Further evidence that this is only a test.
CHGHUR
TROPICAL CYCLONE GUIDANCE MESSAGE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1605 UTC WED JUL 18 2012
DISCLAIMER...NUMERICAL MODELS ARE SUBJECT TO LARGE ERRORS.
PLEASE REFER TO NHC OFFICIAL FORECASTS FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE
AND SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION.
ATLANTIC OBJECTIVE AIDS FOR
DISTURBANCE TEST (AL912012) 20120718 1200 UTC ...00 HRS... ...12 HRS... ...24 HRS. .. ...36 HRS...
120718 1200 120719 0000 120719 1200 120720 0000
LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON
BAMS 40.6N 55.2W 42.3N 49.0W 43.4N 42.4W 43.7N 37.0W
BAMD 40.6N 55.2W 41.5N 49.6W 42.6N 44.0W 43.4N 39.1W
BAMM 40.6N 55.2W 41.8N 49.1W 42.6N 43.0W 42.8N 38.4W
LBAR 40.6N 55.2W 41.8N 51.7W 42.6N 47.5W 42.9N 43.0W
SHIP 25KTS 25KTS 23KTS 23KTS
DSHP 25KTS 25KTS 23KTS 23KTS
...48 HRS... ...72 HRS... ...96 HRS. .. ..120 HRS...
120720 1200 120721 1200 120722 1200 120723 1200
LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON
BAMS 43.8N 33.4W 47.4N 26.8W 54.2N 15.3W 60.0N .9E
BAMD 44.4N 34.6W 48.8N 25.4W 55.6N 9.7W 58.9N 11.7E
BAMM 43.2N 35.0W 47.9N 27.3W 55.8N 12.5W 61.3N 6.6E
LBAR 42.4N 39.3W 43.6N 33.0W .0N .0W .0N .0W
SHIP 23KTS 26KTS 21KTS 15KTS
DSHP 23KTS 26KTS 21KTS 17KTS
...INITIAL CONDITIONS...
LATCUR = 40.6N LONCUR = 55.2W DIRCUR = 0DEG SPDCUR = 3KT
LATM12 = 40.2N LONM12 = 55.1W DIRM12 = 7DEG SPDM12 = 3KT
LATM24 = 39.2N LONM24 = 55.4W
WNDCUR = 25KT RMAXWD = 0NM WNDM12 = 25KT
CENPRS = 1006MB OUTPRS = 1008MB OUTRAD = 150NM SDEPTH = D
RD34NE = 0NM RD34SE = 0NM RD34SW = 0NM RD34NW = 0NM
http://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/atcf/stext/1207 ... _ships.txt
http://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/atcf/tcweb/inve ... 012.invest