Recovery of Drifters: Trajectory Forecasts for 08 Aug 6 EDT to 08 Aug 16 EDT 2018,
Issued 08 Aug 2018 (8 EDT)

The following figures show the drifter trajectories starting from drifter locations given at 08 Aug 2:00 EDT in the domain. These trajectory computations are for a time window of 8 hours for the forecasts issued on 07 August 2018 (8 EDT) and 08 August 2018 (8 EDT).

As a reminder, 12:00Z = 08:00 EDT, i.e., local time is 4 hours behind Zulu time.

Drifter Forecast for 08 Aug 2:00 EDT to 08 Aug 16:00 EDT

Forecast (issued on 07 Aug 8 EDT)	Forecast (issued on 08 Aug 8 EDT)

Lagrangian Forecast Skill Evaluation

The following figures show the drifter trajectories starting from drifter locations given at 08 Aug 6:00 EDT (Table 1) and release times (Table 2) in the domain. These trajectory computations are till corresponding drifter pickup times on 08 August 2018 (8 EDT).

08 Aug 2 EDT to Pickup

Observed Trajectories	Forecast (issued on 07 Aug 8 EDT)	Forecast (issued on 08 Aug 8 EDT)

Launch to Pickup

Observed Trajectories	Forecast (issued on 07 Aug 8 EDT)	Forecast (issued on 08 Aug 8 EDT)

The following figure shows the drifter trajectories starting from drifter locations given at release times in the domain till corresponding drifter pickup times on 08 August 2018. The trajectories are colored by the corresponding observed drifter speed.

Launch to Pickup

Observed Trajectories