What happend to the Wind Speed Graph at NHC?

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What happend to the Wind Speed Graph at NHC?

#1 Postby DanKellFla » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:40 pm

I really liked the graphical version of the windspeed table, what happened to it? Does anybody have an estimated windspeed vs. time out there. The best part of that graph was the error estimation boundaries. That really helped to put the forecasts into perspective.
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#2 Postby WindRunner » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:54 pm

They got rid of it after last season. It's a shame, too, as it was almost always the first thing I looked at after reading the discussion, as the 10% and 20% (sometimes 30%) lines could always give you an idea of how confident they were about their forecasts. Now we have those inaccurate 34, 50, and 64kt windspeed probability maps that can't guarantee much of anything.
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#3 Postby Aquawind » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:55 pm

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pns1_2006_examples.shtml 8-)
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#4 Postby WindRunner » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:59 pm

Tropical Cyclone Wind Speed Forecast and Probability Chart
(Discontinued)


Yippee.

I thought you had found them for a second there - guess not. Beautiful things of the past, I guess.
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#5 Postby Aquawind » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:01 pm

Yeah I was just passing on the official change.. It's down the road for good.
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#6 Postby Cyclenall » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:11 pm

I don't know why the NHC did that and I can't find a reason why either. Quite useful items.
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#7 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:25 pm

I thought it was useful at first but the accuracy was quite poor on that IMO...
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#8 Postby mtm4319 » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:32 pm

This same question came up during Alberto -- I was also disappointed to find out it was discontinued, but shortly afterward, someone pulled up that type of graph from Alberto from somewhere on the NHC site. Kinda odd.

Edit: http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=85578 - The earlier topic about this
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT ... 0106I+GIF/ - The most recent of these type graphs posted from Alberto.
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