NASA seems to be in full “send it” mode for the Artemis I mission | Ars Technica
"As a reminder on weather, it is not even a named storm," Whitmeyer said during the call. "It’s a tropical depression, number nine. It’s very early on, and some of the traces we’ve seen go to different directions, at different speeds, and have different intensity."
Whitmeyer is correct that this system is not yet a tropical storm or hurricane, but it will likely become one. The National Hurricane Center forecasts that it will be a major hurricane by the time it strikes Florida next week....
However, Whitmeyer was fairly dismissive of their trade.
"I wish we were better at predicting weather absolutely five days in advance, and if I did, I would pretty much quit this job to go work for the weather bureau," he said. "I'm not from Florida. I'm from Washington DC, and the way we track weather in Washington, DC, is we pick up The Washington Post in the morning, and we see if it's going to rain this day. And so I actually am always amazed when I'm down here."
However, Whitmeyer was fairly dismissive of their trade.
