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Tropical Breakdown
This is a page for those needing help knowing where to look for certain data. All of these links are present in the link directory here on weathercore.com. but may be hard for a beginner to locate. If you have ever asked "which sites have the invest model data?", or "where did that satellite image come from?", this is the page you need to see. This won't contain every site possible under each heading, but will give you some of the more popular sites. A preparedness section is also given. Be sure to check out the basic tropical forecasting tutorial for information on using some of these links, as well as the tropical page here at weathercore.com.
Main Tropical Sites - main sources for tropical info
National Hurricane Center - The official source, watches and warnings here
Weather Underground Tropical - Excellent source of information
U.S.
Navy Tropical Cyclone Site - Great tropical resource, includes invest
information
Preparedness - links on preparing for bad weather
NHC Preparedness Guide - Information from the NHC on storm preparedness
Red Cross Hurricane Awareness - Red Cross information on hurricanes
collinsfarm - collinfarm's blog at Weather Underground (also at All Weather Friends)
Humane Society Disaster Information - info. on preparing your animals for a disaster
Link Directory - Many disaster preparedness and emergency links
**note, the blogs may not contain tropical data, but typically do when storms are active**
Analysis - several links with analysis (read the disclaimer at the bottom of the page)
Dr. Jeff Masters - Dr. Jeff Master's blog at Weather Underground
turtlehurricane - turtlehurricane's website, Hurricane Warning
Alec - Alec's blog at Weather Underground
**note, the blogs may not contain tropical data, but typically do when storms are active**
Storm
Specific Model Runs - for invests and designated tropical systems
Weather Underground - model runs for designated tropical systems
Skeetobite Weather - model runs for invests, and designated tropical systems
S. Florida Water Mgmt District - model runs for invests and designated tropical systems
Colorado State TC Guidance - model runs for invests and designated tropical systems
General Model Runs - for general model runs (mostly tropical, but not all)
Weather Underground - model runs for the NAM and GFS
Florida State University - different model run choices, including the UKMET and CMC
NCEP Central Operations - most of the North American models, can be run by region
Penn.
State University - PSU Tropical E-Wall. Has good models and images.
Satellite Imagery and Tools - images, including water vapor, IR, shear, and wind products
NOAA Satellite Services Division - great satellite imagery site. Includes storm floaters.
Global Hydrology and Climate Center - excellent imagery, including the ability to zoom
University of Wisconsin-Madison Tropical Page - shear maps, steering currents, etc.
Recon Information - sites with Hurricane Hunter Recon Information
NHC Recon Link - Recon info from the National Hurricane Center's site
Hurricane Hunters Site - information from the source, including explanations
WeatherMatrix - live recon data information
Recon Decoder - input recon data to get an easy to read format
Ocean Weather - ocean observations, including sea temperatures
National Buoy Data Center - shows data from buoys all around the world
Ocean Weather, Inc. - observations, temperatures, and graphics on ocean conditions
Ocean Temperature Profiles - sea temperature information, including depth of warm water
Sea Surface Temperature Contour Charts - sea surface temperature information
Storm Surge - Storm surge forecast from NOAA