National Hurricane Center Spokesman Dennis Feltgen said technology has made predicting where a storm will go much more accurate, but added that accurate measures of intensity at landfall still elude forecasters.
“We’re not there yet. Intensity forecasting really hasn’t changed at all over the last 20 years,” he said. “There’s still more we don’t know about the inner workings of the hurricane, particularly the subtle changes going on indie the eye wall, than we do know about it.”
Gov. Rick Scott speaks at the conference on Wednesday. Hurricane Season begins June 1. The National Hurricane Center will release its prediction for the number of storms this year on May 24.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:36
Governor’s Hurricane Conference Focuses on Hurricane Andrew 20 Years Later
Written by Valerie Alker-
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The 26th Annual Governor’s Hurricane Conference is underway in Ft. Lauderdale. The theme this year is “Twenty Years Since Hurricane Andrew” with an emphasis on what forecasters have learned since then.
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