Re: [Phys-L] Hurricane Modeling / Spaghetti Plots

[Paul Nord <Paul.Nord@valpo.edu>]

Perhaps our students should include that disclaimer on all of their plots:
"If anything in this graphic causes confusion, ignore the entire product."

On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 8:37 PM John Denker via Phys-l <
phys-l@mail.phys-l.org> wrote:

> Hi --
>
> If you are personally affected, or if you have a professional
> interest in atmospheric physics ... or if you are interested
> in the general topic of uncertainty, and want to see how
> professionals handle it, I recommend the /spaghetti plots/
> that show the set of all predictions from the various storm
> prediction models.
>
> A good source is:
>   https://www.sfwmd.gov/weather-radar/hurricane-model-plots
>
> As far as I can tell, SFWMD prepares most (perhaps all) of
> the spaghetti plots you see in the news.  I don't think they
> originate any of the data, but they do a nice job of collecting,
> curating, and presenting it.
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