Lixion Avila

"The bell just rang in the Tropical Atlantic... Hello Dolly..."

"I hope there will be no more surprises."

"After considerable and sometimes animated in-house discussion of the demise of Ivan..."

"On Hurricane Epsilon in 2005"

"There are no clear reasons, and I am not going to make one up, to explain the recent strengthening of Epsilon."

"I heard that before about Epsilon... haven't you?"

"As you can see...I ran out [of] things to say."

"Since neither I nor the [forecast] models are good enough to precisely know if Ernesto will have an intensity of 64 knots at landfall...which is the border between hurricane and tropical storm intensity and 4 knots above the forecast...a hurricane watch has been issued for a portion of the coast."

"If some of the dynamical models have their way...Juliette could meet her less-than-Shakespearean demise sooner than indicated in the official forecast."

"Bertha HAS to weaken and begin to become extratropical...famous last words."