there are a lot of meteorology links
Basically NOAA and Wunderground. I have to web search some, like for the Jet Stream forecast. Same for Hurricane Hunters. I have some Twitter links that clue in sites also.
Looking at Sat picts of West Africa to see the spin offs of tropical waves.
Eventually NOAA makes a "Point of Interest". This is NEW this year. If they keep that up, I can only add a little.
It is really a vast combination of sites that I have used.
I key in on HIGH pressure front movements and their Eastward speeds. LOWs like, Storms, are pushed aside and and flow into the trailing LOW pressure troughs.
I do simple math on reported speeds to project what is at most 10 days out.
The news cycle is fine to follow and NOAA is getting a bit braver.
The Hurricane Hunters are the real data takers. Once you can read those charts above you get first hand info.
Example:
Those Yellow labels are Data buoys, their last reported wind speed are the wind arrow on top those Yellow buoy ID#. I linked a few of them. The data buoy center culls the right ones in the storms path and highlights them. Also ocean going ships have weather links to NOAA and provide them with a moving weather station.
Looking at the HH's passes you could see that the High winds were North and West on
Gordon.
On the Wunderground site there are great explanations of terms and why they look at specific data.
Trust me, NOAA and FEMA have more information and trends than just 10 days but they won't take a shot, they want to be spot on target.
A few SBO members were a bit shocked by Gordon's turn North to slam Mobile. I wasn't.
Some even scoff at my posts, since they can watch the news.
The News tries to dramatize a storm. They kept screaming
Gordon is going CAT 1. My friends, who went through Katrina, begin to panic, on Facebook. I send out private eMails and PM's here with my solid info basis predictions, on a storm.
Jim...
PS: I did not move my boat on the Marian evacuation order. Why? I knew no big storm and I was prepared for the worst. I could have left my berth in 20 minutes if needed.
PSS: I wonder what the destructive difference is in 68 mph and 70 Cat 1 winds?
