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Ashley Frazier, David Church, Mark Brooks, and Ryan Boyles

A Dynamic Local Hurricane Climatology Toolkit. Ashley Frazier, David Church, Mark Brooks, and Ryan Boyles. Virginia and Carolinas Climate Conference October 20, 2009 Wilmington, NC. Procedure. Software to ingest NHC best-track data Develop background, educational material

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Ashley Frazier, David Church, Mark Brooks, and Ryan Boyles

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  1. A Dynamic Local Hurricane Climatology Toolkit Ashley Frazier, David Church, Mark Brooks, and Ryan Boyles Virginia and Carolinas Climate Conference October 20, 2009 Wilmington, NC

  2. Procedure • Software to ingest NHC best-track data • Develop background, educational material • Borrowed heavily from NC-FIRST severe weather training for emergency managers • Software to analyze, display frequency statistics • Web-based search and mapping Virginia & Carolinas Climate Conference - October 20, 2009 - Wilmington, NC

  3. Virginia & Carolinas Climate Conference - October 20, 2009 - Wilmington, NC

  4. Education Resource • Introduction, including a general climatology for storms in the Atlantic basin • Explanation of the Saffir-Simpson Scale • Example of impacts Virginia & Carolinas Climate Conference - October 20, 2009 - Wilmington, NC

  5. Storm Development, Structure • 6 main ingredients for development • Description of storm structure • Information on the naming of storms Virginia & Carolinas Climate Conference - October 20, 2009 - Wilmington, NC

  6. Statistics Virginia & Carolinas Climate Conference - October 20, 2009 - Wilmington, NC

  7. Interactive Database Virginia & Carolinas Climate Conference - October 20, 2009 - Wilmington, NC

  8. Future Work • Add software to automate ingest of new storm advisory, track info as released by NHC • Add search by location based on track line, not just advisory location • Use data to compare with new storms as they come Virginia & Carolinas Climate Conference - October 20, 2009 - Wilmington, NC

  9. Questions? Virginia & Carolinas Climate Conference - October 20, 2009 - Wilmington, NC

  10. Statistics Virginia & Carolinas Climate Conference - October 20, 2009 - Wilmington, NC

  11. Search Database • Allows users to search for storms by name, year, intensity, and location Virginia & Carolinas Climate Conference - October 20, 2009 - Wilmington, NC

  12. Search Database Virginia & Carolinas Climate Conference - October 20, 2009 - Wilmington, NC

  13. Search Database Virginia & Carolinas Climate Conference - October 20, 2009 - Wilmington, NC

  14. Search Database Virginia & Carolinas Climate Conference - October 20, 2009 - Wilmington, NC

  15. Search Database Virginia & Carolinas Climate Conference - October 20, 2009 - Wilmington, NC

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