Tracking Hurricanes in the classroom using Realtime Data
Hurricanes are steered by global winds
Small high pressure over Bermuda Large high pressure over Bermuda
Atlantic Water Vapor Loop – shows circulation
Central America South America Africa A picture is taken 15 minutes before noon and 15 minutes before midnight (UT) with the last 5 days showing (12 pix in all) Hurricane Ivo off Baja
Hurricane Ivo Category I hurricane on Sep 19 th Winds dropped below 74 mph at 5:00 pm on Sep 21
Sep Category 1 hurricane here Ivo is moving in a northerly direction, not to the west
Tropical Depression currently in Gulf of Mexico