Tracking Hurricanesin the classroom using

Realtime Data

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at5+shtml/?tswind120

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at5+shtml/?3day?large

http://www.srh.weather.gov/tropicalwx/satpix/nwatl_ir4_loop.php

Hurricanes are steered by global winds

Small high pressure over Bermuda

Large high pressure over Bermuda

Atlantic Water Vapor Loop – shows circulation

Central America

South America Africa

A picture is taken 15 minutes before noon and 15 minutes before midnight (UT) with the last 5 days showing (12 pix in all)Hurricane Ivo off Baja

Hurricane Ivo

Category I hurricane on Sep 19th

Winds dropped below 74 mph at 5:00 pm on Sep 21

Sep 16 2345

Category 1 hurricane here

Ivo is moving in a northerly direction, not to the west

Tropical Depression currently in Gulf of Mexico

www.seagirt.k12.nj.us/dunbar/hurricanes.htm