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

 

Last Edited: 20090118

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2008 Atlantic Hurricane Names
Arthur	Hanna	Omar
Bertha	Ike	Paloma
Cristobal	Josephine	Rene
Dolly	Kyle	Sally
Edouard	Laura	Teddy
Fay	Marco	Vicky
Gustav	Nana	Wilfred

 

Last Edited: 20080831

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The NWS for Dallas/Fort Worth has kindly put together some basic informational charts, well, thought I would share the links, since not everyone has this kind of information just stored in their head. Okay, you might, but I don’t. ;)

So, here we go:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/?n=met_calc

And if you are looking specifically for Wind Conversion Chart (KTS to MPH or MPH to KTS even), here is the chart for that:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/cwwd/msd/publicmarine/misc/windconv.htm

Here is list of charts/tables that I found there:

• Heat Index Charts
  • By Temperature / Dewpoint
  • By Temperature / Humidity
• Wind Chill Chart
• Temperature Conversion Charts
  • -50°C to +5°C
  • -5°C to +50°C
• Wind Speed Conversion Chart ( The separate link above )
• Weather Conversion Utility
• And a couple of other items as well!

And for those of you who are a little slow on converting (okay, I really did it for me, but makes me feel better to think that I am not the only one) zulu time to local time, here is link to conversion chart.

• http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/zulu-utc.html

Edit: added zulu conversion link

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Here is where I’ll add little tidbits that I’ve learned along the way.

Tidbits

• Not all strong updrafts produce large hail, but all hail is produced by strong updrafts.
• Just because there is no funnel cloud (condensation cloud), it does not mean there is no tornado. Some tornadoes can only be visually detected because of their strong rotation at the cloud base, and because of the debris cloud near or on the ground. With other tornadoes, there might be no debris or very little, so little or no debris cloud will be seen.

Glossary

• Updraft: a small-scale current of rising air.
• Tornado: a violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground, extending from the base of a thunderstorm.
• Condensation Funnel / Funnel Cloud: a funnel-shaped cloud associated with rotation and made from condensed water droplets.
• Debris Cloud: a rotating ‘cloud’ of dust & debris, near or on the ground, surrounding the base of a tornado.

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