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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.
Initially, their names were retired for 10 years, after which time they could be reintroduced; however, in 1969, the policy was changed to have the names retired permanently. In 1977, the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) transferred control of the naming lists to the Hurricane Committee.
Tropical cyclone forecasting is the science of forecasting where a tropical cyclone's center, and its effects, are expected to be at some point in the future. There are several elements to tropical cyclone forecasting: track forecasting, intensity forecasting, rainfall forecasting, storm surge, tornado, and seasonal forecasting.
www.ncep.noaa.gov Not to be confused with National Centers for Environmental Information . The United States National Centers for Environmental Prediction ( NCEP ) delivers national and global weather, water, climate and space weather guidance, forecasts , warnings and analyses to government agencies and private users.
Read became Deputy Director of the Tropical Prediction Center (TPC), which includes the National Hurricane Center and two other divisions, in Miami, Florida, in August 2007 until he was selected for the position of director in January 2008 and served until June 4, 2012 when relieved by Richard Knabb. [4]
AOC houses 10 NOAA aircraft, including the Hurricane Hunters. It is the home of the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center, which houses multiple light aircraft, and three Hurricane Hunters aircraft. This base plays a large role every hurricane season, supporting NOAA flights in and around tropical cyclones for research and forecasting.
The Weather Prediction Center (WPC), located in College Park, Maryland, is one of nine service centers under the umbrella of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), a part of the National Weather Service (NWS), which in turn is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. Government.
NOAA Technical Memorandum. Miami: National Hurricane Center. NWS TPC-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 16, 2008; Bossak, Brian (26 March 2003). Early 19th century U.S. hurricanes: a GIS tool and climate analysis (PDF) (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). Florida State University