Experimental Forecasting System for South Florida
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Disclaimer: This is an experimental web portal for graphic visualization of the operational and experimental results from the storm surge and tide forecast systems being developed and tested by our lab at FIU using SCHISM.
It should not be used as an official forecast.
Surface current velocity in Biscayne Bay on 20240710
Surface current velocity in Charlotte Harbor on 20240710
Surface current velocity in Tampa Bay on 20240710
The map below showns observational stations used for validating the model’s results, as well as the horizontal grid.
The horizontal grid for SCHISM in simulating Biscayne Bay in South Florida, using flexible resolution resolving levees and canals (1-2 m), watershed rural and urban areas (30m-50m) and coastal ocean (500m-5km).
Turn off the hgrid to accelerate the display speed.
#Case 1
Flooded extent during Hurricane Irma in 2017
(Maximum inundation depth from Sep 7 - Sep 13, 2017)