{"id":9039,"date":"2010-11-03T14:10:13","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T14:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2010\/11\/03\/tomas-promising-quirky-swirly\/"},"modified":"2010-11-03T14:10:13","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T14:10:13","slug":"tomas-promising-quirky-swirly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/03\/tomas-promising-quirky-swirly\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomas, promising, quirky, swirly, in crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon, the National Hurricane Prediction Center is using terms like &#8220;struggling to maintain its identity,&#8221; &#8220;elongated area of low pressure,&#8221; &#8220;losing definition,&#8221; &#8220;motion is uncertain,&#8221; &#8220;little change in philosophy,&#8221; &#8220;cold,&#8221; &#8220;guidance becomes divergent,&#8221; &#8220;forecast is problematic,&#8221; &#8220;the cyclone needs to survive its current state of disorganization,&#8221; &#8220;if,&#8221; &#8220;if,&#8221; and &#8230;. &#8220;if.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If only.  Alas, we must prepare to say to Tomas, &#8220;Adieu&#8230;. did we really waste a name on you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Or, it could turn into a hurricane in about three days.  I&#8217;ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon, the National Hurricane Prediction Center is using terms like &#8220;struggling to maintain its identity,&#8221; &#8220;elongated area of low pressure,&#8221; &#8220;losing definition,&#8221; &#8220;motion is uncertain,&#8221; &#8220;little change in philosophy,&#8221; &#8220;cold,&#8221; &#8220;guidance becomes divergent,&#8221; &#8220;forecast is problematic,&#8221; &#8220;the cyclone needs to survive its current state of disorganization,&#8221; &#8220;if,&#8221; &#8220;if,&#8221; and &#8230;. &#8220;if.&#8221; If only. Alas, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/03\/tomas-promising-quirky-swirly\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tomas, promising, quirky, swirly, in crisis<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1190],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-2lN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}