AOML/Hurricane Research Division
Flyers

We offer a number of informational flyers to the public covering a range of subjects, including hurricane aircraft, tracking charts, and storm mitigation. These can be downloaded and printed for handouts at hurricane-related public meetings.

• 1947 Grady Norton's "Hurricane Forecasting (A Soliloquy)"

• 1967 "Hurricanes" pamphlet

• 1977 "Project STORMFURY" pamphlet

• 2004 NOAA's P-3 aircraft schematic (from the Palm Beach Post)

• 2016 U.S. Government Agencies involved in monitoring, forecasting, and researching Atlantic Hurricanes

• 2015 Handout of Hurricane links of interest

• 2010 Listing of sections of our TCFAQ

• 2002 Hurricane Andrew Last Radar Scan and Fact Sheet

• 1992 A comparison between Hurricanes Floyd and Andrew

• 1989 An account of surviving Hurricane Hugo's storm surge

• NHC official Atlantic hurricane tracking chart

• A more colorful Atlantic hurricane tracking chart

Although we urge everyone to install certified hurricane shutters on their doors and windows, if you must resort to plywood shutters then these instructions will offer a better installation method than nailing them over openings.

• Instructions for building plywood window shutters

• Hurricane shutters FAQ

• Types of hurricane shutters

NOAA Hurricane Seasonal Outlooks

HRD participates in NOAA's annual effort to predict the amount of tropical cyclone activity for the coming Atlantic hurricane season. Below you will find links to an explanation of what factors NOAA uses in formulating its outlook as well the outlook itself and an archive of past efforts.

• What will the 2023 hurricane season be like?

• ¿Còmo serà la temporada de huracanes del 2023?

• Most current NOAA Atlantic Hurricane Outlook

• Archive of NOAA Atlantic Hurricane Outlook

Fujita Analyses

In the 1980s and 90s, Dr. Ted Fujita of the University of Chicago had a contract with NOAA to produce damage analyses of U.S. landfalling hurricanes. These analyses were printed as posters and made available to researchers. Below are scans of these posters. The red arrows indicate the direction of wind that caused visible debris and the length of the arrow the estimated strength of the wind on the Fujita scale. The are also contours with the estimated wind speed and the storm's track.

• 1983 Alicia

• 1984 Diana

• 1985 Elena

• 1989 Hugo

• 1992 Andrew

• 1992 Andrew (explanation)

• 1992 Iniki