Effects of Synoptic Surveillance on model forecasts for
14 September 2000 0600 UTC
GORDON.
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| 18/0300 UTC 29.3N 83.2W near Cedar Key, FL 93 h into the forecast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MODEL | LAT | LON | TIME | ERROR | LOCATION
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| AVNN | 30.31 | 87.35 | 111.5 | 415.5 | Warrington, FL
| AVAL | 29.85 | 84.61 | 97.5 | 149.3 | Carrabelle, FL
| %IMP | 76% | 64%
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| VBNO | 25.83 | 81.40 | 71.5 | 424.3 | Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
| VBAL | 25.65 | 81.21 | 73.0 | 450.5 | St. Petersburg, FL
| %IMP | 7% | -6%
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Figure 1. NCEP 850 - 200 hPa mean wind analysis for 14 September 2000 0600 UTC (The tropical disturbance to become Hurricane Gordon).
Figure 2. Track forecasts for the no dropwindsonde (NO or NN) and the all dropwindsonde (AL) runs for the AVN, GFDL, and VBAR models initialized on 14 September 2000 0600 UTC. The best track is shown in black.
Figure 3. Initial condition differences in the 850 - 200 hPa mean wind between the no and all dropwindsonde cases for 14 September 2000 0600 UTC.
