Southwinds Hurricane Pages Links to Hurricane Weather Web Sites Hurricane Charley hits Florida, August 2004. Photo courtesy NOAA. Links to Hurricane Weather Web Sites Links to Hurricane information Southwinds hurricane and preparation articles Links to other hurricane and boat preparation articles Tides: East Coast, Gulf Coast, Caribbean, and Bahamas Hurricane Home Page NOAA Sites: www.nhc.noaa.gov National Hurricane center at the U.S Government NOAA weather site. This is the best site for quick and easy access to current tracks and information. Most of the other sites get their prediction information and tracks from this site. www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/tropicalwx National Weather Service tropical weather outlook and discussion. www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/intro.shtml National Weather Service Hurricane Preparedness Week site. www.nhc.noaa.gov/2004atlan.shtml NOAA site on the 2004 storms with tracks and information. Other Sites: www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/?from=wxcenter_news Commercial site with good satellite images and maps of storms. www.intellicast.com Good site with radar images. When you get there go to the "Beta Site" under "Atlantic Tropical Status" then check out the VIS loop and IR loop in the storm you want to see. www.weatherunderground.com/tropical/ Good site for in-depth coverage and data. Go to "Computer Models" for the theoretical tracks (spaghetti lines): Find the hurricane you want to check and then click on "computer models". These are the various models they use to judge where the storm is most likely to go. www.hurricanealley.net Good site with lots of great info. Shows 2004 storm tracks. Some parts free and some subscriber services. http://www.crownweather.com/tropical.html Great site with lots of misc. maps and links. http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/hurricanes/interactive/fullpage.hurricanes/ Great site for past storms of 2005 on CNN web page showing timelines. http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/Florida.shtml Real-time conditions from buoys and weather stations of Florida and Eastern Gulf. Winds, currents, temperatures, etc. From the National Data Buoy Center. http://comps.marine.usf.edu/index.shtml Similar to the previous site above but more stations in the Gulf and West Florida. Real-time conditions from buoys and weather stations of the Eastern Gulf, Florida Keys, West Florida, Tampa Bay area. Winds, currents, temperatures, etc. http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/Southeast.shtml Real-time conditions from buoys and weather stations of the Carolinas, Georgia, NE Florida. Winds, currents, temperatures, etc. From the National Data Buoy Center. http://www.nlmoc.navy.mil/ Military Web site with a wealth of information, great tracks, but requires a lot of poking around to find what you want. Enter the Public Web Site area, unless, of course, you have a DoD Certificate.