What's New in Hurrevac2010

The National Hurricane Program (NHP) is pleased to announce the release of Hurrevac2010. To take full advantage of the latest computer technologies and incorporate suggestions from the user community, HURREVAC has been fully reprogrammed under a new platform with enhanced capabilities and a more intuitive interface.

Hurrevac2010 duplicates the functionality of Hurrevac2000, the most recent version of the program, and is intended as an eventual replacement for the older Hurrevac2000 software. The NHP is maintaining support for Hurrevac2000, however, during this first transition year. It's recommended that you keep both versions of the program installed on your computer and rely on Hurrevac2000 if any software operation issues arise with Hurrevac2010.

 

Easy Setup Automatic Polling and Download Window Tabs Tree-View Format Improved Graphics Better Help Menu

Hurrevac2010's advantages over Hurrevac2000 are as follows:

  1. State specific data easier to install and keep up to date.  State-specific HES clearance times, river gage maps, and other customizations are installed from within the program.
  2. Automatic polling and download of new forecast data via web-standard http protocol.  Hurrevac2010 receives new data from the Internet just as your web browser does, using standard http communication.  Network administrators will no longer be required to open ports and firewalls in order to give users access to live data from hurrevac.com as was sometimes necessary with Hurrevac2000's FTP protocol.  Hurrevac2010 will monitor for new storms/storm advisory updates and alert you when new data has been downloaded from the hurrevac.com web site.
  3. Tabbed browsing for switching between the tracking map, advisory text, and reports.  This is similar to modern Internet browsers that present web pages on multiple tabs. Hurrevac2010 now employs View Tabs for switching back and forth between the map view, a text viewer, and any number of reports you have generated.
  4. Tree-view style presentation of available data layers.  As seen in Windows File Explorer and in many map programs, Hurrevac2010 employs hierarchical lists as a more intuitive way to scan and view available data layers.  The 'Current' tree-view maintains a complete list of live storms and other forecast information (current rainfall, flood outlook, gage data, etc) with check boxes beside each one to control its display on the map. A tree-view is also employed in the Toolbox, replacing the drop-down menu system.  Operations previously located in Hurrevac2000's menus now appear under the following expandable headings of the Toolbox: STORM FEATURES, ANNOTATION, REPORTS, BROWSERS, and UTILITIES.
  5. Improved graphics with transparency.  Items such as wind swaths, error swaths, and rainfall isopleths which obscure the underlying map in Hurrevac2000 are now displayed with partial transparency.  Thanks to the transparency, it's now possible to effectively display multiple storm features (i.e. wind ranges and error swath together). The resolution has been improved on base maps when zoomed in to state and county levels
  6. Better Help System. Help menu is easier to navigate and the help documentation is more robust.