NOAA leaves same track map for 2005 season

[cycloneye]

NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO CONTINUE
EXISTING TRACK MAP FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES


NOAA's National Hurricane Center will continue to use its existing track map for hurricanes, tropical storms and tropical depressions during the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Results of a recent online survey on proposed changes to the track map show the majority of respondents prefer to maintain the current format.




http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/NOAA-PR-TCgraphics.shtml

Read the rest of the information about the leaving the same grafic tracks at link above.I prefer the one with the circules.

[Seele]

I preferred the circles too as I think it's a clearer representation of what is forecasted for the storm, but in the end, I don't think it makes too much of a difference. No matter which way you show the cone many people on the edges of the cone will always take the storm less seriously. Same reason many people will wait until the last possible day to evacuate. It's human nature to both not want their life disturbed if there's a chance the storm will miss and to think that it will not hit them.

[mobilebay]

I'm glad they left it alone. I'm tired of the Media faulting the NHC every time a storm misses landfall projection by a few miles. Fact is, The media is at fault for the Charley mess up. They was determined that it was going to strike Tampa. That would be their "big story".

[Derek Ortt]

the Norcrosse seminar a few weeks ago showed just how rediculous the circles are. The map becomes totally unreadable for slow moving cyclones and is still quite confusing due to overlapping circles for faster ones

[HouTXmetro]

I still think they should get rid of the straight lines. I'd prefer a color coded projection track which uses percentage strike probabilitys of 50% and greater.

[KWT]

I think the new system is okay,although the old one is also very good i do probably prefer the new one as it just looks more neater to me then the old style.