Advanced Location Wind Estimates

Enhanced Advanced Wind Estimation (AWE) is a function of HURRTRAK RMPRO and HURRTRAK Advanced that applies a wind speed correction factor to the forecast wind speeds based on the local “site” characteristics. These characteristics include the type of land usage in the surrounding area.

The following table shows the maximum wind speeds for NWS ASOS locations as estimated by HURRTRAK's standard (old) and Advanced (new) method as well as the actual wind speeds measured for these locations. All wind speeds are 2 minute sustained winds in knots.

Location	State	Max Wind	Max Wind	Actual	Standard	AWE	Standard	AWE
		Standard	AWE	Max	Method	Method	Pct	Pct
		(knots)	(knots)	Wind	Error	Error	Error	Error

L006 - Lake OKE **	FL	102	100	80	22	20	27.50	25.00
FCMD T1 - Weston *	FL	106	77	77	29	0	37.66	0.00
KPBI - West Palm beach	FL	100	72	71	29	1	40.85	1.41
VAKF1 - Virginia Key	FL	103	70	65	38	5	58.46	7.69
FCMD T2 - Ochoppi *	FL	108	66	64	44	2	68.75	3.13
FCMD T0 - 25.9 81.3 *	FL	108	63	63	45	0	71.43	0.00
KEYW - Key West	FL	95	71	62	33	9	53.23	14.52
FCMD - FIU (T3) *	FL	105	55	62	43	7	69.35	11.29
KFLL - Ft. Lauderdale	FL	103	72	61	42	11	68.85	18.03
KMIA - Miami	FL	105	80	58	47	22	81.03	37.93
KFMY - Ft. Myers	FL	109	83	54	55	29	101.85	53.70
KRSW - Ft. Myers	FL	109	80	54	55	26	101.85	48.15
KPGD - Punta Gorda	FL	63	48	45	18	3	40.00	6.67
KMLB- Melbourne	FL	56	43	42	14	1	33.33	2.38
KMCO - Orlando	FL	44	34	35	9	1	25.71	2.86
KPIE - St. Pete.	FL	42	30	33	9	3	27.27	9.09
KSPG - St. Pete	FL	44	34	32	12	2	37.50	6.25
KSRQ - Sarasota	FL	49	31	31	18	0	58.06	0.00
KGIF - Winter Haven	FL	46	35	31	15	4	48.39	12.90
KORL - Orlando	FL	43	31	30	13	1	43.33	3.33
KTPA - Tampa	FL	42	31	30	12	1	40.00	3.33
KLEE - Leesburg	FL	36	27	28	8	1	28.57	3.57
KBKV - Brooksville	FL	37	24	25	12	1	48.00	4.00
KDAB - Daytona	FL	40	30	25	15	5	60.00	20.00

					26.54	6.46	52.96	12.30