Hurricanes in the Caribbean

Hurricane tracking and predictions

Hurricane Info Sources

For complete information on the latest hurricane, www.nhc.noaa.gov.

A non-government website on Twitter that carries the latest NOAA updates is
http://www.twitter.com/#!/NHC_Atlantic Sign up there for alerts.

From June 1-Nov. 30 the National Hurricane Center issues periodic Atlantic Graphical Tropical Weather Outlooks at 2am, 8am, 2pm and 8pm when conditions warrant.

Hurricane Tracking Map for the Caribbean, Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

Hurricane Reports, satellite images,
rainfall estimates and much more from Ohio State University's  Atmospheric and Climatic Studies.

This Weather Underground site is especially good for tropical weather and hurricane tracking and links to numerous other sites.

See Hurricane Forecasts for this season.

Hurricane Season
Background Info

Hurricane season begins June 1, with the greatest activity typically in August, September and October.             

September is often the most active month, a time some islands almost shut down because tourism is almost dead. Hurricane season officially ends November 30, but storms have formed in December, too. See hurricane strike zones by month since the 1800s

Technically, when a tropical system organizes, it's initially labeled a tropical depression. If sustained winds reach 39 mph, the system is upgraded to a tropical storm and named.

Once a tropical storm reaches sustained winds of 74 mph, it's finally classified as a hurricane. Hurricanes are classified into 5 different categories based on their strength.

If you and a hurricane are headed toward the same island destination, change your path. Cancel or postpone. Heavy downpours always accompany these storms, which may create landslides and disrupt island life for six months or more because of the amount of destruction.

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