TROPICAL STORM BECKY August 26-September 1, 1962

The following is the directory structure used for tropical storm BECKY in the

Hurricane Wallet Digital Archives. The first level of subdirectory is the

year (e.g. ATL1962) and all directories subordinate will have data for storms

which occurred in that year. The README.TXT file in the ATL1962

directory is the directory structure for the 1962 digital archives.

The second level of subdirectories are labeled by the storm name. In 1962 we

had Alma, Becky, Celia, Daisy, and Ella. The README.TXT file in this

directory lists and summarizes the files archived for tropical storm BECKY.

The third level of directories are labeled by a name, acronym, or mnemonic

related to the data contained in that directory. Types of files are: *.GIF files

are graphics files, *.TXT files are ASCII text files, and *.WPD files are in

WordPerfect 6.1.

Directory PATH listing

D:\ATL1962\BECKY

| README.TXT - this file

|

+---OPLTRACK	-	map of the storm track

| TRACK1.GIF	-	Each numeral is a different map, a letter suffix indicates different

| TRACK2.GIF	sections of the same map that was scanned in sections because

| TRACK3A.GIF	it was too large for the bed of the scanner

| TRACK3B.GIF

| ADVPOSIT.GIF	-	map with positions of advisory forecasts

|

+---MARINE	-	tropical cyclone marine bulletin predecessor for military

| TCM3010Z.GIF	-	08/30 1000 UTC (Z)

| TCM2921Z.GIF	etc.

| TCM3012Z.GIF

| TCM3018Z.GIF

|

+---RECONPLT	-	plotted data from aircraft reconnaisance of tropical cyclones

| USAF1.GIF	-	Each numeral is a different map, a letter suffix indicates different

| USAF2A.GIF	sections of the same map that was scanned in sections because

| USAF2B.GIF	it was too large for the bed of the scanner

| USAF2C.GIF

|

+---PRELIM	-	NHC preliminary report

| DRAFT1.GIF	-	hand written draft, page 1

| DRAFT2.GIF	-	page 2

| DRAFT3.GIF	etc.

| DRAFT4.GIF

| DRAFT5.GIF

| PRELIM.GIF	-	the entire Preliminary Report

|

\---SFCMAP	-	plotted surface maps related to the storm

SEATEMP1.GIF	-	sea surface temperatures and anomalies

SEATEMP2.GIF

SEATEMP3.GIF

SEATEMP4.GIF