National Hurricane Center
August 1, 2008
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vector digital data
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gis
The NHC official watch/warning in shapefile format is an experimental products that the National Hurricane Center is testing during the 2008 hurricane season.
Coastal areas placed under tropical cyclone watches or warnings are delimited by specific
geographical locations known as "breakpoints" (e.g., a hurricane warning is in effect from breakpoint
"A" to breakpoint "B"). This file consists of one or more lines connecting the breakpoints delimiting
any current watches or warnings.
Coastal areas placed under tropical cyclone watches or warnings.
080601/0900
Forecast Advisory Date/Time
None planned
-88.830002
-86.820000
21.620001
15.870000
None
Hurricane
Hurricane Track
Tropical Storm
Subtropical storm
Subtropical depression
Tropical disturbance
Tropical Wave
Tropical low
Extratropical storm
Major hurricane
Tropical cyclone
Subtropical cyclone
None
United States
Atlantic
North Atlantic Basin
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Pacific Islands
Eastern North Pacific Basin
None
None. Acknowledgement of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, National Environmental Prediction Center or the National Hurricane Center would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
GIS POC
National Hurricane Center / Technical Support Branch
physical address
11691 SW 17th St.
Miami
FL
33165
USA
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.4.1420
Vector
String
1
0.1
0.1
Decimal degrees
D_Sphere
Sphere
6371200.000000
infinity
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FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
STORMNAME
name given to each tropical cyclone for which the National Hurricane Center is writing forecast advisories
STORMTYPE
category of the tropical cyclone according to the initial intensity
TD
Tropical Depression
TS
Tropical Storm
HU
Hurricane
ADVDATE
the date in which an advisory is issued
ADVISNUM
the sequential numbering of forecast advisories for each tropical cyclone
STORMNUM
the sequential numbering of tropical cyclones for a specific forecast basin according to when the first advisory is issued
FCSTPRD
the time interval for which the forecast of a tropical cyclone is provided in graphical format
72
120
BASIN
the ocean where the tropical cyclone is located
AL
Atlantic
EP
East Pacific
ISSSTATUS
TIMEZONE
TCWW
code indicating the type of advisory and severity of conditions
HWR
Hurricane Warning
HWA
Hurricane Watch
TWA
Tropical Storm Watch
TWR
Tropical Storm Warning
Downloadable Data
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August 1, 2008
National Hurricane Center
GIS POC
Technical Support Branch
physical address
11691 SW 17th St.
Miami
FL
33178
USA
305-229-4400
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time
http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
ESRI Metadata Profile