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Track -  Replots the current storm's track with wind field circles.  The wind field circle color is set in plotting options.

"What If" Forecast -  Displays the projected "What if" track.  This option can only be selected if  the "what if" has been enabled in the Setup What If Scenario Option.  The color of the track is set in plotting options.  For a complete discussion of this and other items, see Decision Support Capabilities.

Official Forecast - Displays the storm's selected forecast track.  The color of the track is set in plotting options.

Official Forecast Average Error - Displays the storm's selected forecast track along with the area of average forecast error.  For the Atlantic the NHC publishes yearly their average error for the 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96 and 120 hours verification times.  These values can be adjusted in the System Setup component of the system.  The color of the area can be set in plotting options.

Official Forecast Average Error Only - Displays only the storm's selected forecast average forecast error.  For the Atlantic the NHC publishes yearly their average error for the 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96 and 120 hours verification times.  These values can be adjusted in the System Setup component of the system.  The color of the area can be set in plotting options.

Hurricane Model Forecast - Displays the storm's selected hurricane model forecast track.  The color of the track is set in plotting options.  For more information on model forecast see hurricane forecast models.

Climatology Forecast - Displays the storm's selected climatological forecast track. Selecting "latest" forces the system to calculate the forecast before displaying it. This is a much more convenient method then optionally first using the Edit - Climatology Forecast function.  The color of the forecast track is set in plotting options.

Past Storm track(s) - Allows the user to select and plot any past storm(s) from the history database.