Hey Clearwater:

Did you see the met on the abc affiliate from Tampa last night at 5 p.m.? He saw the storm turn North and stated that if this was true the models would be pushed east at the 11 o'clock update. He stated that the NHC did not have this Northern turn in its 5 o'clock models.

I researched this and noted that yesterday's 5 p.m. advisory from the NHC stated that for the next 12 hours the storm would track NNW. At 5 p.m. the coordinates were 21.3 N and 84.9 W. They estimated that in 12 hours the storm would be at 22.7 N and 85.7 W, a NNW track. I cannot believe how irresponsible his comments were. All he had to do was look at the 5 p.m. advisory and see that this Northern track was expected. As it turned out, the storm began tracking NW, thus the 11 p.m track had to be adjusted to the west. The Tampa Bay area has been jittery for a month now. His comments were unwarranted.