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The accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for the 2008 Pacific hurricane season as calculated by Colorado State University using data from the National Hurricane Center was 83.8 units. [ nb 1 ] [ 8 ] Broadly speaking, ACE is a measure of the power of a tropical or subtropical storm multiplied by the length of time it existed.
ATCF remains the main piece of forecasting software used for the United States Government, including the JTWC, NHC, and Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Other tropical cyclone centers in Australia and Canada developed similar software in the 1990s. The data files with ATCF lie within three decks, known as the a-, b-, and f-decks.
The Eastern Pacific database was originally compiled at the NHC during 1976 to help with the initialization with two tropical cyclone forecast models. Initially, tracks for the Central Pacific region and tracks for tropical depressions that did not develop into tropical storms or hurricanes were not included within the database.
The first dynamical hurricane track forecast model, the Sanders Barotropic Tropical Cyclone Track Prediction Model (SANBAR), [9] was introduced in 1970 and was used by the National Hurricane Center as part of its operational track guidance through 1989. It was based on a simplified set of atmospheric dynamical equations (the equivalent ...
2008 Pacific hurricane season summary map. The 2008 Pacific hurricane season was a near average season which produced seventeen named storms, though most were rather weak and short-lived. Only seven hurricanes formed and two major hurricanes. The season officially began on May 15 in the East Pacific Ocean, and on June 1 in the Central Pacific ...
The hurricane center uses only the top four or five highest performing models to help make its forecasts. Hurricane tracker: Track active storms in the Atlantic Texas weather watches and warnings
Hector, formerly a tropical storm, dissipated early Thursday morning more than 1,000 miles from Hilo, Hawaii, according to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center, which has released its final update ...
Meanwhile, in the Central Pacific, Tropical Depression One-C has maximum sustained winds of 35 mph with higher gusts and was located 985 miles east-southeast of Hilo as of 5 a.m. today moving west ...