New Storm Surge Data

This release contains 2 new storm surge products. This video compares the products to help you understand when they can best be used. Complete release notes are below.

 

Potential Storm Surge: National Hurricane Center

Data Product Group: Baron API
Update Period: Every 6 hours

NHC Potential Storm Surge forecasts the potential depth of surge above ground level at a resolution as high as 30 meters. Issuance will typically be within 48 hours of tropical storm force winds reaching land. NHC Potential Storm Surge forecasts are only available for sections of a coastline being impacted by a storm. This is a reasonable worst-case scenario, with the values being representative of only a 10% chance of surge exceeding that forecast height above ground level.

Storm-Surge-2

Qrisq Storm Surge

Data Product Group: Tropical
Update Period: Every 6 hours

The Qrisq Storm Surge product forecasts the potential depth of surge above ground level at a resolution of 1km. This forecast is based off the ADCIRC Ocean Circulation Model, which takes a multitude of considerations into account, including a high-resolution model wind field. Qrisq Storm Surge forecasts are issued 5 days in advance of landfall and will cover the entire U.S. Gulf and Atlantic coastlines.

 You must display the Qrisq logo when using this product. The Qrisq logo will be added to your Graphics>Logos folder in Lynx during the upgrade.

qrisq-site

This chart further compares the NHC Storm Surge and Qrisq Storm Surge products.

Parameter NHC Storm Surge Qrisq Storm Surge
Forecast Initiation 48 hours prior to landfall 5 days prior to landfall
Update Frequency Every 6 hours Every 6 hours
Domain Select basin near NHC forecast landfall Entire US Atlantic Gulf coastlines
Model SLOSH ADCIRC
Track Input NHC NHC
Wind Inputs Pressure derived wind inputs within the SLOSH domain through 3 days 600k data points at 15-minute time steps through 5-days
Display Resolution As high as 30 meters 1km
Surge Height Maximum surge possible above ground level Maximum surge possible above ground level

API Products

Lynx can now display high-resolution products from the Baron API. To load Baron API data in Lynx, select the data dropdown menu under the Creation tab, select Baron API, and choose the product you want to use. Products delivered via the Baron API cannot be modified.

Global Tropical Track Forecasts

Data Product Group: Baron API
Update Period: As issued

Tropical storm tracks from the National Hurricane Center and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center will be valuable for monitoring tropical events outside of the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean. Forecasts are for a tropical cyclone’s path and intensity for the next 5 days.

Global-Tropical-Fan

Wet Bulb Globe Temperature 

Data Product Group: Baron API
Update Period: Every 20 minutes
Resolution: 10km

A current view of Wet Bulb Globe Temperature. This product is closely related to heat index and useful for determining the impact high temperatures could have on human health as well as industries such as agriculture.

Wet-Bulb-Globe-Temps

UV Index Forecast

Data Product Group: Baron API
Time Step: 1 hour
Update Period: Once a day
Resolution: 54km

A global 120-hour forecast for surface UV Index. The forecast updates once a day and has time steps of 1 hour for a 120-hour forecast. The UV Index is an international standard measurement of the strength of sunburn-producing ultraviolet radiation.

UV-Index

Hi-Res Road Conditions 

Data Product Group: Baron API
Update Period: Every hour
Resolution: 1km

Near real-time road conditions at 1km resolution include flooded, slippery, patchy ice, ice, snow, and heavy snow conditions.

API-Road-Conditions

NHC Data

Hurricane and Tropical Wind Speed Probabilities 

Forecast Model: NHC
Update Times: Every 6 hours

Probabilities for hurricane wind speeds, tropical storm wind speeds, and 50-knot wind speeds are available to create animations for periods up to 120 hours. The data comes directly from the National Hurricane Center and is valuable for determining the likelihood of these events. This data will only be available when there are active tropical systems.

TROPICAL-WIND-PROB

Baron Model Data

Baron Model 15k Wind Gusts

Forecast Model: BARONMODEL15K
Atmospheric Level: Surface
Resolutions Available: 15km
Time Step: 15 minutes

Wind gust data is now available in the Baron 15k model. This data will be most valuable during tropical or severe weather events.

15KM-Wind-Gust