Proud Geek

Hurricane season begins on June 1st, but Andrea, our first named sub-tropical storm, is threatening our shores right now.  (Andrea just so happens to be my sister-in-law’s name, but I’m sure the relationship is coincidential.)  In honor of hurricane season, I’m listing a few on-line resources that I use to keep on top of hurricanes (figuratively, of course):

• Dr. Jeff Master’s Wunder Blog — he often warns well in advance whenever a weather pattern may lead to a hurricane, and gives good, rather plain-English explanations of what to expect, where it may head, its current conditions, etc.  During active times, he updates his blog maybe twice a day — otherwise, it’s every once in a while.
• Accuweather’s Hurricane Center — gives good charts and maps for active tropical storms / hurricanes, including position, forecast paths, satellite images, and more.
• Wunderground’s Tropical Weather — also gives good charts and maps.  In addition to position, forecast paths, and satellite images, I especially like its computer models map and historical paths maps.

If you’ve got a favorite on-line resource for keeping track of active hurricanes, share it with us in the comments.