Weather Reports and Forecasts
- The Weather Channel (Weather.com)
- AccuWeather
- CNN Weather
- National Weather
Service (NOAA/Interactive Weather Information Network)
- Florida Weather Data
- Current Weather Conditions - Tallahassee
- Tallahassee NWS Office (offering weather data and advisory/watch/warning information for North Florida and South Georgia)
- USA Today Weather
- WeatherPost (from the Washington Post)
- The Weather Underground, Inc. (at the University of Michigan; see also WeatherNet)
Hurricanes and Tropical Weather
Florida-Specific Sites
- FSU Emergency Alerts (if there is a risk of a hurricane or tropical storm in the Tallahassee area, this page -- which is also accessible from the front page of the FSU web site -- will give information about school cancellation or other FSU responses to the danger.)
- Florida Division of Emergency Management (includes summaries of recent advisories, links to a variety of information on the location and status of hurricane shelters in your area, the status of major roadways in the state, emergency hotlines, and information about volunteering or donating to help with the cleanup of major storms.)
Tropical Weather-Specific Sites
- William M. Gray's Tropical Forecasts (probably the best-known annual hurricane predictions; from Colorado State University)
- National Hurricane Center / Tropical Storm Prediction Center (located at Florida International University in Miami)
- Hurricanes,
Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones (from Tom Metcalf in Hawaii)
- Tropical Cyclone Strike Probabilities (the latest probabilities that a tropical cyclone of some type will hit each of a number of US locations)
- Tallahassee Strike Probabilities (the latest probabilities for Tallahassee)
- Current Hurricane Season (from the National Weather Service office at Florida State University)
- Tropical Storm and Hurricane Watch (from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA)
Traditional Weather Sites
- USA Today: Storm Center
- Weather.com: Tropical Update
- Weather Underground: Tropical Weather (includes access to a variety of storm reports, forecasts, and graphics, including what I believe to be the only freely available maps of the five leading models' predictions about the path of each active tropical system over the next five days.)
Hurricane and Tropical Storm Information and Preparations
- American Red Cross Hurricane Advice
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Hurricane Advice
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hurricane Advice
- Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) Hurricane Advice
- National Hurricane Center's Hurricane Preparedness site
- From weather.com's Tropical Safety section:
- From USA Today's Hurricane Resources:
- Hurricane Safety Guide
- Hurricane Home Preparation Guide
- Hurricane Safety Kit Checklist
- What to Do during Hurricane Watches and Warnings
- What to Do before, during, and after a Hurricane
- Hurricane and Tropical Cyclone Resources (FAQs, hurricane names,the Saffir-Simpson scale explained, and much more)
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Last updated: 20 December 2005
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