What does NOGAP stand for?

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What does NOGAP stand for?

#1 Postby Maestro » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:25 am

Im sure it is a stupid question...but thanks in advance...

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#2 Postby dhweather » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:27 am

Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System

NOGAPS is an operational US NAVY model
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#3 Postby KeyLargoDave » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:28 am

NOGAPS = Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System
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#4 Postby ColinD » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:28 am

Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System
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#5 Postby ColinD » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:28 am

Oops. Third place for me.
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#6 Postby Josephine96 » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:28 am

LOL.. I would have said.. just what it says.. No Gap lol
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#7 Postby OtherHD » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:29 am

Not Overly Great At Predicting Stuff
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#8 Postby dhweather » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:31 am

GFDL - Good For Direct Lies :lol:

GFS - General Farce System :lol:

CMC - Commodore Machine Computing :lol:

ETA - Everything's Terrible About it

This marks post 666 for me. :grr:
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#9 Postby Josephine96 » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:32 am

and I'm getting towards 10,000

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#10 Postby dhweather » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:34 am

Oh my, another cat 5 this season! lol
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#11 Postby Josephine96 » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:37 am

LOL cool ya noticed
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hmm

#12 Postby Noah » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:44 am

dhweather wrote:GFDL - Good For Direct Lies :lol:

GFS - General Farce System :lol:

CMC - Commodore Machine Computing :lol:

ETA - Everything's Terrible About it

This marks post 666 for me. :grr:



so does this mean no model is good your saying???????????? :roll:
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#13 Postby Wthrman13 » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:47 am

ETA - Everything's Terrible About it


Lol. Only problem with this is that the Eta model is one of the few that does not have an acronym for a name. It's named after the greek letter eta, which is the name given to the specific type of vertical coordinate the model uses.

And you are right, almost everything about the way the Eta model is set up, in my opinion, is suspect, although all in all, it still manages to be a good model for continental NWP.
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#14 Postby dhweather » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:51 am

NOGAPS is another global model, that like most others, has its good days and its bad days.

It's trusted enough by the NHC to always be taken
into concensus for forcasting purposes.

So yes, NOGAPS is pretty good. It wan't far off with Ivan for the AL/FL landfall. But again, each model has its good and bad days!
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#15 Postby dhweather » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:52 am

Josephine96 wrote:LOL cool ya noticed


HOLY KOW!!! ANOTHER CAT5 THIS SEASON!!!!
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#16 Postby Eyes2theSkies » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:53 am

My husband calls the GFS "Good For Sh*T" model
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#17 Postby Josephine96 » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:55 am

:)
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