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Subject: I1) Where can I get real-time advisories for tropical cyclones?
Contributed by Chris Landsea
There are two good ways to get these. Either have the advisories
sent directly to you via email or visit sites via the World Wide Web.
- Option 1: Advisories automatically sent to you
WX-ATLAN was created for people who want receive, as an
email, tropical bulletins originating from the US National
Hurricane Center on Atlantic tropical systems. To get information
as to how to sign up onto WX-ATLAN, ftp to
po.uiuc.edu/wx-talk and use anonymous FTP to retrieve the file
WX-TALK.DOC . If you don't have ftp access, contact either
Chris Novy or
Charley Kline .
WX-TROPL is for people who want receive, as an
email, tropical bulletins on systems in other basins from the US
OAR, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center,
and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. To get information as to
how to sign up onto WX-TROPL, ftp to
po.uiuc.edu/wx-talk and use anonymous FTP to retrieve the file
WX-TALK.DOC . If you don't have ftp access, contact either
Chris Novy or
Charley Kline .
- Option 2: Get the advisories via surfing the Web
The World Wide Web is a great source for real-time tropical
cyclone advisories. For brevity here are some reliable http
sites (provided by Gary Gray):
OAR graphics (Advisories, discussions, and
analyses)
Atlantic Tropical Weather Center (Everything)
Weather Underground (Everything)
IWIN Tropical Page (Full advisory list)
U-Hawaii (Forecast maps for Atlantic and Pacific)
IH2000 (Advisories, discussions, images, links, TX info)
SUNY Brockport Hurricane Page (Search tool for text products)
Terrapin Associates (JAVA animated storm tracking)
Storm 2000 (News, advisories, images, etc.)
Puerto Rico NWS (Advisories in English & Spanish)
U-Hawaii (Advisories, probabilities, maps - all basins)
Tampa Bay Online (Local info and advisories)
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