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Storm Coverage

Hurricane Preparedness

Cyclone Energy

Hurricane Resources

Storm Surge

• Storm Surge Basics
• Storm Surge Inundation Maps for the U.S. Coast
• General Characteristics of Storm Surges
• Storm Surge Survival Misconceptions
• A detailed view of the storm surge: Comparing Katrina to Camille
• World Storm Surge Records
• U.S. Storm Surge Records
• Storm Surge Animations of Historical Storms
• Hurricane Katrina's Storm Surge
• Storm Surge Reduction by Wetlands
• Knowing Your Elevation
• External Links to Storm Surge Information

Other Tropical Imagery

• Atlantic Wind Shear Forecast
• Atlantic Pressure/Windfield Analysis

Aircraft Reconnaissance Reports

• Aircraft Reconnaissance Plan of the Day
• Detailed Vortex Message
• Flight Level RECCO reports (decoded)
• Supplementary Vortex Message
• Dropsonde
• Guide to decoding recon reports

Blank Tracking Charts

Atlantic Basin

(1.25 MB Adobe PDF)

Eastern Pacific Basin

(1.13 MB Adobe PDF)

Other Online Resources

Large Satellite Animations from NOAA/NESDIS and Others

• NOAA Atlantic Satellite Imagery
• NOAA Pacific Satellite Imagery
• National Hurricane Center satellite images
• Tropical Satellite Imagery from Colorado State

Real-time Tropical Imagery

• Atlantic wind shear (University of Wisconsin CIMSS tropical products)
• NOAA RAMMB imagery (great new site in 2007!)
• ASCAT satellite winds
• Microwave Satellite data from the Navy Research Lab
• Atlantic hurricane potential (NOAA/Climate Prediction Center)
• National Data Buoy Center
• Morphed microwave data (University of Wisconsin CIMSS)
• Surface wind analysis (NOAA/AOML/HRD)
• Saharan air layer (University of Wisconsin CIMSS tropical products)

Computer model forecasts

• Basics of hurricane forecast models (Dr. Jeff Masters, wunderground.com, updated 2007)
• Description of computer models used for hurricane forecasts (NHC, updated 2007)
• Description of computer models used for hurricane forecasts (NOAA/AOML)
• GFS model, Atlantic (wunderground)
• GFS model, Atlantic (NCEP)
• NOGAPS model, Atlantic (Navy)
• Canadian (GEM) model
• ECMWF model, North America
• Multi-model track and intensity guidance (Dr. Kerry Emanuel, MIT)
• Cyclogenesis tracking page (NOAA/NCEP)
• CIRA's experimental tropical cyclone formation products

Rain information

• U.S. 24-hour rainfall (wunderground.com)
• 3-hourly rain (NASA hurricane portal)
• Ensemble Tropical Rainfall Potential (eTRaP)
• Rain estimates from NASA's TRMM satellite

Forecast Centers

• National Hurricane Center
• TAFB marine forecasts for the Atlantic
• Central Pacific Hurricane Center
• Joint Typhoon Warning Center
• Canadian Hurricane Center
• Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
• India Meteorological Department
• Philippines (PAGASA)
• Australian Bureau of Meteorology
• Fiji Meteorological Service
• Meteo France La Reunion
• Jakarta, Indonesia TCWC

Long range and seasonal forecasts

• Analysis of the latest long-range Atlantic hurricane season forecasts (Dr. Jeff Masters, wunderground.com)
• Colorado State University (Dr. Bill Gray/Phil Klotzbach) Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast
• Tropical Storm Risk, Inc. (monthly updates)
• NOAA (updates in May and August)
• UK Met Office Atlantic seasonal forecast (GloSea model). Updates June 19
• NOAA CFS model seasonal forecasts
• IRI (global computer model forecasts)
• Western Pacific seasonal forecast (City University of Hong Kong)
• 1-2 week tropical forecast (NOAA/CPC)

Sea Surface Temperature Data

• Sea Surface Temperature imagery from NOAA/NESDIS
• Sea Surface Temperature imagery from the National Hurricane Center
• NOAA/AOML ocean heat content and SSTs
• University of Miami ocean heat content and SSTs (North Atlantic)
• University of Miami ocean heat content and SSTs (North Pacific)
• 30-day forecasts for Atlantic (U.S. Navy)

Aircraft Reconnaissance Sites

• NOAA Hurricane Hunters Home Page
• Air Force Hurricane Hunters Home Page

Hurricane FAQs, Names, and Other Links

• Hurricane Frequently Asked Questions
• Hurricane Names for the coming year
• Wind shear tutorial
• NOAA's interactive historical tracking tool
• NOAA's Hurricane Research Division home page
• Digital Typhoon (Typhoon info from Japan)
• typhoon2000.com (Typhoon info from the Philippines)
• Australian severe weather
• Hurricane Disaster Relief & Information
• Hurricane Education from hurricanescience.org (High school level)
• Hurricane Education from the UCAR Comet program (College level)
• Safe harbor information for boaters
• Caribbean Hurricane Network
• Storm chaser hurricane footage UltimateChase.com
• Storm chaser hurricane footage from Jim Edds
• Storm chaser hurricane footage from Jim Leonard
• Storm chaser hurricane footage from Rich Horodner
• Storm chaser hurricane photos from stormchaser.ca
• Severe and unusual weather photos from Jim Reed
• Info and nightly live discussions on hurricanes from hurricanecity.com