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The National Hurricane Center is responsible for tracking tropical systems in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and providing watches and warnings when storms threaten land areas. Its ultimate mission is to save lives and help protect property. The hurricane center is located on the campus of Florida International University in western Miami-Dade County. Jurisdictionally speaking, it falls under the National Weather Service, which comes under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA, in turn, answers to the U.S. Department of Commerce. The center has 10 primary tropical meteorologists, who are called hurricane specialists. During the Atlantic hurricane season, f...
The National Hurricane Center is responsible for tracking tropical systems in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and providing watches and warnings when storms threaten land areas. Its ultimate mission is to save lives and help protect property. The hurricane center is located on the campus of Florida International University in western Miami-Dade County. Jurisdictionally speaking, it falls under the National Weather Service, which comes under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA, in turn, answers to the U.S. Department of Commerce. The center has 10 primary tropical meteorologists, who are called hurricane specialists. During the Atlantic hurricane season, from June 1 through Nov. 30, they write advisories any time a system strengthens into a tropical depression. Once a system develops sustained winds of 39 mph, it is designated a tropical storm and given a name. A tropical storm becomes a hurricane with sustained winds of 74 mph. Advisories, which provide a storm's strength, position and projected track, are written every six hours, released at 5 a.m. and 11 a.m., and at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Eastern time. They are provided more often when a storm is approaching land. Hurricane specialists rely heavily on computer models for guidance on how to craft their advisories. The models, in turn, are fed atmospheric information derived from satellites, radar, ocean buoys and reconnaissance aircraft. Historically speaking, tracking tropical storms was originally the responsibility of the National Weather Service in Miami, Florida. As of 1965, the Miami weather office established the National Hurricane Center as part of its internal workings. In 1984, the hurricane center was broken out as its own entity. It had been housed in a building on the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables and later in a building across the street from the university before it moved into its current facility in 1995. In its history, the hurricane center has had nine directors: Gordon Dunn (1965-1967) Robert Simpson (1967-1973) Neil Frank (1973-1987) Bob Sheets (1987-1995) Bob Burpee (1996-1997) Jerry Jarrell (1998-2000) Max Mayfield (2000-2007) Bill Proenza (2007) In 2007, the center experienced internal tumult, shortly after Proenza was installed as director. Proenza angered his superiors when he publicly warned the inevitable demise of a weather satellite would cause hurricane forecasts to suffer. At the same time, he alienated many on his staff, who felt he had undermined public confidence in the center. Despite support from some members of Congress, Proenza was removed from the position after only seven months on the job. He was later returned to his previous job as head of the National Weather Service Southern Region in Fort Worth, Texas. Currently, NOAA is in the process of selecting a new director. Ed Rappaport, the center's deputy director, has been named acting director in the interim.
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Glenn Schwartz
Staff reporterGlenn "Hurricane" Schwartz was named NBC 10's chief meteorologist on November 28, 2002, and in the same year, he co-authored The Philadelphia Area Weather Book. Schwartz joined NBC 10 in October 1995. Prior to that, he worked as the meteorologist for...Tags: Weather Reports, Lehigh Valley Weather, Science and Technology, Television, Tropical Weather
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Bud tames to tropical storm off Mexico's Pacific coast
MIAMI (AP) -- Forecasters say the system that was once powerful Hurricane Bud has tamed to a tropical storm as it headed toward a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico's Pacific coast. The National Hurricane Center in...Tags: Weather Warnings, Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, National Government, Tropical Weather
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If Tropical Storm Beryl forms, it will be a rare event
The last time two tropical storms formed before the official June 1 start of hurricane season, Theodore Roosevelt was president and the year was 1908. It appears set to happen again 104 years later, as a disturbance off Florida's east coast was given a...Tags: Tropical Storms, Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Theodore Roosevelt, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Disturbance off Florida could become Tropical Storm Beryl
Sun SentinelThe tropical disturbance off Florida’s east coast likely will grow into a tropical depression or storm over the weekend and possibly as soon as Friday. As of 3 p.m. on Friday, the National Hurricane Center gave the broad area of low pressure an...Tags: Tropical Storms, Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Theodore Roosevelt
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Weekend forecast: Fewer storms, more heat
Fire up the backyard barbecue. After a few gray rainy days, largely the result of a tropical disturbance near the state's east coast, South Florida should see fewer storms and more heat over the long holiday weekend, the National Weather Service in Miami...
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The CT Claims Tally For Irene: $235M; Forecast For 2012 Is Quieter
Eight months later, the tally from Tropical Storm Irene is in: As of May 1, insurance companies paid a total of $235 million on more than 60,000 claims in Connecticut related to damage from Irene, according to the state Insurance Department. That's big...
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Hurricane Bud to Slam Mexico's Southwest Coast
CNNMiami -- Authorities warned people along Mexico's southwestern coast to get ready for Hurricane Bud, a pounding storm expected to smack land Friday night. The hurricane -- now a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph -- could drench...Tags: Weather Warnings, Tropical Storms, Weather Reports, Natural Disasters, Hurricanes
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Forecasters predict near-normal Atlantic hurricane season
Conditions in the atmosphere and the ocean favor a near-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin this season, NOAA announced today from Miami at its Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, and home to the Hurricane Research Division....
Tags: Tropical Storms, Research, Hurricanes, Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Weather
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NOAA predicts 4-8 hurricanes for 2012 season
Hampton Roads residents can expect a "near-normal" hurricane season, according to a forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For the six-month season, which runs June 1-Nov. 30, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center said Thursday...
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Disturbance near Florida strengthening
Sun SentinelAn expansive disturbance centered over the Keys and Florida Straits appears to be getting better defined and could become a tropical storm over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center said. The next named storm will be Beryl, as Tropical Storm Alberto...Tags: Tropical Storms, Natural Disasters
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Forecasters predict subdued hurricane season
Forecasters are expecting the fewest Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms since 2009, particularly if the weather phenomenon El Niņo develops by the heart of the hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting...
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NOAA: 4 to 8 hurricanes this season; disturbance bringing rain to South Florida
Sun SentinelGovernment forecasters are calling for an average or slightly below average storm season, with 9 to 15 named storms, including four to eight hurricanes. They project that one to three of the hurricanes will be major, with winds greater than 110 mph.The...Tags: Tropical Storms, Weather Reports, Hurricanes, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Tropical Weather
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