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Hurricanes
The Hurricanes feature shows the current position of a hurricane as well as its projected path (indicated
by a red line). The darkened squares that appear (as in the examples in the left-hand column below) along
the red line display the projected locations received from the National Hurricane Center. The Center provides
four forecasts at 12-hour intervals as well as a fi fth forecast at a 24-hour interval.
Weather Features
In the example above, this hurricane is projected to travel
West-Southwest before moving in a Northwesterly direction.
The example below shows Hurricane Charley’s projected
path through Florida in August 2004. Wind and storm cells
are also visible.
In this example, NEXRAD data, wave height, and wind are displayed in addition to Hurricane Charley in
August, 2004.
projected path (red line)
projected location (darkened square)
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