Hurricane Tracking with my Kaypro

[vanderk]

I learned MBASIC years ago as a kid on my Kaypro. I decided to dust off the old MBASIC handbook and write a few applications. I just finished a Hurricane tracking program, which I've been using to track Debby as it approaches us in Florida. The program uses linear and exponential weighting techniques along with a Kalman filter to provide predictions of hurricane paths. It also generates an ASCII-based map to visually represent the hurricane's path and projections (the map dynamically changes based on the hurricane data and projections). It takes into account various factors such as wind speed, central pressure, and storm direction to make its predictions.

I may expand to factor wind shear. It also calculates wind speed radii for different intensities in multiple directions.

I don't think NOAA is going to be using the program anytime soon, but my background is statistics and this was a fun way of getting back into MBASIC. Enjoy the spaghetti code! lol

GitHub - kaypro283/kaypro-hurricane-tracker: A comprehensive Microsoft Basic MBASIC-80 program for tracking and predicting hurricane paths, designed for Kaypro computers. This program combines historical data analysis with advanced forecasting techni

A comprehensive Microsoft Basic MBASIC-80 program for tracking and predicting hurricane paths, designed for Kaypro computers. This program combines historical data analysis with advanced forecastin...

github.com

 

[Mr.Amiga500]

This is a definite improvement over my method of Kaypro hurricane tracking - where I just set my Kaypro on a table and watch if it blows away.