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HURRICANE
WIND DECAY
The
pull down menus to the left allow you to display examples of the Maximum Envelope
Of Winds (MEOW). There are three menus, one for each of the regions: Gulf coast,
East coast, and Northeast Coast. Click on the desired hurricane strength and
it will link to the MEOW for hurricanes with various forward speeds.
The
inland wind model was developed by Mark DeMaria (NOAA/NWS/TPC) and John Kaplan
(NOAA/AOML/HRD). The model applies a simple two parameter decay equation to
the hurricance wind field at landfall to estimate the maximum sustained surface
wind as a storm moves inland. This model can be used for operational forecasting
of the maximum winds of landfalling tropical cyclones. It can also be used to
estimate the maximum inland penetration of hurricane force winds (or any wind
threshold) for a given initial storm intensity and forward storm motion. For
further explanation refer to:
Kaplan,
J., DeMaria, M., 1995: A Simple Empirical Model for Predicting the Decay of
Tropical Cyclone Winds After Landfall. J. App. Meteor., 34, No. 11, 2499-2512.
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