Effects of Synoptic Surveillance on model forecasts for
Hurricane Emily.


QuickTime movie of DLM wind analyses
QuickTime movie of DLM wind data initial increments


Assessments for each forecast time at
August 25, 1999 18 Z
August 26, 1999 00 Z 06 Z 12 Z



Figure 1a. Track forecast errors for the no dropwindsonde (NO or NN) and the all dropwindsonde (AL) runs for the GFS, GFDL, and VBAR models for the Tropical Storm Emily synoptic surveillance mission.


Figure 1b. Track forecast improvements for the GFS, GFDL, and VBAR models for the the Tropical Storm Emily synoptic surveillance mission.


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