Effects of Synoptic Surveillance on model forecasts for
19 July 2005 0000 UTC
Emily.


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
AVNN 0 46 39 78185
AVNO 20 46 0122280
%IMPund% 0%100%-56%-51%
GFNO 45 67124254547
GFDL 46 40 30152550
%IMP-2%41%76%40%-1%
INTENSITY (kt)
MODEL12 h24 h36 h48 h60 h72 h84 h96 h108 h120 h
AVNN-42-74-68-19 -9
AVNO-27-53-45-21 -8
%IMP36%28%34%-11%11%
GFNO 26 4 -5 -6 1
GFDL 14-12-12 -3 3
%IMP-46%-200%-140%50%-200%

Landfall forecasts

20/1200 UTC 24.8N 97.6W Near San Fernando, Mexico, 36.0 h into the forecast
MODELLATLONTIMEERRORLOCATION
AVNN 24.5397.65 37.5 30.4Punta de Piedra, Tamaulipas, Mexico
AVNO24.8097.60 36.0 0.0Los Americanos, Tamaulipas, Mexico
%IMP 100% 100%
GFNO23.7297.72 35.5120.6La Pesca, Tamaulipas, Mexico
GFDL24.6197.62 35.0 21.2Punta de Piedrta, Tamaulipas, Mexico
%IMP-100% 82%

Figure 1. NCEP 850 - 200 hPa mean wind analysis for 19 July 2005 0000 UTC (Hurricane Emily).

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 19 July 2005 0000 UTC.

Figure 3. NCEP Global Ensemble Prediction System track forecasts for all cyclones in the Atlantic basin initialized from 17 July 2005 0600 UTC to 18 July 2005 0000 UTC, showing the tracks of Hurricane Emily.

Figure 4. Ensemble perturbation variance at the nominal sampling time 19 July 2005 0000 UTC from the previous day NCEP ensemble forecast. The green circles represent the dropwindsonde locations.

Figure 5. Variance explained within the verification region (large red circle) for observations taken at the sampling time 19 July 2005 0000 UTC from the Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter run from the previous day NCEP ensemble forecast. The green circles represent the dropwindsonde locations.

Figure 6. Adjoint-Derived Steering Sensitivity Vector for observations taken at the sampling time 19 July 2005 0000 UTC. The green circles represent the dropwindsonde locations.

Figure 7. NOGAPS Singular Vector for observations taken at the sampling time 19 July 2005 0000 UTC. The green circles represent the dropwindsonde locations. [not available]

Figure 8. Initial condition differences in the 850 - 200 hPa mean wind between the no and all dropwindsonde cases for 19 July 2005 0000 UTC. The circles represent the dropwindsonde locations.

Figure 9. 24-h forecast differences in the 850 - 200 hPa mean wind between the no and all dropwindsonde cases for 19 July 2005 0000 UTC.