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3.10.2 Storm Tracks
The IDV can display tropical storm track data from the ATCF FTP database.

  1. If other displays and data are already loaded, select the Edit→Remove All Displays and Data menu item or the icon in the toolbar to clear them out.
  2. Load in the ATCF data and create the Storm Track display.
  3. Choose 2008→Basin:AL→IKE and select Load Tracks
  4. Note the huge number of forecasts. We want to pare this list down.
  5. Turn on the Forecasts checkbox to show the forecast tracks.
  6. Note, the forecasts tracks are showing forecast hours which results in a complicated display. Turn this off by selecting a "None" for the Points Layout model.
  7. Turn off all but one Forecast and set the Animation Mode to "Off".
  8. Let's look at charting the forecasts.

 


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