Sentences with phrase «range hurricane forecasts»

Long - range hurricane forecasts are eagerly awaited in U.S. financial and energy markets, which quiver every time a storm bears down on the U.S. oil and gas - producing region of the Gulf of Mexico.

Not exact matches

The so - called «Spaghetti model» from the European Centre for Medium - Range Weather Forecasts shows a northerly path moving up East Coast for Hurricane Irma.

Instead, most modelers accommodate the inevitable uncertainties by averaging over many runs of each scenario and displaying a likely range of outcomes, much like landfall forecasts for hurricanes.

Without more detailed satellite observations, extending the range of accurate weather forecasts — especially for such extreme events as hurricanes — would be severely restricted.

NOAA evaluates the accuracy of its seasonal forecasts each year, with the aim of seeing the number of storms fall in the given ranges at least 70 percent of the time, which they do consistently, Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster with NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, said.

More than 13 years in the making, the center is designed to be the U.S. government's nerve center for a range of activities, including predicting hurricane tracks and forecasting ocean currents.

2) As with some previous potent winter storms and hurricanes (including Sandy), there's been a consistent focus on the computer model of the European Center for Medium - Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF, for short) as the best at getting details like snowfall amounts right.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York Press Office: [phone]; [email protected] New York, April 5, 2018 — Dr. Philip Klotzbach of Colorado State University (CSU), a non-resident scholar for the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.), released CSU's first extended range forecast for the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season today...

The nine chapters deal with issues ranging from the global atmosphere and climate to observing, mapping and forecasting weather, as well as chapters on «Explaining the weather», majoring on moist processes and «Hazardous weather», focusing primarily on hurricanes.

Specifically with regards to the energy and power companies, these contracts are for medium - range (days to weeks) forecasts of hurricane activity and landfall impacts, and also energy demand (temperature).

My main point point though is that hurricane track forecasts are not characteristically perfect four days out and NOAA should be cautious in how it spins a specific forecast at that range.

Our business continuity efforts are intended to address a broad range of potentially disruptive events, including anticipated events (such as hurricanes and other forecasted natural disasters) and unanticipated events (such as power outages, floods, telecommunication outages, and even terrorist attacks).