Effects of Synoptic Surveillance on model forecasts for
18 September 2002 0600 UTC
Isidore.
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| MODEL | 12 h | 24 h | 36 h | 48 h | 60 h | 72 h | 84 h | 96 h | 108 h | 120 h
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| AVNN | 62. | 66. | 151. | 151. | 147. | 102. | 156. | 67. | 56. | 123.
| AVNO | 54. | 85. | 122. | 151. | 171. | 210. | 259. | 213. | 271. | 356.
| %IMP | 13% | 29% | 19% | 0% | -16% | -106% | -66% | -218% | -378% | -189%
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| GFNO | 105. | 90. | 47. | 143. | 252. | 304. | 400. | 391. | 518. | 714.
| GFAL | 114. | 143. | 157. | 179. | 300. | 391. | 523. | 588. | 781. | 1077.
| %IMP | -9% | -59% | -234% | -25% | -19% | -29% | -31% | -50% | -51% | -50%
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| AVNN | -19. | -24. | -38. | -65. | -49. | -57. | -82. | -81. | -82. | -41.
| AVNO | -18. | -22. | -35. | -63. | -47. | -55. | -80. | -77. | -77. | -37.
| %IMP | 5% | 8% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 6% | 10%
| INTENSITY (kt)
| MODEL | 12 h | 24 h | 36 h | 48 h | 60 h | 72 h | 84 h | 96 h | 108 h | 120 h
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| GFNO | -3. | 12. | 27. | 19. | 33. | 27. | 3. | 6. | 6. | 42.
| GFAL | -5. | 2. | 14. | 1. | 23. | 19. | 1. | -6. | -3. | 16.
| %IMP | -67% | 83% | 48% | 95% | 30% | 30% | 67% | 0% | 50% | 62%
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| SHNO | -3. | -1. | -9. | -26. | -4. | -11. | -34. | -35. | -37. | 2.
| SHIP | -2. | 0. | -7. | -24. | -1. | -8. | -31. | -33. | -34. | 5.
| %IMP | 33% | 100% | 22% | 8% | 75% | 27% | 9% | 6% | 8% | -150%
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| DSNO | -3. | -1. | -9. | -36. | -24. | -31. | -54. | -56. | -57. | -19.
| DSHP | -2. | 0. | -7. | -34. | -23. | -30. | -53. | -54. | -55. | -17.
| %IMP | 33% | 100% | 22% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 11%
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| 20/2100 UTC 22.0N 84.1W Cabo Frances, Cuba 63 h into the forecast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MODEL | LAT | LON | TIME | ERROR | LOCATION
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| AVNN | 21.21 | 83.30 | 38.5 | 120.5 | Near Punta de Guanal, La Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
| AVAL | 21.39 | 83.13 | 40.0 | 120.9 | Punta de Guanal, La Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
| %IMP | 6% | 0%
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| GFNO
| GFAL | 21.90 | 84.50 | 48.0 | 42.7 | Cabo Corrientes, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
| %IMP
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22/2100 UTC 21.3N 89.3W Puerto Telchac, Yucatan, Mexico 111 h into the forecast
| MODEL | LAT | LON | TIME | ERROR | LOCATION
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| AVNN | 22.12 | 88.84 | 107.5 | 102.7 | Near Rio Lagartos, Yucatan, Mexico
| AVAL | 23.89 | 87.93 | 99.0 | 320.2 | Well offshore Yucatan, Mexico
| %IMP | -243% | -212%
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| GFNO | No landfall forecast
| GFAL | 29.71 | 88.86 | 116.0 | 935.4 | Well offshore Yucatan, Mexico
| %IMP
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26/0600 UTC 29.1N 90.3W Just west of Grand Isle, LA 192 h into the forecast
| MODEL | LAT | LON | TIME | ERROR | LOCATION
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| AVNN | No landfall forecast
| AVAL | No landfall forecast
| %IMP |
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| GFNO | No landfall forecast
| GFAL | 29.71 | 88.86 | 116.0 | 155.0 | Near the mouth of the Mississippi River, LA
| %IMP
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Figure 1. NCEP 850 - 200 hPa mean wind analysis for 18 September 2002 0600 UTC (Tropical Storm Isidore).
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 18 September 2002 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 18 September 2002 0600 UTC.
