Effects of Synoptic Surveillance on model forecasts for
05 August 2004 0000 UTC
Bonnie.


Quicktime movie of AVN DLM wind model forecast
Quicktime movie of DLM wind data increment


TRACK AND INTENSITY PERFORMANCE

TRACK (km)
MODEL12 h24 h36 h48 h60 h72 h84 h96 h108 h120 h
AVNN193245
AVNO253281
%IMP-31%-15%
GFNOdissipated
GFDLdissipated
%IMP
INTENSITY (kt)
MODEL12 h24 h36 h48 h60 h72 h84 h96 h108 h120 h
AVNN -3 -3
AVNO 9 13
%IMP-200%-333%
GFNOdissipated
GFDLdissipated
%IMP

Figure 1. NCEP 850 - 200 hPa mean wind analysis for 05 August 2004 0000 UTC (Former Tropical Depression Two).

Figure 2. Track forecasts for the no dropwindsonde (NO or NN) and the all dropwindsonde (AL) runs for the AVN and GFDL models initialized on 05 August 2004 0000 UTC.

Figure 3. Ensemble perturbation variance at the nominal sampling time 05 August 2004 0000 UTC from the previous day NCEP ensemble forecast. The circles represent the dropwindsonde locations.

Figure 4. Initial condition differences in the 850 - 200 hPa mean wind between the no and all dropwindsonde cases for 05 August 2004 0000 UTC. The circles represent the dropwindsonde locations.

Figure 5. 12-h forecast differences in the 850 - 200 hPa mean wind between the no and all dropwindsonde cases for 05 August 2004 0000 UTC.