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Tropical Cyclone Report - National Hurricane Center - NOAA

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Table 4a. NHC official (OFCL) and climatology-persistence skill baseline (OCD5) track<br />

forecast errors (n mi) for <strong>Hurricane</strong> Isaac, 21 August – 1 September 2012. Mean<br />

errors for the five-year period 2007-11 are shown for comparison. Official errors<br />

that are smaller than the five-year means are shown in boldface type.<br />

Forecast Period (h)<br />

12 24 36 48 72 96 120<br />

OFCL 31.2 44.1 52.5 60.3 77.2 132.7 219.6<br />

OCD5 44.2 84.0 134.4 189.5 269.0 342.0 459.3<br />

Forecasts 39 39 39 37 33 29 25<br />

OFCL (2007-11) 30.4 48.4 65.9 83.1 124.4 166.5 213.4<br />

OCD5 (2007-11) 46.9 95.2 151.7 211.6 316.8 404.3 485.2<br />

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