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Vipor tracking models?

#1 Postby tampastorm » Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:13 pm

Here in Tampa local newschannel 8, uses a new traking model called VIPOR. Which for 5 days out consistently had Charley going just north of Fort Myers. Obviously quite accurate, has any one heard of this?
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#2 Postby chris_fit » Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:40 am

Bump

It's spelled VIPIR..

I'm curious too

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#3 Postby charleston_hugo_veteran » Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:42 am

Yes,
One of our local Mets uses this! It has been very accurate for us also.
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#4 Postby Orlando_wx » Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:25 am

haven't done a lot of searching on this but did come up with this about vipir
http://www.baronservices.com/Products/VIPIR/vipir.html
now that i have been reading now about it i am interested
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VIPIR

#5 Postby stormcloud » Sat Aug 14, 2004 12:59 pm

VIPIR is just software designed to track rain and thunderstorms. It has the ability to display forecast models, but on itself does not produce a forecast model.
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#6 Postby chris_fit » Sat Aug 14, 2004 2:41 pm

So where were they getting the signs from that it was going to hit farther south?? All the NHC models were aiming north.

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Re: VIPIR

#7 Postby Steve Cosby » Sat Aug 14, 2004 2:42 pm

stormcloud wrote:VIPIR is just software designed to track rain and thunderstorms. It has the ability to display forecast models, but on itself does not produce a forecast model.


It's used in the Midwest to show possible tornadoes. One station has it hooked up their predictive radar software.

Just another way to mislead...
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Re: VIPIR

#8 Postby chris_fit » Sat Aug 14, 2004 2:44 pm

It's used in the Midwest to show possible tornadoes. One station has it hooked up their predictive radar software.

Just another way to mislead...[/quote]


Mislead? Didn't mislead this time, the other ones did.
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Re: VIPIR

#9 Postby Steve Cosby » Sat Aug 14, 2004 2:46 pm

chris_fit wrote:Mislead? Didn't mislead this time, the other ones did.


No, you missed the point - VIPIR is used by the local TV mets to show how smart they are.

And, again, VIPIR by itself is not a predictive tool. It has to be hitched to a model if it is used in that way at all.
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#10 Postby chris_fit » Sat Aug 14, 2004 2:47 pm

Ah Gotcha... sorry.

Steve Jerve and channel 8 Mets made it sound like a model and that it was correct with its prediction of the easterly jog

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#11 Postby rbaker » Sat Aug 14, 2004 3:16 pm

the viper product was much more accurate whether it was a model or not, so do we call this a guess?
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#12 Postby tampastorm » Sat Aug 14, 2004 3:22 pm

Also on that note , yesterday the 11:00 AM advisory had tampa at 83 % and Fort Myers at 86% chance of being wtihin 65 miles of charley , but the models had into Tampa Bay. How and why can this be? Quite disturbing, My opinion anyway.
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