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The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is the division of the United States' NOAA/National Weather Service responsible for tracking and predicting tropical weather systems between the Prime Meridian and the 140th meridian west poleward to the 30th parallel north in the northeast Pacific Ocean and the 31st parallel north in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
In 2007, Franklin, along with twenty-two other staff members, signed a letter to remove its current director, William Proenza, stating “The effective functioning of the National Hurricane Center is at stake.”. [19] The staff were critical of Proenza's unscientific claim over the impact of a weather satellite on forecasting performance. [20]
Edward Neil "Ed" Rappaport (born November 18, 1957) [1] served as the acting director of the National Hurricane Center from 2007 to 2008 and again from 2017 to 2018. He replaced former director Bill Proenza on July 9, 2007.
Mike Brennan earned his bachelor’s, master’s and PhD from N.C. State University. He has been with the center for 15 years.
The National Hurricane Center is tracking three tropical disturbances in the Atlantic, two of which have a medium chance of strengthening into tropical depressions or storms in the coming days.
The National Hurricane Center is tracking three disturbances — in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea and in the eastern Atlantic, according to the 2 p.m. Labor Day update. Track all active ...
Bill Proenza was born in New York, and raised in Florida. He graduated from Florida State University.He joined the National Hurricane Center in 1963 and 1964, becoming a reconnaissance meteorologist from 1965 through 1967. [4]
He was hired as a consultant for the National Hurricane Center in 1983, providing warning information in Spanish for the radio and television press. He obtained his MSc degree in 1987 at the University of Miami and became a forecaster at the NHC, graduating to hurricane specialist in 1989. Continuing his studies further, he obtained a PhD in 1993.