SkeetoBiteAdministrator
(Master of Maps)
Thu Aug 25 2005 11:26 AM
Re: still a ts

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Sketto.... is that what the shape of the "circle" is representing ? The indented south western side to be the weakest in what you had linked?



The rings represent the "extent" of the winds in any given quadrant. In the example provided using the current data for Katrina, you see that there are currently NO Tropical Storm Force winds on the West side of this storm. Looking forward 12 hours in the forecast you see that the NHC indicates that the Tropical Storm force winds will wrap around the system entirely as well as the development of a category 1 hurricane wind field (yellow).

We created these maps due to the public always focusing on the forecast line instead of the true area affected.

It appears you are reading these maps correctly.


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