How To Track A Hurricane

Hurricane watches and warnings are issued when the storms get close to the U.S. You can track the progress of storms by listening to the coordinates given by your television meteorologists. Or you can regularly check on http://www.fema.gov/cgi-shl/kidsgoodbye.pl?url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ for the latest longitude and latitude locations issued by the National Hurricane Center.

I will be updating my Hurricane Tracker chart every 12-24 hours. I will be providing you with new corrdinates at 7 pm every night. Visit my blog to track each storms movement. You are welcomed to join along.
A copy of a tracking map can be found at:
http://secoora.org/classroom/hurricane/hurricane-tracking-chart.png

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What is a Hurricane?

Hurricanes are severe tropical storms that form in the southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean. They can be up to 600 miles across and have strong winds spiraling inward and upward at speeds of 74 to 155+ mph. The official hurricane season is from June 1 to November 30, but hurricanes can happen any time of the year.

Hurricanes gather heat and energy through contact with warm ocean waters. Evaporation from the seawater increases their power. Hurricanes rotate in a counter-clockwise direction around an "eye." The center of the storm or "eye" is the calmest part. It has only light winds and fair weather.