TROPICAL STORM GERDA October 19-20, 1961

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

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

year (e.g. ATL1961) and all directories subordinate will have data for storms

which occurred in that year. The README.TXT file in the ATL1961

directory is the directory structure for the 1961 digital archives.

The second level of subdirectories are labeled by the storm name. In 1961 we

had Anna, Betsy, Carla, Debbie, Esther, an unamed storm, Frances, Gerda,

Hattie, Jenny and Inga. The README.TXT file in this directory lists and

summarizes the files archived for tropical storm GERDA.

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:\ATL1961\GERDA

| README.TXT - this file

|

+---OPLTRACK	-	map of the storm track

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

| TRACK2A.GIF	sections of the same map that was scanned in sections because

| TRACK2B.GIF	it was too large for the bed of the scanner. Directory PATH listing

| TRACK2C.GIF

| TRACK2.GIF

| BESTRACK.GIF	-	list of best track coordinates

|

+---MODELIN	-	data input used for numerical models

| M36F1906.GIF	-	worksheet for 36 hour forecast from 10/09 0600 UTC (Z)

| M24F1912.GIF	-	worksheet for 24 hour forecast from 10/19 1200 UTC (Z)

|

+---MODELOUT	-	output from the models

| PM200245.GIF	-	position message 10/20 0245Z

|

+---NEWS	-	news media reports

| SAVANNAH.GIF-	Savannah News 10/20/61

|

+---PRENHC	-	NHC preliminary report

| PRELIM.GIF	-	cover sheet

| PRELIM1.GIF	-	page 1

| PRELIM2.GIF	etc.

| PRELIM3.GIF

| PRELIM4.GIF

| PRELIM5.GIF

| PRELIM6.GIF

|

\---WORKSHT	-	worksheets for coordination calls

W1922Z.GIF	-	10/19 2200 UTC (Z)

W2004Z.GIF	etc.

W2010Z.GIF

W2016Z.GIF

W2022Z.GIF

W2104Z.GIF