Thunderbird12
(Meteorologist)
Sat Sep 06 2008 10:50 PM
Re: Current motion

The extra data should help the model forecasts in the short term. It will also help the hand analysis of the human forecasters at NHC, which is a big part of the short-term official forecasts.

Long term, the extra data probably won't help much, since the features that will eventually be affecting (or passing by) Ike are still a long ways away.



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