Effects of Synoptic Surveillance on model forecasts for
20 September 2002 0000 UTC
Isidore.
Quicktime movie of AVN DLM wind model
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Quicktime movie of DLM wind data
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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 | 98. | 121. | 106. | 138. | 131. | 170. | 269. | 303. | 353. | 476.
| AVNO | 56. | 67. | 76. | 53. | 82. | 94. | 91. | 127. | 251. | 409.
| %IMP | 43% | 45% | 28% | 62% | 37% | 45% | 66% | 58% | 29% | 14%
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| GFNO | 73. | 108. | 178. | 177. | 84. | 136. | 199. | 221. | 249. | 320.
| GFAL | 54. | 91. | 146. | 144. | 67. | 179. | 221. | 240. | 340. | 501.
| %IMP | 26% | 16% | 18% | 19% | 20% | -32% | -11% | -9% | -37% | -57%
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| AVNN | -56. | -49. | -72. | -83. | -83. | -68. | -17. | 5. | -5. | 6.
| AVNO | -49. | -39. | -65. | -77. | -77. | -66. | -28. | -2. | -12. | -6.
| %IMP | 13% | 20% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 3% | -65% | 60% | -140% | 0%
| 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 | 9. | 33. | 10. | 7. | 8. | 10. | 40. | 64. | 66. | 68.
| GFAL | 11. | 27. | 8. | 2. | -7. | 2. | 25. | 53. | 54. | 55.
| %IMP | -22% | 18% | 20% | 71% | 12% | 80% | 37% | 17% | 18% | 19%
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| SHNO | -8. | 9. | -11. | -15. | -11. | 1. | 43. | 67. | 52. | 50.
| SHIP | -8. | 10. | -9. | -14. | -10. | 1. | 41. | 64. | 47. | 45.
| %IMP | 0% | -11% | 18% | 7% | 9% | 0% | 5% | 4% | 10% | 10%
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| DSNO | -8. | -9. | -29. | -33. | -29. | -17. | 25. | 49. | 33. | 32.
| DSHP | -8. | -8. | -27. | -33. | -28. | -18. | 22. | 45. | 29. | 26.
| %IMP | 0% | 11% | 7% | 0% | 3% | -6% | 12% | 8% | 12% | 19%
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| 20/2100 UTC 22.0N 84.1W Cabo Frances, Cuba 21 h into the forecast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MODEL | LAT | LON | TIME | ERROR | LOCATION
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| AVNN | 21.91 | 84.02 | 10.0 | 13.0 | Punta de Guanal, La Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
| AVAL | 21.50 | 83.19 | 6.5 | 109.1 | Punto Frances, La Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
| %IMP | -32% | -739%
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| GFNO
| GFAL | 21.41 | 83.09 | 6.0 | 123.1 | Punto Frances, La Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
| %IMP
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22/2100 UTC 21.3N 89.3W Puerto Telchac, Yucatan, Mexico 69 h into the forecast
| MODEL | LAT | LON | TIME | ERROR | LOCATION
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| AVNN | 22.37 | 88.18 | 51.0 | 165.8 | Well offshore Punta Holohit, Yucatan, Mexico
| AVAL | 21.55 | 88.31 | 69.0 | 106.1 | San Felipe, Yucatan, Mexico
| %IMP | 100% | 36%
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| GFNO | 21.57 | 88.42 | 77.5 | 95.8 | Rio Lagartos, Yucatan, Mexico
| GFAL | 21.58 | 87.90 | 76.0 | 148.1 | Rio Lagartos, Yucatan, Mexico
| %IMP | 18% | -54%
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26/0600 UTC 29.1N 90.3W Just west of Grand Isle, LA 150 h into the forecast
| MODEL | LAT | LON | TIME | ERROR | LOCATION
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| AVNN | No landfall forecast
| AVAL | No landfall forecast
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| GFNO | No landfall forecast
| GFAL | No landfall forecast
| %IMP
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Figure 1. NCEP 850 - 200 hPa mean wind analysis for 20 September 2002 0000 UTC (Hurricane 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 20 September 2002 0000 UTC. The best track is shown in black.
Figure 3. Ensemble perturbation variance at the nominal sampling time 20 September 2002 0000 UTC from the previous day NCEP ensemble forecast. The triangles represent the dropwindsonde locations.
Figure 4. Initial condition differences in the 850 - 200 hPa mean wind between the no and all dropwindsonde cases for 20 September 2002 0000 UTC. The triangles represent the dropwindsonde locations.
