Thought this article might be of some interest to the list. Hurricane season is here! Q&A with WX4NHC (Julio Ripoll)<http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/qa/201306_julio_ripoll.php> Thanks! Robin Tanamachi, Ph.D. NRC Postdoctoral Fellow National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) 120 David L. Boren Blvd., Suite 4445 Norman, OK 73072 Office phone: 405-325-6567 Amateur Radio Call Sign: WX0RT "The reward of the young scientist is the emotional thrill of being the first person in the history of the world to see something or to understand something... The reward of the old scientist is the sense of having seen a vague sketch grow into a masterly landscape." -- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin