Hurricane Helene is set to rattle the shores of Florida and its big bend region sometime late tomorrow and many found it peculiar if not fascinating how meteorologists were able to predict a storm that wasn't even there...
Well at the very least not visible on radar.
These advancements in technology come at at time when storms themselves can be tricky to forecast.
LSU climatologist, Barry Keim, says the weather industry had to keep up in order to help in storm preparation especially with the recent rapid intensification we've seen.
"They forecasting is improving at a level that is mind blowing. This was predicted almost in its exact location, days before the storm was even there."
Those early tracks should hold up, however, just how intense of a storm it will be still remains to be seen as hurricanes these days are prone to undergo a rapid intensification before landfall.
Keim says from the sea to the sky, the conditions are ripe to create a perfect storm.
"We have record breaking sea temperatures and the La Nina produces an upper level wind shear, when put together, becomes a breeding ground for storms to become massive."
