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<idinfo>
<citation>
<citeinfo>
<origin>National Hurricane Center</origin>
<pubdate>August 1, 2008</pubdate>
<title>al012008.004_ww_wwlin</title>
<geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
<onlink>http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gis</onlink>
</citeinfo>
</citation>
<descript>
<abstract>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. 
</abstract>
<purpose>Coastal areas placed under tropical cyclone watches or warnings.</purpose>
</descript>
<timeperd>
<timeinfo>
<sngdate>
<caldate>080601/0900</caldate>
</sngdate>
</timeinfo>
<current>Forecast Advisory Date/Time</current>
</timeperd>
<status>
<progress>Complete</progress>
<update>None planned</update>
</status>
<spdom>
<bounding>
<westbc>
-88.830002</westbc>
<eastbc>
-86.820000</eastbc>
<northbc>
21.620001</northbc>
<southbc>
15.870000</southbc>
</bounding>
</spdom>
<keywords>
<theme>
<themekt>None</themekt>
<themekey>Hurricane</themekey>
<themekey>Hurricane Track</themekey>
<themekey>Tropical Storm</themekey>
<themekey>Subtropical storm</themekey>
<themekey>Subtropical depression</themekey>
<themekey>Tropical disturbance</themekey>
<themekey>Tropical Wave</themekey>
<themekey>Tropical low</themekey>
<themekey>Extratropical storm</themekey>
<themekey>Major hurricane</themekey>
<themekey>Tropical cyclone</themekey>
<themekey>Subtropical cyclone</themekey>
</theme>
<place>
<placekt>None</placekt>
<placekey>United States</placekey>
<placekey>Atlantic</placekey>
<placekey>North Atlantic Basin</placekey>
<placekey>Gulf of Mexico</placekey>
<placekey>Caribbean Sea</placekey>
<placekey>Pacific Islands</placekey>
<placekey>Eastern North Pacific Basin</placekey>
</place>
</keywords>
<accconst>None</accconst>
<useconst>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.</useconst>
<ptcontac>
<cntinfo>
<cntperp>
<cntper>GIS POC</cntper>
<cntorg>National Hurricane Center / Technical Support Branch</cntorg>
</cntperp>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>physical address</addrtype>
<address>11691 SW 17th St.</address>
<city>Miami</city>
<state>FL</state>
<postal>33165</postal>
<country>USA</country>
</cntaddr>
</cntinfo>
</ptcontac>
<native>Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.4.1420</native>
</idinfo>
<spdoinfo>
<direct>Vector</direct>
<ptvctinf>
<sdtsterm>
<sdtstype>String</sdtstype>
<ptvctcnt>1</ptvctcnt>
</sdtsterm>
</ptvctinf>
</spdoinfo>
<spref>
<horizsys>
<geograph>
<latres>0.1</latres>
<longres>0.1</longres>
<geogunit>Decimal degrees</geogunit>
</geograph>
<geodetic>
<horizdn>D_Sphere</horizdn>
<ellips>Sphere</ellips>
<semiaxis>6371200.000000</semiaxis>
<denflat>infinity</denflat>
</geodetic>
</horizsys>
</spref>
<eainfo>
<detailed>
<enttyp>
<enttypl>
al012008.004_ww_wwlin</enttypl>
</enttyp>
<attr>
<attrlabl>FID</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
</attrdomv>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>Shape</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Feature geometry.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>Coordinates defining the features.</udom>
</attrdomv>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>STORMNAME</attrlabl>
<attrdef>name given to each tropical cyclone for which the National Hurricane Center is writing forecast advisories</attrdef>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>STORMTYPE</attrlabl>
<attrdef>category of the tropical cyclone according to the initial intensity</attrdef>
<attrdomv>
<edom>
<edomv>TD</edomv>
<edomvd>Tropical Depression</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>TS</edomv>
<edomvd>Tropical Storm</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>HU</edomv>
<edomvd>Hurricane</edomvd>
</edom>
</attrdomv>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>ADVDATE</attrlabl>
<attrdef>the date in which an advisory is issued</attrdef>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>ADVISNUM</attrlabl>
<attrdef>the sequential numbering of forecast advisories for each tropical cyclone</attrdef>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>STORMNUM</attrlabl>
<attrdef>the sequential numbering of tropical cyclones for a specific forecast basin according to when the first advisory is issued</attrdef>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>FCSTPRD</attrlabl>
<attrdef>the time interval for which the forecast of a tropical cyclone is provided in graphical format</attrdef>
<attrdomv>
<edom>
<edomv>72</edomv>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>120</edomv>
</edom>
</attrdomv>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>BASIN</attrlabl>
<attrdef>the ocean where the tropical cyclone is located</attrdef>
<attrdomv>
<edom>
<edomv>AL</edomv>
<edomvd>Atlantic</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>EP</edomv>
<edomvd>East Pacific</edomvd>
</edom>
</attrdomv>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>ISSSTATUS</attrlabl>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>TIMEZONE</attrlabl>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>TCWW</attrlabl>
<attrdef>code indicating the type of advisory and severity of conditions</attrdef>
<attrdomv>
<edom>
<edomv>HWR</edomv>
<edomvd>Hurricane Warning</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>HWA</edomv>
<edomvd>Hurricane Watch</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>TWA</edomv>
<edomvd>Tropical Storm Watch</edomvd>
</edom>
<edom>
<edomv>TWR</edomv>
<edomvd>Tropical Storm Warning</edomvd>
</edom>
</attrdomv>
</attr>
</detailed>
</eainfo>
<distinfo>
<resdesc>Downloadable Data</resdesc>
<distliab>No responsibility is assumed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the use of these data.</distliab>
<stdorder>
<digform>
<digtinfo>
<transize> </transize>
</digtinfo>
</digform>
</stdorder>
</distinfo>
<metainfo>
<metd>August 1, 2008</metd>
<metc>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>National Hurricane Center</cntorg>
<cntper>GIS POC</cntper>
</cntorgp>
<cntpos>Technical Support Branch</cntpos>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>physical address</addrtype>
<address>11691 SW 17th St.</address>
<city>Miami</city>
<state>FL</state>
<postal>33178</postal>
<country>USA</country>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>305-229-4400</cntvoice>
</cntinfo>
</metc>
<metstdn>FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
<metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
<mettc>local time</mettc>
<metextns>
<onlink>http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html</onlink>
<metprof>ESRI Metadata Profile</metprof>
</metextns>
</metainfo>
</metadata>
