Category 5 Cyclone Erica, New Caledonia 14 March 2003
The
Saffir / Simpson storm intensity scale
Description
of storm strength from Cat 1 to Cat 5
Wind
speed conversion calculator
Temperature
conversion calculator
When
and where do tropical storms occur ?
Details of the times
and places where cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons occur
Description
of how and why tropical storms form
A decsription
of how and why hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons form
Cyclone
Vance report
My account of CAT
5 Cyclone Vance's landfall - Western Australia, 22 March 1999
Cyclone Erica report
My account of CAT 5 Cyclone Erica's landfall - New Caledonia, 14 March 2003
Cyclone Zoe report
My account of CAT 5 Cyclone Zoe's landfall - Tikopia Island, Soloman Islands, 31 December 2002
Hurricane Isidore report
My account of CAT 4 Hurricane Isidore's landfall - Yucatan Penninsula, Mexico, 22 September 2002
Hurricane Kenna report
My account of Cat 5 Hurricane Kenna - Mexico 25 October 2002
Tornado
Chase USA 1998
A story about our
tornado chase team published in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette 1998
Tornado
Chase USA 2000
A story about our
tornado chase team published in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette 2000
Tornado
Chase USA 2001
Tornado chase log
including photos of the Seward - Nebraska tornado
Gallery
of my best lightning photos
Links to the best weather sites
Joint
Typhoon Warning Centre
The site I use
for chasing typhoons, based in Hawaii
BOM-Darwin
Cyclone Warning Centre
BOM-Brisbane
Cyclone Warning Centre
BOM-Perth
Cyclone Warning Centre
BOM will post cyclone
threat maps whenever cyclones are active off Australia
GMS5
Satellite North Pacific - West (Taiwan - China)
GMS5
Satellite North Pacific - East (Guam)
GMS5
Satellite South Pacific
GMS5
Satellite West Australia
The
above US Navy satellites provide hourly image updates
James
Cook University South Pacific Satellite
IR
Satellite image of the South Pacific updated every 6 hours
Fiji
Weather Service
Tracking of cyclones
in the South Pacific
Hong
Kong Typhoon warning site
The
Hong Kong Weather Observatory will activate this page
when
typhoons come within 800km of Hong Kong
National
Hurricane Centre - Miami
The National Hurricane
Centre official website, Maimi
Weather
Underground Hurricane Site
Privately operated
hurricane warning site
Tropical
Storms Worldwide - Solar IFA - Hawaii
Another tropical storm
tracking site
US
Navy Atlantic Meteorology site
Covers a number
of ocean areas, good graphics
Monterey
Tropical Cyclone Centre
Tracking of Atlantic
Hurricanes, based in California
Central
Pacific Cyclone Warning Centre - Hawaii
Central Pacific cyclones
/ hurricanes are tracked from here
New
Zealand Met Service
New Zealand Meteorological
Service site
Typhoon2000.com
Phillipines typhoon warning site
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The best satellite
images of storms (and other events) will be found here
The
Storm Chaser Homepage
Tornado chasing in
the USA
Jim Leonard's Storm Chasing Homepage
The website of Jim Leonard, a Florida, USA based tornado
and hurricane chaser
Jim
Edds Storm Chasing Homepage
The website of Jim Edds, a Florida, USA based tornado
and hurricane chaser
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