(Meteorologist)

Sat Dec 31 2005 04:15 AM

Re: Happy New Year -- from Zeta!?!

Well, the NHC can see them...I'm not sure they are supposed to go into the (separate) Dvorak classifications, however. While the forecasters most likely know how to use the Dvorak technique, it's a separate center (or centers) that performs the classifications. I'm sure they look at the QuikSCAT, but it's not a factor in the Dvorak classification...unless they have decided to take the tropical vs. subtropical factor out of the satellite image classification whatsoever.

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