PREDICTIONS AND MODELS
JEANNE
Could become a Florida event in a few days, or brush by us and threaten the Carolinas.
NHC tracking chart:
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
U.S. Navy site for Jeanne:
nrlmry.navy.mil
Intellicast chart for Jeanne:
intellicast.com
The Boat US site from CalculatedRisk has some nice graphics all in one place:
boatus.com
Multi-model map for Jeanne:
midatlanticwx.com
KARL
NHC five-day tracking chart:
nhc.noaa.gov
IVAN
Ivan's track from National Hurricane Center:
nhc.noaa.gov
Intellicast page for Ivan:
intellicast.com
US Navy page for Ivan:
nrlmry.navy.mil
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
MESSAGE BOARDS AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES
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
Central Florida Hurricane Center. Nice site with message boards:
image4.flhurricane.com
WeatherMatrix is a large online community of weather watchers:
weatherwatchers.org
GENERAL
The main Accuweather page:
wwwa.accuweather.com
This page lets you check on the ocean water temps:
weatherunderground.com
Swiftmud site that Triffin posted. This one compares the NHC predicted path of the storm to the actual path:
sfwmd.gov
A site that explains how hurricanes work:
science.howstuffworks.com
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
These folks create some neat color tracking and windfield maps of incoming hurricanes:
skeetobite.com
HISTORICAL
You can see the tracks of hurricanes of the past here:
weather.unisys.com
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu
THE CAROLINAS
Weather advisories for South Carolina and North Carolina:
iwin.nws.noaa.gov
iwin.nws.noaa.gov
Online newspapers for South Carolina and North Carolina:
onlinenewspapers.com
onlinenewspapers.com
Animal-friendly hotel list for Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina:
charlestoncounty.org
Hurricane page from a N. Carolina television station:
wral.com
And one from S. Carolina:
weather.mgnetwork.com
MAPS
Here is an online map of Florida:
jacobsonsplants.com
A map of the gulf coast as far west as New Orleans:
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