Links to Other Resources
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centers and local information
- Severe Weather Information Centre (WMO) - a WMO-sponsored portal to get official information about TCs in all of the global basins
- Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) - provides warnings for TCs in the Western Pacific, North Indian, South Indian, and Southern Hemisphere basins for Department of Defense installations
- Guam NWS TC Page - Information about TCs for the Guam NWS Area of Responsibility (includes Guam, the Marianas, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands)
- Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) TC Page - Information about TCs from the Philippines national weather service
Genesis Guidance
- Tropical Cyclone Formation Probability Guidance Product (CIRA/RAMMB) - short-range (next 24 hr) probabilistic and categorical guidance on TC formation for North Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, and Western Pacific Basins; based on satellite and model predictors
- HFIP TC Genesis - short-range model guidance on TC formation for global basins
- Paul Roundy (SUNY-Albany) Site - long-range (out to 30 days) probabilistic guidance on TC formation for global basins; based on convectively-coupled atmospheric waves and intraseasonal oscillations (e.g., MJO)
Forecast Aids for the Short to Intermediate Term
Deterministic Model Guidance - Track and Intensity
- South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Hurricane Model Plots
- Kerry Emanuel (MIT) Site - plots of track and intensity for global basins
- Clark Evans (UW-Milwaukee) Site - plots of track and intensity for North Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins
- Brian Tang (SUNY-Albany) site - plots of track and intensity for North Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins, also features real-time preliminary verification and model trends
Ensemble Model Guidance
- NOAA ESRL Demo Ensemble TC Tracker - track guidance for global basins for ECMWF, UKM, CEOS, and GFS ensemble systems, plus FIM
- HFIP TC Ensembles (Michael Fiorino) - track guidance for global basins for NCEP GEFS, ESRL GFS (EnKF) , CMC CEPS, UKMO MOGREPS, and ECMWF EPS (TIGGE).
- GA Tech Site - features track and intensity guidance from the ECMWF EPS (TIGGE) for the North Indian, West Pacific, and Australian Basins
Model Fields
- Experimental forecast Tropical Cyclone Genesis Potential Fields (FSU) - features model forecast fields for North Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Basins for global (GFS, CMC, ECMWF) and regional TC models (HWRF, GFDL, NOGAPS)
Environmental Diagnostics
- CIRA/RAMMB TC Portal - features SHIPS and model-based diagnostics of large-scale TC environmental parameters
- HFIP TC Diagnostics Site - features SHIPS and model-based diagnostics of large-scale TC environment parameters
Remote Sensing Resources
General Sites Featuring Multi-Platform Satellite Imagery
- NRL TC Portal - excellent resource from the Naval Research Lab--Monterey: features visible, IR, passive microwave, scatterometery, etc.
- UW/CIMSS/SSEC TC Portal - features ability to overlay satellite imagery and various derived quantities such as satellite-derived wind shear and convergence on top of model tracks
- NESDIS TC Products - features floater imagery for all global TC basins, as well as additional satellite-derived TC products
Satellite-based Intensity Estimates
Historical Tracks
- Unisys Weather - features track plots for historical storms for global basins (back to 1851 for North Atlantic, 1945 for Western Pacific and South Indian Ocean, 1949 for Eastern Pacific)
- NOAA Climate Services Track Generator - generate historical TC tracks with Google Maps
Blogs covering Tropical Cyclones
- Tropical Atlantic Update - a blog by CSU hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy