The Florida State University Department of Meteorology

Data Assimilation Group

Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclone Analysis


This page provides real time analysis of tropical cyclones (TC) in the Atlantic/Caribbean basin. It consists of a collaborative effort between the Deparment of Meteorology and the School of Computational Science. The collaborators consist of (but are not limited to) Dr. Xiaolei Zou, Dr. Robert Hart (both of The Florida State University Department of Meteorology) and Dr. Gordon Erlebacher (of the The Florida State University School of Computational Science and Information Technology). We postprocess data produced by the Florida State University's version of the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Mesoscale Modelling (MM5) system. Please refer to FSU MM5 for further discussion of model. Analyses are provided twice daily provided tropical activity is our region of interest. If TC activity is non-existent, TC genesis parameters will be provided only. Further questions regarding our provided analyses may be found in our FAQ. A brief list of collaborators (to date) can be found in the Acknowledgements section. All inquiries should be forwarded to Henry R. Winterbottom.


REAL TIME ANALYSIS ::: October 25, 2006 - 1200Z

DOMAIN TROPICAL CYCLONE GENESIS VARIABLES - 54 KM GRIDS:

Vertical Wind Shear Forecast | Equivalent Potential Temperature Forecast | Vorticity Forecast

Sea Surface Temperatures | Emanuel (1988) Minimum Sea Level Pressure MPI | Emanuel (1988) Maximum Wind MPI


VISUALIZATION ARCHIVES:

DOMAIN TROPICAL CYCLONE GENESIS VARIABLES ARCHIVE:

2005 | 2006

BASIN AND STORM CENTERED ARCHIVE:

2005 | 2006

NHC/TPC/HRD/UNISYS BEST TRACK REANALYSIS:

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