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The new director of the National Hurricane Center, under fire from staff members who wanted him ousted, said Friday that he won't resign and that the disagreements can be resolved. Director Bill Proenza replaced Max Mayfield in January. On Thursday, 23 employees - about half his staff - urged the government to removed him immediately. "We may have some disagreements in the philosophy of making changes at the hurricane center in the future as far as what we want for new capability, new science and technology," Proenza said in a phone interview. "Does that justify removing someone?" The senior...

Three senior forecasters at the National Hurricane Center called Tuesday for the ouster of recently appointed director Bill Proenza, saying he has damaged public confidence in their forecasts, fractured morale and lost their support. ''I don't think that Bill can continue here,'' said James Franklin, one of five senior forecasters at the center. ``I don't think he can be an effective leader.'' Two others -- Richard Pasch and Rick Knabb -- told The Miami Herald that they concur. ''We need a change of leadership here at the hurricane center,'' Pasch said. ``It's pretty much as simple as that.'' The open...

SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1150 AM EDT THU MAY 31 2007 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA... SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND ADJACENT LAND AREAS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COZUMEL MEXICO. ALTHOUGH THIS SYSTEM HAS SOME POTENTIAL FOR TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO...THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WHERE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WOULD LIKELY FAVOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AS A NON-TROPICAL LOW. REGARDLESS OF DEVELOPMENT...THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BRING HEAVY RAINS ACROSS WESTERN...

BARBARA CONTINUES TO GENERATE A CLUSTER OF STRONG CONVECTION WITH TOPS COLDER THAN -80C NEAR THE CENTER...ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO RECENT MICROWAVE IMAGERY TO SHOW THE EXACT CONVECTIVE STRUCTURE. SATELLITE INTENSITY ESTIMATES ARE 45 KT FROM TAFB AND 35 KT FROM SAB. BASED ON THIS...THE INITIAL INTENSITY REMAINS 40 KT. MICROWAVE IMAGES FROM 00Z-03Z SUGGEST THE CENTER WAS A LITTLE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY POSITION...SO THE INITIAL POSITION FOR THIS ADVISORY IS NUDGED THAT WAY. THIS YIELDS A HIGHLY UNCERTAIN INITIAL MOTION OF 130/2. BARBARA IS EMBEDDED IN THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE EXTENDING FROM A DISTURBANCE...

WASHINGTON — One day after its hurricane forecasters complained of budget cuts, the head of the National Weather Service and his deputy announced they will retire next month. David Johnson, the director, and John Jones, the deputy director, plan to bow out at the end of June, according to an internal memo they sent Friday to staff of the nation's weather agency. On Thursday, the AP reported that the director of the Miami-based National Hurricane Center, which is part of the weather service, believes the government is wasting millions of dollars on advertising while shortchanging his hurricane forecasters' budget. Bill...

The first named storm of the year formed Wednesday off the southeastern U.S. coast, more than three weeks before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters said. Subtropical Storm Andrea had top sustained winds around 45 mph Wednesday morning and didn't appear to be much of a threat, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Still, a tropical storm watch was issued for parts of Georgia and Florida, meaning tropical storm conditions are possible within 36 hours. "We're not looking at this system strengthening significantly," said Richard Pasch, a senior hurricane specialist at the center. "We're not viewing...

SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 950 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2007 A NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...CENTERED ABOUT 230 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS...HAS BEEN MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS SYSTEM IS PRODUCING GALE-FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY SURF ALONG THE COASTS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CAROLINA...AND GEORGIA...WITH STRONGER WINDS OFFSHORE. ASSOCIATED SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED SINCE YESTERDAY...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT STRENGTHENING OF THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED. THE LOW IS BEING MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF TROPICAL OR SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT...AND AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO...

The grandfatherly visage of Max Mayfield that became familiar to millions during the frenzied 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons won't be alerting folks in 2007. Bill Proenza, 62, a dark-haired veteran of the Weather Service, will follow Mayfield, who is retiring from his post as head of the National Hurricane Center on Jan. 3, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez announced Tuesday. Proenza is a new face but he's not new to weather. He has spent 41 years with the Weather Service and currently heads its Southern Region. Proenza said Tuesday that his priorities are continuing Mayfield's public outreach work and...

