Orcasystems's WunderBlog

Present Satellite picture ... Atlantic Seaboard

Present Satellite picture Caribbean

Present Satellite picture GOM

Present Satellite picture BOC

Present Satellite picture Mid Atlantic

Present Satellite picture Cape Verde

Present Satellite picture Large overall Coverage

Weather in ORCA's neck of the woods


CMC 00Z..

Since the pictures are refreshed very often during the day, if you check often, ensure you refresh your cache, or the picture when you load it. Hurricane Hunter Pictures can be updated as often as every 15 minute.

My predictions for the rest of the Season
(uneducated guess as of October 1, 2008)

2-3 TD/TS
1-2 Cat 1
1 Major

Feel free to leave yours in the Comments section.

******************************************************
Tropical News of the Day

Hurricane season of 2008 draws to a close
Posted by: JeffMasters,12:38 AM GMT on November 26, 2008

The hurricane season of 2008 draws to a close on Sunday, but leaves behind an indelible mark in history and in the lives of the millions of people it affected. After two years of relative tranquility, the active hurricane period that began in 1995 returned in full force this year, living up to pre-season predictions. It was a top ten hurricane season when considering the total number of named storms and major hurricanes, and ranked 24th using a better measure of total seasonal activity, the Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE). Hurricane records in the Atlantic go back to 1851. An ACE index of 95-100 is average, so this year's ACE of 141 puts this season at about 45% more active than average. The remainder of this post will list some notable statistics, records, and events that occurred during the hurricane season of 2008. It is by no means an exhaustive list, and I could have added much more.

First, here's how this season measured up to other seasons:

6th most named storms (16; the record is 28 in 2005)
25th most hurricanes (8; the record is 15 in 2005)
9th most major hurricanes (5; the record is 8 in 1950)
24th highest ACE index (141; the record is 250 in 2005)
13th highest Named Storm Days (84.75; record is 136 in 1933)
40th highest Hurricane Days (29.5; the record is 62.5 in 1995)
28th highest Major Hurricane Days (8.5; the record is 24.5 in 1961)....................................... (read more)

******************************************************

Links & Information

ORCASystems - Bringing you the Power of Nature, this site will allow you access to this Blogs mirror site, in the event of a WU Failure, or if you just want quick access via a Internet webpage from Work.

CatastrophicDL Blog ... Emergency Preparedness Planning

Hurricane & Tropical Weather 101 ... Hurricane forecasting tutorial

MetEd ... Excellent Weather Education Site, Free

Experimental forecast Tropical Cyclone Genesis Potential Fields

TROPICAL ATLANTIC ... e-WALL

Global Ships Locater

Also check the Recommended Links: on the right hand side of this Blog.

Feel free to leave comments and suggestions. If you have a link that would be helpful for people learning about weather, please pass it along to me.

View My Stats