Weather and Hurricanes

Water Managers watch the weather very closely. If possible, decisions concerning the operation of water control districts need to be made in advance of significant storm events. The following are number of very useful weather and hurricane internet sites that we may use to help us make operational decisions. Other sites are listed where historical tropical storm data is available to download or where great weather satellite images are available.

Current Weather and Water Conditions from SFWMD
National Weather Service Southern Region Headquarters
UM Weather: Weather Cams
NASA GHCC Real-Time MM5 Weather Model System
Global Hydrology and Climate Center: studying the global water cycle and its effect on weather and climate
Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
Hurricane Season 2004

EARLY APRIL FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND US LANDFALL STRIKE PROBABILITIES FOR 2004 by Dr. William Gray of Colorado State Univ.

Dr. Gray's Tropical Storm Forecast
Unisys Weather
Atlantic Tropical Storm Tracking by Year

Hurricane & Storm Tracking for the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans The StormTrack system receives weather data from the US National Weather Service via satellite. The system creates an entry for each tropical depression, storm, or hurricane when the National Weather Service begins issuing advisories.
Hurricane & Storm Tracking for the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans
JHU/APL Atlantic Hurricane Track Maps & Images
GOES Satellite Images

The Operational Significant Event Imagery team produces high-resolution, detailed imagery of significant environmental events which are visible in remotely-sensed data available at the NOAA Science Center in Suitland, Maryland.