What's new with HURRTRAK Advanced

• Enhanced Application Usability – A 2010 “facelift” provides greater use of command and toolbars as well as ease in selection of maps and satellite images.  This makes the system considerably easier to use and allows you to get the job done quicker.

• 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.  Simply select the graphics or reports you wish to email and hit “Send.”  There is no limit to the number of attachments you can include. 

• New Interactive wind speed forecast  – Just “point & click” on a tracking map and display forecast wind speeds for desired location. A great way to see how wind forecasts vary from location to location, particularly when using Advanced Wind Estimation.

• Forecast Model Improvements - You asked and we delivered!  We now have a much easier, highly interactive method to pick and choose those forecast models you want displayed within the Hurrtrak system.

• New 2010 Risk/Impact Analysis Tab - New "tab" displays the Risk/Impact information, along with a wind speed/ direction graph for base locations. PLUS…you now have the ability to define more than one "base" location to quickly assess the forecasted impacts to ALL of your high priority sites/locations.

• New 2010 Location Risk/Impact Report – New forecast report combines risk analysis and wind forecast data in one graphically attractive report. Report includes risk analysis color bars as well as a chart of the location's expected wind speeds and wind directions during the passage of a storm.

• Executive Summary Report  - This is now part of our standard report set. It is directly selectable from the reports menu making it a simple “one click” option.

• Application "Skins" – Personalize your system's look and feel by using different application color and font schemes or "skins" with the Hurrtrak Application. Folks who want larger fonts will love this! Choose from several included “skins” or import your own.

• Enhanced Mapping – Our software now displays counties, major roadways and state border outlines as "layers" on any tracking map. State borders are particularly useful on tracking maps that also display counties and all thematic type maps.

• Enhanced map color capabilities – We’ve made it much easier to change your map colors (water/land) by introducing some pre-set color schemes for your selection...or, simply create your own.

• Email Alert Narrative Impact Statement – EMail Alerts can now include the Narrative Impact Statement within the body of the Alert Email. This provides recipient(s) with not only the fact that the Alert Condition has been met but with the expected impact to the Alert Location…in a narrative format.

• Additional EMail Alert Trigger – Users who must take actions based on wind speeds AND time frames will love this!  Our new EMail alert condition allows you to define an Alert which in turn notifies recipients that a certain wind speed is forecast to impact the Alert Location WITHIN a specific number of hours. (For example: “Alert me when 50 MPH winds are forecast for a location within 48 hours.”)

• SLOSH/Storm Surge improvements - The latest SLOSH basin analysis updates including: New Orleans, Pensacola, Panama City, Apalachicola, Cedar Key, Tampa Bay, Miami/Biscayne Bay, Palm Beach, Cape Canaveral, Virgin Islands, Delaware Bay and Boston/Providence have been rolled into the 2010 release. They are much more detailed and software improvements have made the Storm Surge program easier to use.

• Enhanced Google Earth exports – 2010 includes several more Google Earth exports including SLOSH Storm Surge Reports.

• Expanded Hurricane History Database
• Updated Watch and Warning breakpoints
• Updated Average Forecast Error data
• Update Tide database

• Tray Alert Messages – 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.

• Inclusion of Storm Surge Probability – This year, 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.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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.

• Average Forecast Error plot enhancements – We have added the ability to plot the 72 and/or 120 hour forecast average error.

• Forecast Model Selection improvements – Users can now be more selective of which forecast models to plot.  (Selection is by type and time period.)

• Multiple "undo" levels – Enhancements to the user interface now include the ability to undo multiple plotting layers.

• 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.

• Inclusion of "special tropical weather" outlook – The new "special tropical weather outlook" will now be part of the Hurrtrak Online data stream and displayed in the Hurrtrak system.

• Enhanced Google Earth exports – In 2009 we are adding several more Google Earth exports including animated arrows and others under development.

• Enhanced SHAPE file exports - For users of the Hurrtrak Advanced system, we are adding more SHAPE file exports (still under development).

• Expanded Google Earth Information – We are exploring the addition of more external weather Google Earth links (still under development).

• Updated SLOSH storm surge data - The latest SLOSH basin analysis updates have been rolled into the 2009 release.  They include Wilmington, Matagorda Bay, New Orleans, Okeechobee, Sabine Lake, Savannah, and Mobile Bay SLOSH basins.

• Enhanced Damage Estimate Report – Users of the Hurrtrak Advanced system will benefit from an enhancement of the Damage Estimate Report. The 2009 enhanced "formula" includes real estate values of the affected area.

• Enhanced Risk Alert - Both wind probability and wind probability trend have been added to the 2009 risk alert table.

• Expanded Hurricane History Database

• Updated Watch and Warning breakpoints

• Updated Average Forecast Error data

• Update Tide database

• Enhanced system and user preferences (options)

• Miscellaneous User Interface improvements

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