Tropical Weather 2008

Tropical Links

Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook East Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
Atlantic Tropical Weather Discussion East Pacific Tropical Weather Discussion

Atlantic Special Tropical Disturbance Statement

 Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
2007 Archive Advisories/TPC NOAA StormTracker
Hurricane Watch Net Hurricane City.Com
Hurricane Alley.Net Mike's Tropical Cyclone Page (Nexrad 3)
Colorado State (Jonathan Vigh's Page) Florida State Tropical Models
US Navy Worldwide Tropical Page University of Hawaii
Sea Surface Temperatures Atlantic Tropical Weather Center
Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies Delta Community College Tropical Satellite Imagery
Weather Underground  

Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook

Latest Atlantic Basin Storm Advisories

Fay

Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook

Click HERE for Tropical Satellite Imagery

2006 Tropical Cyclone Tracks

2008 Tropical Names

Atlantic Storms
Click on the storm below
to view satellite imagery

 East Pacific Storms

Arthur - TS
Bertha - CAT 3
Cristobal - TS
 Dolly - CAT 2
Edouard - TS
Fay - TS
Gustav
Hanna
Ike
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paloma
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred

 Alma - TS
Boris - TS
Cristina - TS
Douglas - TS
Elida - CAT 2
Fausto - CAT 1
Genevieve - TS
Hernan
Iselle
Julio
Karina
Lowell
Marie
Norbert
Odile
Polo
Rachel
Simon
Trudy
Vance
Winnie
Xavier
Yolanda
Zeke

Satellite Links

TROPICAL ATLANTIC VISIBLE TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC VISIBLE
TROPICAL ATLANTIC WATER VAPOR TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC WATER VAPOR
GULF OF MEXICO INFRARED HAWAII INFRARED
GULF OF MEXICO VISIBLE HAWAII VISIBLE
CARIBBEAN INFRARED SOUTHEAST US INFRARED
CARIBBEAN VISIBLE SOUTHEAST US VISIBLE
GHCC SATELLITE IMAGES RAMSDIS SATELLITE DATA
FULL DISK VISIBLE FULL DISK INFRARED
TROPICAL ATLANTIC NAVAL RESEARCH LAB NOAA/NESDIS
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES  

2007 Atlantic Satellite Images
(Click on Atlantic names to see satellite imagery of the storm - Not all images available)

NWS Coastal Radars

Brownsville, TX Tallahassee, FL Wilmington, NC San Juan, PR
Corpus Christi, TX Tampa, FL Morehead City, NC Hilo, HI
Houston, TX Key West, FL Wakefield, VA Kohala, HI
Lake Charles, LA Miami, FL Dover AFB, NJ Molokai, HI
New Orleans, LA Melbourne, FL New York, NY Kauai, HI
Mobile, AL Jacksonville, FL Boston, MA Guam
Panama City, FL Charleston, SC Portland, ME Mexico Radars
      Cuban Radars

Tropical Weather Stations

Antigua and Barbuda Aruba
Bahamas Barbados
Belize Bermuda
Cape Verde Cayman Islands
Costa Rica

Cuba
Dominica Dominican Republic
Haiti Jamaica
Martinique Mexico
Netherlands Antilles Panama
Puerto Rico St. Croix
St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia
St. Thomas St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago United States
Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, US

Sea Surface Temperatures
 

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

Category 1 74-95 mph 64-82 knots
Category 2 96-110 mph 83-95 knots
Category 3 111-130 mph 96-113 knots
Category 4 131-155 mph 114-135 knots
Category 5 >155 mph >135 knots

Retired Hurricane Names by Year

1954:  Hazel 1955: Connie, Diane, Ione, Janet 1957:  Audrey 1959:  Gracie
1960:  Donna 1961:  Carla, Hattie 1963:  Flora 1964:  Cleo, Dora, Hilda
1965:  Betsy, Carol 1966:  Inez 1967:  Beulah 1968:  Edna
1969:  Camille 1970:  Celia 1972:  Agnes 1974:  Carmen, Fifi
1975:  Eloise 1977:  Anita 1979:  David, Frederick 1980:  Allen
1983:  Alicia 1985:  Elena, Gloria 1988:  Gilbert, Joan 1989:  Hugo
1990:  Diana, Klaus 1991:  Bob 1992:  Andrew 1995:  Luis, Marilyn, Opal, Roxanne
1996:  Cesar, Fran, Hortense 1998:  Georges, Mitch 1999:  Floyd, Lenny 2000:  Keith
2001:  Allison, Iris, Michelle 2002:  Isidore, Lili 2003:  Fabian, Isabel, Juan 2004:  Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne
2005:  Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan, Wilma 2007:  Dean, Felix, Noel    
Most Intense Atlantic Storms
Storm Lowest Pressure (mb) Lowest Pressure (in)
(1) 2005 Hurricane Wilma 882 mb 26.04 in
(2) 1988 Hurricane Gilbert 888 mb 26.22 in
(3) 1935 Florida Keys 892 mb 26.34 in
(4) 2005 Hurricane Rita 897 mb 26.48 in
(5) 1980 Hurricane Allen 899 mb 26.54 in
(6) 2005 Hurricane Katrina 902 mb 26.63 in
(7) 1998 Hurricane Mitch 905 mb 26.72 in
(8) 2007 Hurricane Dean 906 mb 26.75 in
(9) 1969 Hurricane Camille 909 mb 26.84 in
(10) 2004 Hurricane Ivan 910 mb 26.87 in
(11) 2003 Hurricane Isabel 915 mb 27.01 in
(12) 1989 Hurricane Hugo 918 mb 27.10 in
(13) 1992 Hurricane Andrew 922 mb 27.22 in

A Visit to the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center.  Click HERE for photos and details!

Mike Ridgeway (left) and Don Wheeler (right)  with former National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield (center)
(We're Not Worthy!!!!)

Jerry Jarrell, former director of the National Hurricane Center, and meteorologist Don Wheeler