The National Hurricane Center has discontinued hurricane watches for all of Florida as of 8 p.m. Tuesday night. A tropical storm warning remains in effect from Englewood on Florida's west coast southward to Altahama Sound in Georgia. This area includes all of the Florida Keys and Lake Okeechobee. A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected in the area in about 12 to 24 hours. A tropical storm watch is in effect for the area north of Englewood to Tarpon Springs....

http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060820/BREAKINGNEWS/60820003 As the Atlantic hurricane season nears its peak period, forecasters said today the tropics were quiet. Tropical storm formation is not expected through Monday, National Hurricane Center meteorologists said today. The weak low pressure system that had been threatening Florida has moved inland over southeastern Georgia and is no longer a concern, forecasters said. A rather quiet season so far The Atlantic basin has been eerily quiet as mid-August arrives with a relatively tame hurricane season in place so far. - snip -

BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032006 1100 PM AST MON JUL 31 2006 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS NEAR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS... AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENTS OF FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES HAVE ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE ISLANDS OF SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. MAARTEN/ST. MARTIN...AND ST. BARTHELEMY. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING WITH LITTLE ADVANCE NOTICE COULD BE REQUIRED FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...ANGUILLA...ST. KITTS... NEVIS...AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS EARLY TUESDAY...

MIAMI - Hurricane forecasters now say conditions are right for a low-pressure area off Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico to intensify, become better organized and possibly form into a tropical depression. That word from the National Hurricane Center in Miami at 11:30 a.m. Earlier today, the hurricane center just made a passing mention of the shower activity in the western gulf. As of late morning, the Miami forecasters say monitoring equipment on buoys in the gulf have picked up wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph. "A tropical depression could develop during the next day or so if...

BOSTON (AP) -- The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Beryl has made landfall in Nantucket.

000 ABNT20 KNHC 172108 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 PM EDT MON JUL 17 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE AREA IN A FRONTAL ZONE EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE ATLANTIC. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER...ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS APPEAR SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR THIS SYSTEM TO GRADUALLY ACQUIRE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...AND A POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TO FORM DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE...

DISSENSION CANNOT BE TOLERATED The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (the NOAA) is best known as the government agency that runs the National Weather Service and forecasts the weather. In addition to that, the NOAA charts and observes changes in the Earth's environment. Then there's also the NHC...the National Hurricane Center. These folks are the ones that go on TV and tell us about hurricanes whenever one is bearing down. Have you heard? Al Gore has a film out there called "An Inconvenient Truth." This film says that Hurricane Katrina was the fault of global warming .. and that global...

000 WTPZ31 KNHC 280245 TCPEP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ALETTA ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP012006 800 PM PDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ...ALETTA MOVING LITTLE... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM PUNTA MALDONADO WESTWARD TO TECPAN DE GALEANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM EAST OF PUNTA MALDONADO EASTWARD TO PUERTO ESCONDIDO...AND FROM WEST OF TECPAN DE GALEANA...

I apologize for the caps, but it seems this isn't available anywhere besides NHC: Tropical Weather Summary 000 ABNT30 KNHC 011328 TWSAT MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 8 AM EDT THU DEC 1 2005 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE 2005 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON IS THE MOST ACTIVE ON RECORD. TWENTY-SIX NAMED TROPICAL STORMS FORMED...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 21 SET BACK IN 1993. THIRTEEN STORMS BECAME HURRICANES... BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 12 SET BACK IN 1969. SEVEN OF THE HURRICANES BECAME MAJOR HURRICANES...CATEGORY THREE OR HIGHER ON THE...

Storm #28 forms: Epsilon

A strong non-tropical low is centered about 1000 miles WSW of the Azores Islands. The storm appears close to acquiring tropical characteristics, so it could become Tropical Storm Delta at any time. It would, however, offer no immediate threat to any land areas.

000 WONT41 KNHC 181400 DSAAT SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 900 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2005 SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT SHOWER ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWENTY-SEVEN HAS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED NEAR THE NORTHERN COAST OF HONDURAS. IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE...A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR TROPICAL STORM COULD FORM LATER TODAY. IF ADVISORIES ARE RE-INITIATED...WATCHES AND WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN COAST AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS...AND INTERESTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. EVEN IF NO ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OCCURS...HEAVY RAINS WILL BE...