National Hurricane Center tropical cyclone forecast intercomparison - North Atlantic
Introduction
For those not familiar with the types of error statistics used in tropical
cyclone forecast assessment and their sign conventions a diagrammatic
explanation is available.
Forecast data from the Met Office are routinely verified by the National Hurricane Center against the other models and forecast aids available to them. The graphs below show annual global comparisons of Met Office and other forecast track errors for the North Atlantic.
Met Office forecasts are denoted by 'UKMO', 'UKMI' or 'Met Office'. Other forecasts used in the comparison are numerical models (e.g. NOGAPS, GFDL, GFS) and consensus aids (e.g. GUNA, CONU, TCON, TVCN). 'Official' is the NHC official forecast.
For a full explanation of the abbreviations for the forecasts used
in the comparison see the appropriate Annual
NHC Verification Report.
