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NOAA
STORM TRACKER: FOLLOW TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES
NOAA
Storm Tracker Demonstration (No software
download is required. Just click the links.)
NOAA
Storm Tracker Demonstration (no pop-up)
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NOAA
Storm Tracker is a convenient way to follow tropical storms
and hurricanes. (Click image for larger view
of NOAA Storm Tracker.) |
NOAA
Storm Tracker contains live links to advisories,
tracking maps and satellite images of a particular storm that is
projected to strike the United States or other nations in a storm’s
path.
NOAA Storm Tracker
also includes links to data from ocean buoys and tide gauges, the
latest high resolution satellite imagery and Doppler radar images
of a tropical storm or hurricane. Storm Tracker is designed to open
a new and smaller browser window, which can be resized and placed
anywhere on a computer desktop. This allows the user to continue
surfing the Internet while keeping track of a storm. The live links
in NOAA Storm Tracker update automatically without having to “refresh”
or “reload” the browser window. However, it is recommended
that you “reload” or “refresh” storm tracker
periodically to get the latest links to other NOAA products, especially
as a storm gets close to the U.S. mainland
NOAA Web sites
were literally stormed by millions of people during the very intense
2005 hurricane season. The NOAA home page received more than two
billion hits for all of 2005. The Web sites of NOAA’s National
Hurricane Center and National Weather Service received more than
12 billion hits during the months of August, September and October—when
the Atlantic spawned one storm after another.
“NOAA
Web sites have proven to be enormously popular with citizens in
the United States and worldwide,” said retired Navy Vice Admiral
Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., undersecretary of commerce for oceans
and atmosphere and NOAA administrator. “Saving life and protecting
property is one of the primary missions of NOAA, and one way we
communicate vital information is through our Web sites.” |