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Weather Information:
   For National Hurricane Center's  tropical storm webpage  click here. 
  Okeechobee Co. Emergency Management  Information   Click here

 

Stormpulse.com is a  webpage with impressive graphics showing Tropical storm tracks.  Note that Stormpulse.com is not an official weather source; it should not be your sole source for official advisories, discussions, watches, or warnings. By using this site you are agreeing to their Terms of Service.
National Weather Service forecasts for: Rural Okeechobee or Okeechobee City

Florida Automated Weather Network Homepage

 FAWN:  Florida Automated Weather Network (UF/IFAS)
 Wild Fire Alert:  

                                   Click on FDACS  Daily Wildfire Report  for details
UF Tropical Weather webpage: http://www.ufl.edu/weather/hurricane.html 

Sign Image of Hurricane PreparednessHurricane Warning FlagsPreparing for the storm:

 2009 Hurricane Preparedness Week was held May 24th through May 30th.
Prepare your Pets and Livestock:   FDACS Press Release   Emergency Evacuation Waiver Of Animal Movement Requirements
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.shtml
  Trees & Hurricanes website   Atlantic Hurricane
UF/IFAS Disaster Handbook NASA hurricane photo
UF/IFAS SolutionsForYourLife:   Disaster Preparation & Recovery Website 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

                       

 

 

 

2009 Hurricane Information
2009 Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Forecasts:
NOAA Climate Prediction Center
___  Named Storms  (average is 11) 
___  Hurricanes     (average is 6)
___  Intense Hurricanes  (Category 3-4-5) (average is 2)
NOAA 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook Update will be issued in August. 
Philip J. Klotzbach and William M. Gray, Colorado State University:   April  7, 2009  Predictions
CSU Tropical Meteorology Project
55 Named Storm Days   (average is 49)
6  Hurricane Days   (average is 24.5) 
2 Intense Hurricane Days  (average is 5.0)

2009 Names:  Ana    Bill   Claudette   Danny   Erika   Fred   Grace   Henri   Ida   Joaquin   Kate   Larry   Mindy   Nicholas   Odette   Peter   Rose   Sam   Teresa   Victor   Wanda 
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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