The Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System (Version 3.2)

The Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System (ATCF) is software intend ed to automate and optimize much of the tropical cyclone forecasting proces s. The system features global tracking capability, a suite of objective aid s, and a user interface that allows simultaneous tracking of multiple tropi cal cyclones. The version discussed in this article, ATCF 3.2, runs on UNIX workstations. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Guam, the Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center in pearl Harbor, and the Naval Atlantic Meteorology and Oceanography Center in Norfolk successfully used ATCF 3.2 during the 1998 tropical cyclone season.