Hurricane Information Page  for Okeechobee Area residents

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Quick Links:   Local weather Information    Tropical Storm Preparation     2007 Storm season    Storm Effect archives

Weather Information:
  For National Hurricane Center's  tropical storm webpage       click here. 
National Weather Service forecasts for: Rural Okeechobee or Okeechobee City

Florida Automated Weather Network Homepage

 FAWN:  Florida Automated Weather Network (UF/IFAS)
UF Tropical Weather webpage: http://www.ufl.edu/weather/hurricane.html 

Hurricane Warning FlagsPreparing for the storm

Web Link for Livestock and Pet information from FDACS Division of Animal Industry:

http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/ai/adc/adc_emerg_manag_links.shtmlAtlantic Hurricane

NASA hurricane photo    UF/IFAS Disaster Handbook

                        Trees & Hurricanes website  

 UF/IFAS SolutionsForYourLife: Disaster Preparation & Recovery Website 

 

2007-08 Hurricane information
2008 Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Forecast - information available in May
NOAA 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook Update   Issued: 9 August 2007
13-16 named storms,    7-9 hurricanes,     and 3-5 major hurricanes.  
 
Philip J. Klotzbach and William M. Gray,  April  2007 Dr. Gray's 2007 Tropical Storm prediction 
 
December 8,  2006 preliminary report: Extended Range Forecast of Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Activity and U.S. Landfall Strike Probability for 2007

14 Named Storms (average is 9.6)    7 Hurricanes   (average is 5.9)     3 Intense Hurricanes  (Category 3-4-5)(average is 2.3)
    
   70 Named Storm Days (average is 49.1)    35 Hurricane Days (average is 24.5)    8 Intense Hurricane Days (average is 5.0)
2008 Names:   Arthur    Bertha     Cristobal     Dolly     Edouard     Fay     Gustav     Hanna     Ike     Josephine     Kyle     Laura     Marco     Nana     Omar     Paloma     Rene     Sally     Teddy     Vicky     Wilfred
El Niño? or El No-Show?  a discussion of how this may have effected our weather...

Storm Effect Archives:

2006 Hurricane Season:  

Reports from  National Hurricane Center (Miami)   Dr. Gray's 2006 predictions  (Colorado State University)

Hurricane Photos taken by Okeechobee Extension staff:

2005 Photos of Wilma in Belle Glade       2004-05 Hurricane effects

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