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Advanced Wind Estimation (AWE)
More accurate wind speed / damage
estimates by taking into account surface friction. Reduces errors from
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SLOSH Storm Surge Inundation Analysis
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Enhanced Usability in 2010 -
A 2010 "facelift" provides greater use of command and toolbars as well as
ease in selection of maps and satellite images.
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Multiple EMail
Attachments - For
anyone who emails information from the Hurrtrak system.. and who doesn't...
this is a welcome time saving addition which allows the user to send
multiple application outputs in a single email.
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Interactive Wind
Speed Forecast - Just
“point & click” on a tracking map and display forecast wind speeds for
desired location.
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Risk/Impact Tab-
New tab displays the Risk/Impact information,
along with a wind speed/ direction graph for all your base locations.
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Risk/Impact Reporting -
New report displays the Risk/Impact
information, along with a wind speed/ direction graph for
any set of locations.
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Application "Skins" -
Personalize your system's
look and feel by using different application color and font schemes or
"skins" with the Hurrtrak Application.
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SLOSH Inundation location reports. This allows the
user to analyze specific locations to
determine the storm surge flooding potential.
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AWE Wind Pattern graphic which shows the
Advanced wind pattern field around the storm.
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Animated
Wind Pattern graphic. Same idea as above but now it can be
animated. |
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Zip Code Wind Thematic. Similar to the county
wind thematic except at a much more detailed level of zip code..
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"Executive" Style Impact Summary Reports.
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Point and Click Reports.
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Tray Alert Messaging -
We found that Hurrtrak users busy at
their workstations desired a way to be alerted to new and changing
conditions in the tropics. No problem! In 2009 we are introducing a "tray
alert messaging" (TAM) system. TAM notifies our users, via pop-up tray
messages, of several noteworthy conditions including: the formation of new
storms, storm strengthening or weakening, the issuance of watches or
warnings, updated storm data, issuance of the last advisory, new tropical
weather outlooks or new tropical disturbance statements. |
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Storm Surge Probabilities -
The
Hurrtrak system has the ability to display…both graphically and through
reports, storm surge probabilities for 2' - 25’. This combined with enhanced
SLOSH information, provides users with the most detailed storm surge
information available. |
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Narrative Impact Statements -
In addition to the summary and detailed
impact reports, in 2009 we have added the ability to show a "computer AI
generated" narrative description of the impact to a location. This can be
viewed for the base location, any location in a summary impact report and/or
in the auto generated summary report. Both standard and "executive" formats
are available. |
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"True" Pan and Zoom mapping in
SloshView -
2009
brings Pan & Zoom capabilities to the Slosh display program. This allows the
user to select a different map region to analyze without having to "reset"
the map and redefine the storm surge parameters. |
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Location plot font control -
In the
2009 version, users have the option to select the font type, color,
and size used to plot a location on a tracking chart. The color can
be controlled by location groups or individual location... thus enabling the
user to "highlight" critical locations on a map. |
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Tropical Disturbance Statements -
Tropical
disturbance statements will now be part of the Hurrtrak Online data stream
and displayed in the Hurrtrak system.
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Multiple "undo" levels -
Enhancements to the user
interface now include the ability to undo multiple plotting layers.
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Average
Forecast Error Enhancements -
We have added the ability to plot the 72 and/or 120 hour forecast average
error. |
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Forecast Model Selection Enhancements -
Users can
now be more selective of which forecast models to plot. (Selection is by
type and time period.)
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Enhanced Risk Alert -
Both wind
probability and wind probability trend have been added to the risk
alert table. |
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Executive Summary Report Enhancements -
The executive summary report is
now more flexible than ever before and includes optional narrative impact
statements, wind probabilities and storm surge probabilities (for coastal
locations). |
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Native Google Earth support. In
addition to the graphics interface above, this function export KML (Google
Earth's native language) that represents a significant number of a storm's
observed and forecast parameters.
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Expanded Google Earth Information.
In addition to the LARGE
amount of hurricane information that the user is able to export from the
HURRTRAK system, you can also
superimpose National Weather Service information on the same
Google Earth “image”.
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Damage Comments.
The summary impact report which details
expected wind speeds for locations has a damage comment column which
describes the likely damage using either the Saffir-Simpson scale or a
modified Texas Tech University scale.
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Integration with
Google Earth. This function provides
the ability to export just about all of the system graphics and display them
on Google Earth. |
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Support of
National Hurricane Center Wind
Probabilities |
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Utilize a 30 meter Slosh
Elevation database. This allows for detailed SLOSH Inundation
Analysis |
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Multi-colored wind arrows showing the storm's
wind vectors. |
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Additional
Extensive reporting capabilities |
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Overlay past storm tracks on
the same chart as a current storm. |
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Utilize an extensive historical
analysis system which includes data from 1851 to 2009. It allows the user to search
for storms by Name, Year, Intensity and Location (i.e. all storms in the past 75 years
that passed within 27 miles of Miami, FL in the month of September). It will then allow
the user to depict the selected storm tracks as well as display highly detailed storm
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