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Hurricane models
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:50 pm
by climategeek
All-
On the "i" version of DAPro...I see we can import NHC hurricane model output. Has anyone tried this? If so...does it just ingest the "official" bulletins, or does/can it use the ATCF data from the NHC Web site?
Thanks!
Royce
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 6:33 am
by Tim Vasquez
It imports this stuff. Where's the ATCF data? There's no reason we can't support it if it's not too complex.
Tim
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WHXX01 KWBC 240610
CHGHUR
DISCLAIMER...NUMERICAL MODELS ARE SUBJECT TO LARGE ERRORS.
PLEASE REFER TO TPC/NHC OFFICIAL FORECASTS FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES.
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER NORTH ATLANTIC OBJECTIVE AIDS FOR
TROPICAL STORM GERT (AL072005) ON 20050724 0600 UTC
...00 HRS... ...12 HRS... ...24 HRS... ...36 HRS...
050724 0600 050724 1800 050725 0600 050725 1800
LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON
BAMD 19.8N 94.7W 20.4N 96.9W 20.8N 98.8W 21.1N 100.5W
BAMM 19.8N 94.7W 20.5N 96.9W 21.1N 98.8W 21.7N 100.5W
A98E 19.8N 94.7W 20.5N 96.6W 21.5N 98.6W 22.5N 100.5W
LBAR 19.8N 94.7W 20.5N 96.8W 21.3N 99.2W 22.3N 101.6W
SHIP 35KTS 45KTS 55KTS 62KTS
DSHP 35KTS 45KTS 40KTS 31KTS
...48 HRS... ...72 HRS... ...96 HRS... ..120 HRS...
050726 0600 050727 0600 050728 0600 050729 0600
LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON
BAMD 21.0N 101.9W 20.4N 104.0W 19.9N 106.0W 20.4N 109.1W
BAMM 22.2N 102.0W 22.5N 104.2W 22.6N 106.4W 23.5N 109.2W
A98E 23.2N 102.5W 24.7N 104.9W 25.5N 106.7W 27.2N 108.8W
LBAR 23.4N 103.8W 25.8N 107.1W 27.9N 109.1W 30.6N 110.4W
SHIP 68KTS 74KTS 78KTS 76KTS
DSHP 28KTS 27KTS 27KTS 27KTS
...INITIAL CONDITIONS...
LATCUR = 19.8N LONCUR = 94.7W DIRCUR = 290DEG SPDCUR = 9KT
LATM12 = 19.3N LONM12 = 92.9W DIRM12 = 288DEG SPDM12 = 8KT
LATM24 = 18.6N LONM24 = 91.1W
WTNT80 EGRR 240505
MET OFFICE TROPICAL CYCLONE GUIDANCE FOR NORTH-EAST PACIFIC
AND ATLANTIC
GLOBAL MODEL DATA TIME 00UTC 24.07.2005
TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ANALYSED POSITION : 29.7N 73.5W
ATCF IDENTIFIER : AL062005
VERIFYING TIME POSITION STRENGTH TENDENCY
-------------- -------- -------- --------
00UTC 24.07.2005 29.7N 73.5W MODERATE
12UTC 24.07.2005 29.9N 71.8W MODERATE INTENSIFYING SLIGHTLY
00UTC 25.07.2005 30.2N 70.3W STRONG INTENSIFYING SLIGHTLY
12UTC 25.07.2005 30.4N 69.3W STRONG LITTLE CHANGE
00UTC 26.07.2005 31.1N 68.8W MODERATE WEAKENING SLIGHTLY
12UTC 26.07.2005 32.0N 68.6W MODERATE LITTLE CHANGE
00UTC 27.07.2005 33.2N 67.8W STRONG INTENSIFYING SLIGHTLY
12UTC 27.07.2005 35.1N 67.5W STRONG LITTLE CHANGE
00UTC 28.07.2005 36.9N 65.0W STRONG LITTLE CHANGE
12UTC 28.07.2005 EXTRA-TROPICAL
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN ANALYSED POSITION : 19.5N 94.1W
ATCF IDENTIFIER : AL072005
VERIFYING TIME POSITION STRENGTH TENDENCY
-------------- -------- -------- --------
00UTC 24.07.2005 19.5N 94.1W WEAK
12UTC 24.07.2005 20.8N 95.6W WEAK WEAKENING SLIGHTLY
00UTC 25.07.2005 21.7N 97.1W WEAK WEAKENING SLIGHTLY
12UTC 25.07.2005 BELOW TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH
THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS GUIDANCE FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE
RSMCS. IT REQUIRES INTERPRETATION BY TROPICAL CYCLONE SPECIALISTS
AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A FINAL PRODUCT
MET OFFICE, EXETER, UK
WHXX04 KWBC 240521
CHGQLM
ATTENTION...NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
NCEP COUPLED GFDL HURRICANE MODEL FORECAST MADE FOR
TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN 06L
INITIAL TIME 0Z JUL 24
DISCLAIMER ... THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS GUIDANCE. IT
REQUIRES INTERPRETATION BY HURRICANE SPECIALISTS AND SHOULD
NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A FINAL PRODUCT. PLEASE SEE THE TPC/NHC
OFFICIAL FORECAST.
FORECAST STORM POSITION
HOUR LATITUDE LONGITUDE HEADING/SPEED(KT)
0 30.2 73.5 60./ 9.9
6 30.5 72.4 74./ 9.8
12 30.8 71.4 78./ 9.2
18 31.0 70.5 77./ 7.8
24 30.8 69.9 105./ 5.8
30 30.8 69.0 86./ 7.7
36 30.9 68.4 85./ 4.8
42 30.9 67.9 86./ 4.1
48 30.9 67.6 99./ 3.2
54 31.1 67.2 54./ 3.4
60 31.3 67.2 13./ 2.6
66 31.4 67.4 297./ 2.0
72 31.7 67.6 314./ 2.9
78 32.0 68.0 310./ 4.1
84 32.4 68.1 345./ 4.8
90 33.0 68.0 7./ 5.9
96 33.5 67.7 32./ 5.8
102 34.2 67.2 36./ 8.1
108 35.0 66.4 44./10.4
114 36.0 65.3 51./13.4
120 37.2 63.5 56./18.0
126 38.6 61.5 54./21.6
Models
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:09 pm
by climategeek
Tim-
The ATCF files are at the NHC's FTP site.
ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/pub/atcf/ with the model data itself in the /aid_public directory. The techlist.dat file includes the data on how to read the files. I used to plot the ATCF data with GEMPAK, but I'm only running Windows here.
Thanks for the info on how to import the model data. I played with it for an hour or two and was able to figure it out. I meant to post "I got it!" but we got slightly busy with cindy and Dennnis!
Looking forward to the ATCF function!
Royce