MIAMI (AP) - A veteran weather forecaster is now the new
director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Bill Read had been the center's interim deputy director since
August. That's when director Bill Proenza was ousted after his
staff urged federal officials to dismiss him because they said he
was exaggerating problems with a satellite.
Read ran the National Weather Service's Houston-Galveston office
before moving to Miami.
The hurricane center monitors the movement and strength of
tropical weather systems, and issues storm watches and warnings for
the U.S. and surrounding areas.
Read will also lead the other two branches of NOAA's Tropical
Prediction Center. Those branches focus on satellite and radar
analyses and developing new techniques for tropical weather
analysis and prediction.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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