Lixion Avila
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Dr. Lixion Avila is a weather forecaster with the National Hurricane Center (NHC). He has been a senior hurricane specialist[1] there since 1987 and is the longest-tenured senior specialist.
He is the only Cuban American specialist on the staff and is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Avila generally forecasts with a quirky personal touch. Similar to his NHC counterpart Dr. James Franklin, Avila occasionally expresses his opinion or sense of humor, often in the discussion areas of advisories. For example:
- When forecasting Tropical Storm Dolly in 2002, Avila said, "The bell just rang in the Tropical Atlantic, Hello Dolly." [2]
- For the last advisory of the long-lived Hurricane Kyle of 2002, he expressed that "I hope there will be no more surprises."[3]
- During 2005's record-breaking Hurricane Epsilon, he expressed his frustration at the hurricane's refusal to weaken despite repeated predictions that it would do so: "There are no clear reasons...and I am not going to make one up...to explain the recent strengthening of Epsilon and I am just describing the facts."[4]
- During Tropical Storm Odile in 2008, he said "Odile...The tropical cyclone...has really fooled me as Odile...the evil character in the ballet Swan Lake...fooled the prince."[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Meteorological Disasters - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
- ^ Avila, Lixion (2002-08-29). "Tropical Storm Dolly Discussion 2". National Hurricane Center. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2002/dis/al042002.discus.002.html. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ Avila, Lixion (2002-10-12). "Hurricane Kyle Discussion 89". National Hurricane Center. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2002/dis/al122002.discus.089.html. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ Avila, Lixion (2005-12-04). "Hurricane Epsilon Discussion 21". National Hurricane Center. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2005/dis/al292005.discus.021.shtml. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
- ^ Avila, Lixion (2008-10-11). "Tropical Storm Odile Discussion 13". National Hurricane Center. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2008/ep16/ep162008.discus.013.shtml?. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
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