PREDICTIONS AND MODELS
IVAN
Ivan's track from National Hurricane Center:
nhc.noaa.gov
These guys base their map on the NHC numbers, but are quite a bit quicker about getting the updated map online:
wunderground.com
Intellicast page for Ivan:
intellicast.com
US Navy page for Ivan:
nrlmry.navy.mil
The Boat US site from CalculatedRisk has some nice graphics all in one place:
boatus.com
Manny provided this link, which tracks various models:
midatlanticwx.com
Satellite view of storm:
ssd.noaa.gov
This the Accuweather animated storm map from GroundZero. Accuweather appears to have a very good reputation:
hurricane.accuweather.com
And enhanced with infrared colors:
hurricane.accuweather.com
The main Accuweather page:
wwwa.accuweather.com
Swiftmud site that Triffin posted. This one compares the NHC predicted path of the storm to the actual path:
sfwmd.gov
This site has a variety of materials concerning approaching hurricanes:
crownweather.com
Caribbean Hurricane Network is a good all-around guide to tropical hurricanes and source of info on current ones:
stormcarib.com
WATER TEMPERATURE
This site lets you check on the ocean water temps:
weatherunderground.com
MESSAGE BOARDS
A weather site MoneyPenny pointed out to me, comments about the various models, lots of people who know their stuff. The site is often overwhelmed with traffic:
storm2k.org
This is a link directly to the hurricane boards. Apparently you have to be registered for this link to work for you:
storm2k.org
GENERAL
A site called "How Hurricanes Work":
science.howstuffworks.com
Here is an online map of Florida:
jacobsonsplants.com
A map of the gulf coast as far west as New Orleans:
beachsales.info
HISTORICAL
You can see the tracks of hurricanes of the past here:
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu |
