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Storm Event & General Interest Information

Here are a series of links that I may reference in blog posts or on the main forum for the data or analysis they provide. There is a multitude of information to be gathered from these sites alone, both for the beginning forecaster as well as for the advanced tropical analyst.

Tropical Cyclone Model Track Plots: http://derecho.math.uwm.edu/models/
Tropical Cyclone Model Data: http://moe.met.fsu.edu/tcgengifs/
Cyclone Phase Analyses: http://moe.met.fsu.edu/cyclonephase/
ASCAT Data: http://manati.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/datasets/ASCATData.php
Naval Research Lab Tropical Information: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html
Satellite Service Division Dvorak Intensity Estimates: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/positions.html
Johns Hopkins Satellite-derived SST products: http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/avhrr/
Univ. of Wisconsin Satellite-Derived Wind Products: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/tropic.html
Hurricane Heat Potential: http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hhc/
Maximum Potential Intensity: http://wxmaps.org/pix/hurpot.html
NHC Tropical Analysis Products: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tafb-atl.shtml