GIS Tropical Storm Datasets
WDT routinely provides tropical storm tracks (past and forecast tracks) as well as wind radii data in point, polyline and polygon shapefile formats. These products are updated every 3 or 6 hours when a tropical storm is present.
Point shapefile attribute data include the storm name, past and forecast location date, time, lat/lon, wind speed, pressure and storm-type (tropical depression, tropical storm, or hurricane).
Since the tropical storm datasets are provided in standard GIS formats, these data may be integrated with other GIS-compatible datasets and displayed in commonly used GIS applications such as ESRI ArcGIS/ArcView for the purpose of assessing and mitigating the impact of an impending tropical storm on weather-sensitive operations and facility assets.
We run a Proprietary Lightning Prediction Algorithm (LPA) which predicts where and when lightning will affect an area in the immediate future.
For more information, contact:
DeWayne Mitchell (405) 579.7675 x227
