Figure 5
Fig. 5 Perturbation size at the nominal sampling time 24
August 1998 0000 UTC, from the previous day MRF ensemble
forecast. The large hurricane symbol is the location of
Hurricane Bonnie at the nominal time. The small hurricane
symbols are the locations of Bonnie every 12 h before and after
the nominal time. The circles represent the locations of
dropwindsonde observations. The closed dropwindsondes
represented by closed circles were ingested into the TG run; the
dropwindsondes represented by the open circles were ingested into
the NT run.