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==Reason for development==

[[image:Typhoon Nabi (Jolina) JTWC's Tracking Chart (2005-09-05 1800Z).gif|thumb|350 px|ATCF image of Nabi's (2005) previous track, forecast track, along with tropical storm, storm, and hurricane-force wind radii depicted, from 18z on September 5]]

The need for a more modernized method for forecasting tropical cyclones had become apparent by the mid-1980s. At that time Department of Defense was using acetate, grease pencils, and disparate computer programs to forecast tropical cyclones.<ref name="ATCF1"/> The ATCF software was developed by the [[Naval Research Laboratory]] for the [[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]] (JTWC) in [[Monterey, California]] beginning in 1986,<ref name="ATCF2">{{cite journal|journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society|author=Sampson, Charles R|author2=Schrader, Ann J|title=The Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System (Version 3.2)|pages=1231–1240|date=June 2000|volume=81|number=6|doi=10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<1231:tatcfs>2.3.co;2|bibcode = 2000BAMS...81.1231S |doi-access=free}}</ref> and used since 1988.<ref>{{Cite journal |lastlast1=Sampson |firstfirst1=Charles R. |last2=Schrader |first2=Ann J. |date=2000 |title=The Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System (Version 3.2) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26215160 |journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |volume=81 |issue=6 |pages=1231–1240 |doi=10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<1231:TATCFS>2.3.CO;2 |jstor=26215160 |s2cid=122126725 |issn=0003-0007}}</ref> During 1990 the system was adapted by the [[National Hurricane Center]] (NHC) for use at the NHC, [[National Centers for Environmental Prediction]] and the [[Central Pacific Hurricane Center]].<ref name="ATCF2"/><ref name="NHC 2">{{cite journal|author18=Tribble, Ahsha N|author1=Rappaport, Edward N|author2=Franklin, James L|author3=Avila, Lixion A|author4=Baig, Stephen R|author5=Beven II, John L|author6=Blake, Eric S|author7=Burr, Christopher A|author8=Jiing, Jiann-Gwo|author9=Juckins, Christopher A|author10=Knabb, Richard D|author11=Landsea, Christopher W|date=April 2009|author12=Mainelli, Michelle|author13=Mayfield, Max|author14=McAdie, Colin J|volume=24|issue=2|author15=Pasch, Richard J|author16=Sisko, Christopher|page=409|author17=Stewart, Stacy R|bibcode=2009WtFor..24..395R|title=Advances and Challenges at the National Hurricane Center|journal=Weather and Forecasting|doi=10.1175/2008WAF2222128.1|citeseerx=10.1.1.207.4667|s2cid=14845745 }}</ref> This provided the NHC with a multitasking software environment which allowed them to improve efficiency and cut the time required to make a forecast by 25% or 1 hour.<ref name="NHC 2"/> ATCF was originally developed for use within [[DOS]], before later being adapted to Unix and Linux.<ref name="ATCF2"/>

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