SHIPS

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SHIPS intensity model forecast data are available on the NHC server and Colorado State.

Sources

NHC FTP Server

ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/atcf/stext/

Per the README:

FILE CONVENTION: <YY><MM><DD><CC><basin><storm-number><XX>_ships.txt 

<YY> = "2-digit Year"
<MM> = "2-digit Month 01-12"
<DD> = "2-digit Day of Month"
<CC> = "synoptic or run cycle 00, 06, 12, or 18"

<basin> = AL "for Atlantic basin"
              = EP "for East Pacific basin"
              = CP "for Central Pacific basin"

<storm-number> = 01 - 30   "numbered storms with forecasts issued and numbers are *not* recycled
                                             until the next season."
                              90 - 99   "Invest, areas of interest watched by forecasters for possible
                                             development and these numbers are re-used periodically throughout the
                                             season"
                              80 - 89   "Internal training storm numbers which are to always be ignored"

<XX> = "2-digit Year corresponding to the storm-number's respective season"

These are considered real-time text products.

Colorado State

Archived SHIPS data is available in one text file:

• Atlantic

• East Pacific

• Central Pacific

Currently (as of 2018-03-24), the archive exists for storms from 1982 to 2016.

Parsing

Need to find documentation that explains the many data points in these models.