This is a float reachability forecast, for a planned release on 24 May 0000Z, starting from the initial time of the PE forecast (which covers the period May 24 - Jun 03).
Starting points are located in cyclonic Loop Current (LC) Frontal Eddy (FE) centers on 24 May 0000Z (the initial time), as determined from water mass analyses. All runs assume 3 cm/s velocity unc., and run for 10 days.
In the plots below, the overlaid velocity vectors are those that the float "sees". This is a single velocity field constructed assuming that the float does two up/down profiles a day (0 to 1500m), each taking 8.5 hours and spends the rest of the day (7 hours) "parked" at 1500m. The resultant velocity field consists of the 17/24*(0-1500m vertically averaged velocity) + 7/24*(1500m velocity) field.
The float starting in the northwest cyclonic LCFE is forecast to mainly advect northeast along the northwest flank of the LC, while the float starting in the east LCFE is forecast to move slightly southward but remain entrained in the eddy.
| Start point | Animations | 20250524 | 20250525 | 20250526 | 20250527 | 20250528 | 20250529 | 20250530 | 20250531 | 20250601 | 20250602 | 20250603 |
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