Here are a few resources for you to use as you track Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Ivan, much better than the pre-digested weather reports you get from the mainstream media.

The US maintains Data Buoys around our nation and worldwide territories. Every hour (or some such interval) they upload wind speed, ocean, wwave height and other data (depending on the type of station or buoy) to a sattelite. Observing the data from these buoys tell us what is happening right now, and you can watch it from the internet!

You will also find local radar and amateur weather stations interesting.

Of course, the NOAA reports that are released at regular intervals are the best source of information ; everything else helps us get a clearer picture of what is happening and where.

NOAA
The best information is released at 5am, 11am, 5pm, 11pm. Intermediary advisories are released at 8am, 2pm, 8pm and 2am. These advisories add only positional data and relevant windspeeds, etc. not probability tracks.


1. Public Advisory for IVAN


2. Discussion for IVAN


3. Maps and Charts for IVAN

RADARS
I look at these radars to see what is over my head, keeping an eye out for impending heavy concentrations


4. Radar out of Melbourne
   Close to where the storm will land


5. Radar out of Miami
   Closer to our home, a single image


6. Radar out of Miami
   An animated loop of current images


7. Real Time GOES (Satellite) Imagery
   Infrared perspective, animated loop



WEATHER STATIONS
Great windspeed, gusts, wave height, etc. data for various local regions


8. Weather Data from Melbourne International Airport


9. National Data Buoy in Settlement Point, Grand Bahama Island: Station SPGF1


10. National Data Buoy in Lake Worth Florida: Station LKWF1


11. National Data Buoy in Cape Canaveral: Station 41009


12. Weather from the Airport at Nassau, Bahamas (MYNN)


13. Weather from the Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (KFLL)
    This is very close to my house. Whatever you see here, is also at my house.


14. Weather from the Airport in Orlando, Florida. This is the Orlando International Airport. (KMCO)


15. Weather from the Municipal Airport in Kissimmee, Florida (KISM) not far from Orlando.

You might want to keep an eye on this list as I'll add to it if I find more interesting sources of information.

Posted by Michael at September 3, 2004 11:54 AM