Tracking Hurricanes in the classroom using Realtime Data.

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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