NEW: NOAA acting chief defends unsigned Hurricane Dorian statement, but praises Alabama weather office that contradicted President Trump.
, Trump displayed an apparently doctored map in the Oval Office that showed Alabama — circled in black marker that looked to be from a Sharpie — to be within Dorian's path.
During his speech Tuesday, Jacobs discussed Hurricane Dorian and the difficulties of forecasting such an “incredibly intimidating” storm.He added that the forecasts for Hurricane Dorian could have moved west or north in any direction. “As everyone in this room knows, forecast models change,” he said. “It’s very hard to quantify possibilities and to translate that to what information the public needs.”Trump's claims about Hurricane Dorian hitting Alabama over its own forecasters.
In an internal email obtained by NBC News, NOAA's Craig McLean wrote Sunday that the Friday statement issued by the agency in defense of Trump"inappropriately and incorrectly contradicted the [National Weather Service] forecaster."Annie Rose Ramos is a producer for NBC News based in Atlanta. She reports on breaking news in the southern region and out of Latin America with a focus on immigration.
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