From the NOAA discussion of Hurricane Lili today:
a very interesting event occurred with Lili in the past 24 hours.
It intensified rapidly to a strong category four hurricane and
weakened to a category two as fast as it strengthened. There will
be many explanations after the fact...and perhaps many phd
dissertations. I am glad there will be some.... Forecaster Avila
I've always known I'm a massive weather geek, and Lili really brought it out. But, when you grow up in Oklahoma where the TV stations spend more on AdvanceVipir than on any newsgathering equipment, what do you expect?