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0z Surface map (click to enlarge)
12z map    latest large OPC analysis
 
QUICK WEATHER REFERENCES
Exact time!
Atomic Clock
GOES Water Vapor Loop    Tropical NOGAP & GFS models
For tropical wave placement and detailed information on approaching weather, click to jump to section Entire Tropical Atlantic & Caribbean
There you will find useful:  Surface Analysis and Atlantic Tropical Weather Discussion

VIRGIN ISLANDS AREA
Watches for PR/USVI     Warnings for PR/USVI     Hazardous Outlook


16.5N 63.5W Bouy       Christensted Bouy       21N 65W Bouy       Area ship reports 6z       Eastern Caribbean airport data
NWS Summary | Discussion
Radar  |  Long Range
radar record '09
Marine text | click map  715  725
wind/wave   alternate
  Tide Magens Bay ST
Graphical Forecast
NWS Puerto Rico

EASTERN CARIBBEAN AREA

SSD Satellite Caribbean Visible    loop IR BW    loop IR FT    loop IR AVN    loop S.Wave    loop Dvorak    loop W.Vapor    loop
GHCC Satellite infrared
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GHCC Satellite-visible
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GHCC Satellite-water vapor
Loop
MeteoFrance Radar
Guadeloupe/Martinique
Scatterometer winds
morning  |  evening
St. Maarten
Antigua
St. Lucia
Barbados
Grenada
Next weather for E. Caribbean   -    Loop
Satellite of Africa to Caribbean     loop   also see East ATL and Central ATL
Tide Information

ENTIRE TROPICAL ATLANTIC & CARIBBEAN
  Atlantic IR satellite HiRes
Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook    alternate  (resumes June 1)
Atlantic Surface Analysis:     0:00 GMT    6:00 GMT    12:00 GMT    18:00 GMT   
Caribbean Surface Analysis:     0:00 GMT    6:00 GMT    12:00 GMT    18:00 GMT   
Atlantic sea surface temperatures   *UPDATED DAILY*   SST  |  anomaly
Atlantic Tropical Weather Discussion     alternate
Marine Weather Discussion

Wave forecast up to 168 hours (1.2MB)
Off-Shore Waters Forecast
Tropical satellite loops:    visible    IR2    IR4    IR color    water vapor
Drill-down satellite image menu (GHCC)
Eastern Atlantic/African Satellite (EUMETSAT)
Satellite map with buoy data, winds

All US warnings, watches, and advisories
National Data Buoy Center & Ship Reports
ALTERNATE Satelite server
Atlantic IR color satellite HiRes (Intellicast - contains ads)
Atlantic Tracking Map - U.Hawaii   2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004
Season Summaries & Track Maps - Unisys   2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004
Atlantic Tracking Maps - NHC   2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004
Storm Summaries - NHC   2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004

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MAIN PAGES of TROPICAL WEATHER LINKS

National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center (NCEP)
Tropical Storm Watch (FEMA)
Interactive Weather Information Network (NWS)
Storm Prediction Center (NCEP)
Naval Research Laboratory Satellite Products
Air Force 53rd Weather Recon "Hurricane Hunters"
Hydrometeriological Prediction Center (NWS)
Weather Underground Tropical Menu  (contains advertising)
Intellicast Tropical Menu  (contains advertising)
The Weather Channel Tropical Menu  (contains advertising)

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ATLANTIC TROPICAL CYCLONES
Atlantic Hurricane season ended Nov 30, resumes June 1
  During season, when there are storms, this section will contain storm-specific resources. Meanwhile, you can see all weather systems which are being monitored in ALL hemispheres via:
Navy Research Labs Tropical Cylone page

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TROPICAL CYCLONE CLASSIFICATIONS


Tropical Depression (numbered)
     20 - 34 knots
Tropical Storm (named)
     35 - 64 knots
Hurricane (named)
     65 knots or higher

Saffir-Simpson Scale
Category Wind - KTS Wind - MPH Pressure - MB
1  65 -  82  74 -  95 > 980
2  83 -  95  96 - 110 965 - 979
3  96 - 113 111 - 130 945 - 964
4 114 - 135 131 - 155 920 - 944
5 > 135 > 155 < 920

cool!   Weather calculators/converters:  temperature, pressure, wind speed, wind chill, heat index, humidity, etc.


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TRANSLATIONS FOR ACRONYMS

EUMETSAT - European Meteorological Satellite Organisation
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
FNMOC - Fleet Numerical Meteorology & Oceanograph Center US Navy
GHCC - Global Hydrology and Climate Center NASA
HPC - Hydrometeriological Prediction Center
IWIN - Interactive Weather Information Service
NCEP - National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NESDIS - National Environmental Satellite, Data, & Information Service
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRL - Naval Research Laboratory
NWS - National Weather Service
OSDPD - Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution
SPC - Storm Prediction Center, Norman OK
SSD - Satellite Services Division
TPC - Tropical Prediction Center, Coral Gables FL
(also NHC - National Hurricane Center)
NWS - National Weather Service

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... about TIME

Most weather info is presented in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time),
also known as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) or represented simply with a "z" for Zulu.
To figure out what time a photo was made, use the following table:


Atlantic Std/Eastern Daylight
   subtract 4 hours from UTC
Eastern Std/Central Daylight 
   subtract 5 hours from UTC
Central Std/Mountain Daylight 
   subtract 6 hours from UTC
Mountain Std/Pacific Daylight 
   subtract 7 hours from UTC
Pacific Standard 
   subtract 8 hours from UTC

If you want to get the current, accurate time in both your time zone and UTC,
try this nifty link to a java version of the NIST Atomic Clock

Time zone converter - what time is it in (you choose)?


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