Research Article

Evaluation of Precipitation Forecast of System: Numerical Tools for Hurricane Forecast

Table 2

Study cases.

NameCategory 0000 UTCStudy periodMax. category

EarlTropical storm3–6 August 20161
HermineTropical storm1–4 September 20161
MatthewHurricane4–7 October 20165
OttoTropical storm23–26 November 20163
HarveyHurricane25–28 August 20174
IrmaHurricane8–11 September 20175
NateTropical storm6–9 October 20171
FlorenceHurricane14–17 September 20184
MichaelHurricane8–11 September 20185

The second column gives the intensity at the beginning of the observation period.