Tomas. You're feeling alright. I'm not feeling too good myself.

Tomas is like that relationship you always wanted to believe in but that never came through to you. The meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center have again and again given Tomas hurricane status when he didn't really deserve it (in my opinion) Every day, even twice a day, the meteorologists predict that the next day Tomas will be a bigger, stronger, more well formed hurricane but then that day comes along and every time Tomas disappoints (in my opinion).

And lat night, the worst thing happened.

In my opinion, anyway. Tomas became a tropical depression. A tropical depression! Tomas doesn't even have the wind to make white caps on the salty sea, let alone knock stuff over and cause havoc and mayhem.

But still, the meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center are predicting, and I think maybe they just can't see the real storm here, that Tomas will return to hurricane status in a couple of days. And overrun western Haiti.

Right. I'll believe that when I see it. Tomas is not a storm to be trusted, in my opinion.

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... as to how strong Tomas will get in the latter part of the forecast period." Less than 48 hours ago, it was predicted that Tomas would by now be a Category One hurricane, and in a couple of more days, a Category Three hurricane, as it turned towards Haiti.
Tomas, once expected to spin up to a fairly strong hurricane, then weakened and not expected to do so, has done so. Tomas is now a serious hurricane with winds of up to 75 knots and sustained winds of 70 knots, and is expected to become stronger.
According to the current models, Tomas the Hurricane will stay around the Category One/Category Two boundary over the next four days as it moves to the west then north.
Tomas is nicely demonstrating the degree to which meteorological models depend on the context of experience.

don't loan Tomas any money! he'll disappear and you will never see him again!