Scott Fisher's Blog

So..you want to track hurricanes...and do your own hurricane forecasting?

It's a lot of work, and can be a lot of fun...and you can track your progress hourly, as you go.

That gives you near immediate feedback as the storm moves on it way...

You can plot the data by latitude and longitude, and see how close your forecasts are to the actual plots.

Start with satellite images, and upper wind patterns.  Then move to ocean temps, and surface winds.

Then upper air features, and persistance.

Here's a good starting point:

http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/hur/
storm_1/00/index_hurpage.shtml

That should get you going!

Happy Tracking.

Scott Fisher