Tropical Cyclone

Recent South Pacific satellite image and analysis chart courtesy NOAA;



Note: for sea surface temperatures (SST), wind and swell see the Marine page

South Pacific & Australia RSMC/TCWC Official Warnings and Forecasts

RSMC Nadi - Fiji Meteorological Service - homepage
» Latest TC track map and threat map
» 5-day TC Outlook
» Tropical Disturbance Summary and Advisory

TCWC Melbourne - Australia Bureau of Meteorology - homepage
» Current Tropical Cyclones - map with links to TC track map and bulletins if current
» 7-Day Forecast - map with 12 hour timesteps showing chance of TC
» Tropical Climate Update - weekly in wet season, fortnightly in dry season

TCWC Wellington - New Zealand MetService - homepage
» Current TC Activity - 5-day Outlook, analysis, satellite, and track map if current

Non-WMO and other NMHS cyclone warnings/tracks

Joint Typhoon Warning Centre - with forecast tracks (Pacific/Indian Oceans)

South Pacific NMHSs issuing TC advice
» New Caledonia
» Vanuatu
» Tonga - see Tropical Cyclone in left menu
» American Samoa - via US NWS


GTS Text Bulletins

Grouped by issuing centre via Tokyo Global Information System Centre
» Nadi = NFFN, Brisbane = ABRF, Darwin = ADRM, Perth = APRF, Wellington/Kelburn = NZKL
Grouped by header code via NOAA

 

Forecasts/Tracks

HAFS - Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System - via NOAA (replaces HWRF)

Tropical Tidbits - info on current systems, with tracks, JTWC and ensemble maps
Weathernerds TC Guidance
ECMWF TC tracks - current and past cyclones
ECMWF ensemble tracks via: Easterlywave or Meteologix
NCAR Tropical Cyclone Guidance Project (new site) - incl multi-model tracks (old site)
Global tropical cyclone tracks - by Brian McNoldy
UK Met Office forecast track bulletin - S.Pacific & SE.Indian (via NOAA)

Cyclone Phase Evolution - analysis and forecasts from several global models

Cyclocane tracking map

WMO Severe Weather Information Centre - links to official obs+warnings

 

Observations/Analysis

MetService South Pacific analysis
Streamline analyses - from NWS/NOAA - or straight to latest Pacific analysis (to 30S)
BoM Weather maps - including gradient wind analysis

NRL TC Page (old) - microwave and satellite imagery (new page here), also with;
» COAMPS-TC - tropical cyclone prediction and verification (tracks and model forecasts)

NOAA SAR - Synthetic Aperature Radar Products

NESDIS/NOAA Tropical Cyclone Products
» Tropical Cyclone Satellite Imagery - Storm Floaters
» Tropical Bulletins - fixes, see also the storm position page, and storm microwave position page
» ADT - Advanced Dvorak Technique - for active storms

CIMSS - Uni of Wisconsin - TC info and imagery
» including Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) for current systems and SATCON intensity estimates

CIRA/RAMMB Real-Time TC Products - with satellite imagery and analysis data incl digital dvorak
JTdiag - graphical plot of diagnostics from Mike Fiorino (GFS/EC/CMC/NAVGEM/JMA)

MIMIC-TPW ver.2 - via SSEC, Uni of Wisconsin
CIRA Advected TPW2 - via Colorado State Uni
OSPO Blended TPW - via NOAA

NOAA NESDIS STAR 24hr satellite rainfall estimates - or jump straight to Aus/NZ area
NASA Global Precipitation Measurement - IMERG, see also global viewer

xkcd.com

 

Pre-formation/Monitoring

Weather Geek Tropical Cyclone Genesis Watch - all-in-one page for TC Outlooks
Cyclocane - CYCLOne and hurriCANE tracker (similar to above)

ECMWF TC activity and genesis - short/medium range (12 days)
ECMWF TC probability - extended range forecast (4 weeks)
ASSESS-S TC formation probability (change category to TCs...)
48h TC formation probability - from RAMMB CIRA via NOAA OSPO (also: static maps)
Global Tropics Hazards Outlook - weeks 2-3, via NOAA NWS CPC

JMA SWFDP for RA V: South Pacific - GSM and EPS products

Tropical Tidbits forecast models - incl GFS, CMC, NAVGEM, HWRF...
TCgen - multi-model plots from Mike Fiorino (GFS/EC/CMC/NAVGEM/JMA)

MJO monitoring and forecast - via BoM
MJO/Kelvin/ER plots and animations - Real Time CFS Tropical Mode Projections from Kyle MacRitchie
MJO current/forecast conditions via NOAA NCEP CPC (with link to Dynamic Model MJO Forecasts)

OLR - Outgoing Longwave Radiation - many plots (incl totals and anomalies) via NOAA PSL

Southern Hemisphere Blocking - NOAA

 

Pacific Island Nations

Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
New Caledonia - in french from Météo-France
Fiji
Tuvalu
Kiribati
Western Samoa
American Samoa
Tonga
Niue
Cook Islands
French Polynesia - in french from Météo-France

 

Reference

Worldwide official TC names at WMO - lists also at Wikipedia and NWS NHC

xkcd.com

Real-time Global TC Activity - basin lists with stats

Wikipedia Tropical Cyclone Page - loads of info! with cumulative track maps
» also with list of SH Tropical Cyclone Season pages

IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship
» Browse via NCICS/CISESS
» Also: NOAA Historical Hurricane Tracks
Hurricane Satellite (HURSAT) Data
SPEArTC - Southweast Pacific Enhanced Archive for Tropical Cyclones
BoM Southern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone Portal
JTWC Southern Hemisphere Best Track Data
CSIRO NESP TC Projections Portal - incl historic tracks

WWLLN TC page - visualisations of lightning and microwave satellite data for TC's

Tropical Cyclone Scales - info and comparisons via Wikipedia
Australia TC Knowledge Centre - from BoM
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale - from NHC
Dvorak Current Intensity chart - from NOAA OSPO

WMO Tropical Cyclone Programme - incl reports and other publications
» Tropical Cyclone Forecaster Website
» Global Guide to Tropical Cyclone Forecasting

 

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