Saturday, September 27, 2008

The Did You Know Show 13

DYK13-Tropical Cyclones (Hurricanes)...visit www.dykshow.blogspot.com

Streaming Audio: Click Below


*Forecast of storm tracks and intensities given by several models.

*The NHC site: The buttons on the left will take you to satellite images, U. S. radar sites, and give recon reports. Additionally, it has discussions given by the NHC.

*The FSU site: This site will show the storm positions of several of the Global models and the more advanced TC dynamic models.

*This site shows heat potential, SST, SS height anomalies, and depth of the 26C isotherm in the Gulf of Mexico. Buttons to the left will give the same information of other ocean basins. Click on the maps to magnify.

*The Joint Typhoon Warning Center: They also cover the Pacific south of the Equator and the entire Indian Ocean.

*Punch the button on the left to obtain historical TC tracks and intensities for all Ocean Basins.

*The Cuban Radar site: I found it useful for hurricanes Gustav and Ike. This site downloads rather slowly.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

The Did You Know Show 12

DYK12 - Computer Models and Meteorology...visit www.dykshow.blogspot.com.

*http://www.txtornado.net/weather : This site has not only the NCEP models, but also the UKMET and ECMWF. The UKMET and ECMWF are in a abbreviated form. This site is very user friendly.
*http://weather.cod.edu/: This site has similar products. It is from the College of DuPage.
*http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/: This is the NCAR webpage.
*http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/charts/index_e.html: This is the Canadian site.
*http://euler.atmos.colostate.edu/~vigh/guidance/: This shows several of the forecast tracks of tropical cyclones. Only the Atlantic basin and the northeast Pacific are available.
*http://moe.met.fsu.edu/tcgengifs/: This is some of the individual forecast tracks of tropical cyclones.
*Vacuum Tubes
*Transistors
*Silicon Chip
*GFS: Global Forecast System
*RUC: Rapid Update Cycle

DYK 12 - Computer Models and Meteorology (Streaming)


Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

The Did You Know Show 10 Streaming Audio (Click Below)

The Did You Know Show 10

DYK10 - Monsoons...visit www.dykshow.blogspot.com.

Topographic Maps of Russia and China