Tracking the Storms

Access Hurricane advisories on your mobile

New service from National Hurricane Center

The Brownsville Herald

In an effort to reach as large an audience as possible, including mobile customers, the National Hurricane Center has developed a few alternate versions of its website. The following is a brief description of each version: Text-only:  This vers... Full story

National Hurricane Center Tropical Outlook

The Brownsville Herald

Tropical Weather OutlookNWS TPC/National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Thursday Aug 14 2008For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico1. An area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave is passing over the northe... Full story

Hurricane season outlooks of little use

By ALLEN G. BREED

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Each April, weather wizard William Gray emerges from his burrow near the Rocky Mountains to offer his forecast for the six-month hurricane season that starts June 1. And the news media are there, breathlessly awaiting his every ... Full story

Track Storms on your Cellphone

By Odie Carden

You can now receive your weather forecast from the National Weather Service anywhere/anytime using your wireless device. All you need is a wireless device that can surf the Internet along with a wireless Internet service provider. You can use the fo... Full story

An explanation of the Saffir Simpson Scale

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a 1-5 rating based on the hurricane's present intensity. This is used to give an estimate of the potential property damage and flooding expected along the coast from a hurricane landfall. Wind speed is the determ... Full story

Tropical weather terms

Tropical Disturbance: A discrete tropical weather system of apparently organized convection -- generally 100 to 300 nmi in diameter -- originating in the tropics or subtropics, having a nonfrontal migratory character, and maintaining its identity fo... Full story

NHC Hurricane Tracking Chart

The National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida provides hurricane tracking chart's each year. The tracking map is provided on their website. Click on the "more of this story" button or on the stories title to get links for a free reduced printable ... Full story

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