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Hurricanes 

This page presents a list of relevant Meteorological Service of Canada datasets under the hurricane theme, in order to guide users to the appropriate datasets. This list is not exhaustive, but provides an overview of the layers that can be used under this theme. The main data layers are the hurricane tracks and hurricane reaction zone issued by the Canadian Hurricane Centre, as part of their regular hurricane season forecasts. However, a number of other relevant layers can also provide complementary information on the subject, such as wind speed, rainfall amounts or coastal waves, to give just a few examples.

Example of an interactive map featuring the Web Map Service (WMS) layers Hurricane Response Zone, Weather Alerts and HRDPS-WeonG(Gust) (active on the map), plus a number of optional layers that can be added by checking the boxes in the list in the map. The layers are served by MSC GeoMet :








Datasets

It should be noted that the various layers presented in the list are available at different resolutions and timeframes. The layers in the following list can also be viewed on MSC AniMet with a single permalink for all variables.

 Hurricanes
 Hurricanes data documentation page
  • Hurricane Response Zone
  • Hurricane Wind Forecast Wind Radii
  • Hurricane Forecast Location
 HRDPS - Weather Elements on Grid
 HRDPS data documentation
  • Wind speed
  • Gust
  • Total precipitation intensity index
  • Probability of thunderstorm occurence
 HRDPS at surface/near-surface fields
 HRDPS data documentation
  • Wind gust maximum
  • Rain accumulation
  • Sea level pressure (contour)
  • Surface pressure
 RESPS
 RESPS data documentation
  • Storm surge - Atlantic North West (1)
  • Storm surge - Atlantic North West (2)
  • Storm surge - Atlantic North West (3)
  • Storm surge - Atlantic North West (4)
  • Storm surge - Atlantic North West (5)
  • Storm surge - Atlantic North West (6)
 Radar
 Radar data documentation
  • Radar extrapolation precipitation rate for rain (experimental)
  • Radar precipitation rate for rain
  • Dynamic radar coverage for surface precipitation type (experimental)
 RDPS - convective fields
 RDPS data documentation
  • CAPE for a surface based parcel
  • Thunderstorm potential index total
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