Tropical Cyclones

South Pacific Official Warnings and Forecasts

Fiji Meteorological Service - homepage
» RSMC Nadi - Fiji Warnings and Advisories (tropics area covering Eq-25S, 160E-120W)
» see also SW Pacific forecasts for the "Islands" Marine Bulletin

Australia Bureau of Meteorology - homepage
» Current Tropical Cyclones - with links to 3-day outlooks
» see also Weekly Tropical Climate Note (issued Tuesday afternoon)
» National Warnings Summary - including Ocean Wind Warnings
» High Seas Forecasts - NE and SE for western Tasman Sea

New Zealand MetService - homepage
» NZ MetService Marine Warnings (coastal and oceanic covering 25S-55S, 150E-120W)
» High Seas Forecasts - Subtropic, Forties, Pacific and Southern
» warnings/forecasts also listed at: Meteo France GMDSS - METAREA XIV

Text Bulletins

Grouped by issuing centre - Ohio State University
» Nadi = NFFN, Brisbane = ABRF, Darwin = ADRM, Perth = APRF, Wellington/Kelburn = NZKL
Grouped by header code - NOAA

FTP archive of tropical messages: Fiji and Australia

TC Data, Imagery and Tracks

NRL Tropical Cyclone Page - with warnings/tracks/imagery
Joint Typhoon Warning Centre - with forecast tracks (Pacific/Indian Oceans) (old site)
US National Hurricane Center - forecasts and advisories
WMO Severe Weather Information Centre - links to official obs+warnings

UK Met Office forecast tracks - S.Pacific & SE.Indian
NOAA Real-Time TC Products - with tracks, imagery and NWP data
NCEP Global Ensemble storm tracks - NOAA / NWS Environmental Modelling Center
TC track and intensity forecasts and guidance - for active TC's, from MIT
TC track and intensity guidance - for active storms, a different page from MIT

Uni of Wisconsin CIMSS - TC info and imagery
» including Advanced Dvorak Technique and real-time ADT Estimates - research product
NASA TRMM - Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TC rainfall analyses

Stormpulse - nice site to track Atlantic storms/hurricanes

Useful Monitoring Info

QuikSCAT Winds 25km also high-res 12km and storm centred imagery - from NOAA
ASCAT Winds 50km also higher-res 25km and storm centred imagery - from NOAA
CIMSS satellite derived real-time data: East Australia (MTSAT) and SE Pacific (GOES-W) - Wisconsin Uni.
» (old CIMSS links: East Australia and SE Pacific)

Cyclone Phase Evolution - analysis and forecasts from several global models
Maximum Potential Hurricane Intensity - maps of potential min pressure and max winds - COLA
Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential - NOAA / AOML
» or direct to Australian/Southwest Pacific maps
Global TC Probability in the next two weeks - EXPERIMENTAL product - Paul Roundy, Uni of Albany

Southern Oscillation Index and forecast ENSO conditions - BoM
Madden-Julian Oscillation Indices - NOAA (or lots of info from BoM)
Southern Hemisphere Blocking - NOAA

Pacific Island Websites

New Caledonia - forecasts and warnings in french from Météo-France
Western Samoa - forecasts and warnings
American Samoa - forecasts and warnings
Tonga - forecasts and warnings
Cook Islands - with forecasts
Tuvalu - with weather bulletin for Tuvalu issued by Nadi
French Polynesia - forecasts and warnings in french from Météo-France

Informative / Reference

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

Australia TC Intensity - from BoM, also with Beaufort Scale table and comparison with US category
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale - from US National Weather Service

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

Historical TC's in the Southern Hemisphere - via bom.gov.au

WMO Tropical Cyclone Programme - incl reports and other publications

 

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Tsunami

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center - bulletins/warnings issued on earthquakes of mag 6.5 or more
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

[see the Earth & Space page for earthquake info]