why is HPC issuing advisories?

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why is HPC issuing advisories?

#1 Postby george_r_1961 » Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:22 am

How come HPC is issuing advisories and not NHC? Im curious
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#2 Postby cycloneye » Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:23 am

Good question George but maybe emailing them we can get the answer.
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#3 Postby dixiebreeze » Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:28 am

George, do you have a link to HPC? Thanks.
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#4 Postby chris_fit » Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:29 am

What's HPC?

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#5 Postby Josephine96 » Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:44 am

Chris.. I believe it's the Hydrological Prediction Center.. or something like that lol
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#6 Postby wxman57 » Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:58 am

Close, it's the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center....

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/sfc2.shtml

Looks like they have the cold front behind the wind shift in the BOC, though. And the low center is actually on the front not detached to the southeast.
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#7 Postby HurricaneQueen » Tue Sep 30, 2003 11:16 am

Glad I didn't try to answer that question. I always thought it was the "Hurricane Prediction Center". To borrow one of Josephine's favorites: LOL.

Goes to show- no matter how old you are you still have lots to learn! :)

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#8 Postby Josephine96 » Tue Sep 30, 2003 11:18 am

LOL Hurricane
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#9 Postby Stormsfury » Tue Sep 30, 2003 11:54 am

wxman57 wrote:Close, it's the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center....

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/sfc2.shtml

Looks like they have the cold front behind the wind shift in the BOC, though. And the low center is actually on the front not detached to the southeast.


HPC is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Kate in the far eastern Atlantic. Kinda strange IMO, even though, Kate has the appearance of a hybrid, it's just a sheared tropical system (which I find kinda odd.).

Possible problems at the NHC/TPC today?

SF
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answer to my own question

#10 Postby george_r_1961 » Tue Sep 30, 2003 12:16 pm

Well I emailed NHC and asked why HPC was issuing advisories. Todd Spindler emailed me back and said it was a "backup contingency test". For a second I thought maybe NHC got shut down due to budget cuts.
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