-Severe weather

                                                                                
Current information:                                                            
                                                                                
                                     
  Northern Illinois University Storm Chaser homepage.  Contains a wealth of     
information for serious storm chasers, such as soundings, all US and European   
model forecasts, the "Supercell Index" from the operational version of the      
University of Wisconsin model, as well as complete current weather              
information; listings of commercial and amateur radio stations/frequencies      
and TV stations worth tuning into while chasing; recommend places to eat and    
sleep; the best road maps, and much more.                                       
  You will also find NWS office information, including rules, chaser            
ethics, and Roger Edwards (SELS) storm chaser report form for reporting         
severe weather. The latest tornado research can be found linked here to         
the University of Oklahoma and NSSL, and if you need a chase partner, you       
can tell others you are looking for one. Plus, information pages on the         
StormTrack and TESSA (Texas Severe Storms Association) newsletters and          
organizations can be found here.                                                
                                                                                
                                         
  Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary archive.  Files are named "tlognnnn.txt"      
where nnnn is the report number -- the highest report number is the most        
recent (current).                                                               
                                                                                
                                        
  Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Forecast (current and past) by W. Gray and        
C. Landsea of Colorado State University.  Also contains the Tropical            
Cyclone FAQ by Chris Landsea.                                                   
                                                                                
                                                  
  NOAA's National Hurricane Center.  Information about current tropical         
cyclones, images, storm tracks, facts about hurricanes.  Also links             
to their archive.                                                               
                                                                                
                                            
  TRANTECH (TRopical ANalog TECHnique) model site.  This model is based on      
climatology and persistence and, indirectly, current atmospheric dynamical      
fields.   Strike probabilities, times, locations, intensities and other         
forecasts.  Links to other tropical storm pages are also included.              
                                                                                
                                                 
  Tropical Cyclone Centre (Hong Kong).  Tropical cyclone tracks, images,        
MPEG movies, cyclone names.                                                     
                                                                                
                          
  WeatherNet's tropical weather page.  National Hurricane Center advisories,    
recon reports, local National Weather Service statements, tracking maps,        
buoy data, radar, satellite photos and much more.                               
                                                                                
                                       
  Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies.  Images and information on          
current hurricanes and tropical storms.                                         
                                                                                
                        
  UofI Weather Machine hurricane and tropical storm advisories, tracks,         
discussion, other information.                                                  
                                                                                
                              
  Charts and projections of tropical storm movement in the Atlantic, Pacific,   
and Indian Ocean areas, updated every six hours.                                
                                                                                
                         
  Maps and of current tropical storms in Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Ocean.       
Also archives (see below)                                                       
                                                                                
                                                           
  Automated Weather Source, Inc.  Includes page on lightning and storm          
chasing, graphs of weather data taken during unusual weather events,            
information about recent hurricanes and tropical storms.                        
                                                                                
               
  Thunderstorm and tornado current information, forecasts, and statistics.      
                                                                                
Archives: Severe weather in general and other natural disasters                 
                                                                                
               
  Historical tornado, hail, and wind damage data.  Lots of tornado              
statistics.                                                                     
                                                                                
                                            
  Some information on current tropical weather activity and tropical weather    
system historical data.  Lots of general information about hurricanes,          
hurricane preparation and recovery, including lists of deadliest and            
costliest storms.                                                               
                                                                                
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  Images of the east coast during the March 1993 blizzard, of the midwest       
during the July 1993 flood, and others.                                         
                                                                                
                                   
  Midwest 1993 flood images                                                     
                                                                                
              
  Blizzard of 93, hurricanes Andrew, Hugo, Emily, Elena;  tornado paths         
                                                                                
                                           
  "Blizzard of 93" movie in .flc format                                         
                                                                                
                         
  Quicktime (for Macintosh) movie of "Blizzard of 93"                           
                                                                                
                           
                         
  Various hurricane and other storm animations in .fli format                   
                                                                                
                               
  California Case Study and Photo Page.  Includes images of the Dec 12 1995     
"West Coast Bomb" and photographs of other severe weather in California.        
                                                                                
                                                  
  Reports and information on February 1995 flood in the Netherlands             
                                                                                
Archives: Hurricane images, tracks, etc:                                        
                                                                                
                        
                                    
  Historical tropical cyclone best track data for Atlantic and Pacific.         
Also the Tropical Cyclone FAQ by Chris Landsea.                                 
                                                                                
                    
  NCDC on-line image page.  Images of hurricanes, tropical storms, and other    
natural disasters and severe weather.  Archives go back to 1970 (Hurricane      
Celia) but many more images are available for more recent years.                
                                                                                
                           
  Images of all 1995 Atlantic hurricanes.                                       
                                                                                
                                            
  Pictures, storm track info, and news stories about Hurricane Opal (1995).     
                                                                                
                
  Images and other information from Hurricanes Andrew and Emily.                
                                                                                
                    
  Images from Hurricane Emily                                                   
                                                                                
                                     
  Images of hurricanes Emily, Hugo, Beryl, Kevin                                
                                                                                
                                           
  Hurricane Andrew and Emily images                                             
                                                                                
                                
  Hurricane Andrew images                                                       
                                                                                
                              
  Hurricane Fernanda images                                                     
                                                                                
                         
  Data about 1994 and 1995 tropical storms and hurricanes (no images).          
Includes dates, locations, direction, speed, estimated central pressure,        
maximum wind, and other information.                                            
                                                                                
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