property. In addition, the National Hurricane Center will be permitted to issue advisories during the post-tropical stage. The policy changes were motivated by the special challenges posed by Hurricane Sandy, which was forecast to evolve from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone prior to reaching the New Jersey coast. The NHC did not issue hurricane advisories north of North Carolina due to the nature of the changing storm. Fearing a public misunderstanding of the severity of Sandy's impacts, AccuWeather CEO Barry Myers urged the NHC to reverse the decision before Sandy made landfall. This is the right thing to do. http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/breaking-nws-broadens-hurrican/9525733 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teru Teru Bozu Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I just hope that this will motivate more people to actually take such warnings seriously. I know that there are some people on the NC coast (which gets bonafide hurricane/TS warnings every other season or so) who won't evacuate no matter how many warnings are issued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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