2003 Hurricane Season

Hurricane Claudette

Hurricane Erika

Hurricane Fabian

Hurricane Isabel

Figure 1a. Track forecast errors for the no dropwindsonde and the all dropwindsonde runs for the GFS and GFDL models for all thirteen 2003 synoptic surveillance missions.

Figure 1b.

Figure 2a. Intensity forecast errors for the no dropwindsonde and the all dropwindsonde runs for the GFS, GFDL, SHIP and DSHP models for all thirteen 2003 synoptic surveillance missions.

Figure 2b. Intensity forecast improvements for the GFS, GFDL, SHIP and DSHP models for the thirteen 2003 synoptic surveillance missions.