The GFS just doesn't seem to be a priority for NCEP. There's no way it would ever pencil out in the private sector without a heavy infusion of government cash. The ECMWF's success is from their management and priorities, not their funding source...although it does help that they can sell their data to raise more cash.
I live 100 miles east of the eastern edge of where the eye of the storm hit last night. We had hardly any rainfall, with sustained winds topping mid 30’s with some gusts into the 60’s. All night I was checking weather stations all over the panhandle of florida down the gulf coast, and not once did I see a sustained windspeed over 66mph. I also had WINDY up and was dragging the curser all over and couldn’t find anything over 60mph. But it made landfall a cat 4 with 140mph winds?
Yeah... if missiles are shot at Trump's plane. But it's just conspiracy theory BS. Trump is alien from outer space and Kamala is the mastermind behind the Illuminati. Prove me wrong! You can't disprove any crazy sh*t things people make up.