Verification of tracks made of Elsa
I made three tracks of Hurricane Elsa, before it was assessed as a tropical cyclone. I made four more tracks after cyclogenesis. Additionally, within 504 hours of cyclogenesis, there were eighteen instances, when I missed cyclogenesis entirely. As of this analysis, best track positions are available June 28, 12Z thru July 9, 18Z, and as such, position comparisons are possible only for this timespan. Since I give only SSHS categories in my tracks, I don't calculate intensity errors in units of speed, but in categories. For this purpose, I define tropical or subtropical storms as "Category 0", tropical or subtropical depressions as "Category -1" and non-existence of a tropical or subtropical cyclone as "Category -2". In the three tracks (made before operationally recognized cyclogenesis), formation times ranged between June 30, 12Z and July 2, 18Z. Average was July 1, 10Z and median was July 1, 00Z. In the 21 cases (3 tracks, before the tr...