Anyone here more meteorologically inclined able to say how much about-to-be-Hurricane Melissa is going to affect the air and sea space in the AO over the next week? It’ll be gnarly for Jamaica, but I don’t know if it’ll be too far away to impact potential imminent operations in Venezuela?
I'm a day late to the party, but unless a hurricane/typhoon is going to directly strike the target area, it will have little impact on capability.
The USN has MetOc centers for each fleet that provide updates to the ships, and a CSG has an embarked MetOc team to provide on-site support. Hurricane avoidance is pretty straightforward these days with the improved accuracy of models, and the ability to get satellite imagery updates every 15 minutes, 24/7. With satellite based radars, you can even measure wind speed in the storm based on the sea heights and speeds... Which is why so many records are being broken.
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