The maritime professionals website gCaptain has an item up today that ranks the best hurricane and cyclone tracking websites for the 2011 season. Here's a reminder of why you might be interested, even if you're not planning to be out boating on the ocean yourself: hurricane season is upon us, and this year's edition looks to be busy:
The consensus of the various 2011 hurricane outlooks suggest the Atlantic 2011 season will see between 13 and 17 named storms, 7-9 hurricanes and 4-5 major hurricanes. The average season has about 10 named storms, 6 hurricanes and 2 intense hurricanes.
According to the Colorado State University's June update there is a 48% chance for a major hurricane making landfall along the US East Coast and a similar 47% chance somewhere along the US Gulf Coast. Of all the states, Florida will have the highest risk for a land-falling hurricane (71%) and major hurricane (34%). Texas is next with a 50% hurricane risk and a 20% major hurricane risk followed closely by Louisiana at 47% and 20% respectively.
And here's the list. Today, tropical storm Beatriz is the one to watch, and is expected to hit Mexico with some force within the next 24 hours.
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Like A Hurricane (Live Rust)
Well, a Southern man don’t need him around anyhow. That is because we are too busy installing tornado shelters and hurricane blinds.
~ Rick Bobby family dinner ~
Hot dog, Weatherunderground ranks #2! Accurate and local (for me, anyway).
http://www.surfline.com/hurricanetrak/
The default view will show all wave height activity whether cyclonic or not. But when you drill down to the ocean regions you’ll get hurricane tracking info… if a hurricane is present.
Cool sites, thanks for the links.
Now that I’ve gotten on in years, I’ve come to realize that there’s just no point in tryin’ to reason with hurricane season….
Sometimes, there’s nothing else to do but to lash things down right and tight, then get into shelter and just let ‘er blow.
The nhc.noaa.gov rss feeds are the best. If your in a hurricane prone area and you already subscribe to rss feeds you should be watching these: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutrss.shtml
The best:
http://www.hurricaneknowledge.com
http://www.stormcarib.com/
1st hand accounts from the people who live in the Caribbean.