Hurricane Felix - North Atlantic Hurricane Season 1995

Welcome to the most comprehensive Felix site on the Web!
From Ballooning Online! in Raleigh, NC USA!
Last update of this page: 19 August 1995 - 0330 UTC (11:30pm EDT, 18 Aug.).

Great News! All Hurricane & Tropical Storms Watches & Warnings have been dropped.

Discussion from Eric at Ballooning Online: Great News (I think)! Felix is moving off to the east-south-east and should move farther out to sea. There is some suggestion that Felix may again become nearly stationary, and may even get a westerly component in a few days, but of course, there are no guarantees. I will continue to track it here until it becomes extratropical or dissipates, so check by every so often.

Also, if any other tropical systems develop that appear as if they may hit land, I will put together a page on that system here at Ballooning Online! So, check back when you want to follow these tropical systems!

Satellite Images

From Intellicast: Regional Satellite Image (~18k), Low-Res Atlantic IR Image (~70k), 4km IR Image (~175k), and 2km Visible Image (~90k).
Enhanced GOES-8 Image (~230k).
From UW-SSEC: AVHRR Color Composite of Felix (~450k), Closeup IR Image (GOES-8), Visible (GOES-8), Infra-Red (GOES-8), and Water Vapor (GOES-8) Satellite Images. The last 3 are fairly large GIF images (>700k), but are well worth the wait.

Radar Images

Regional Radar (NOWRAD+) from Intellicast: Boston, MA (~30k), New York, NY (~30k), Washington, DC (~30k).
Regional Radar Summaries (NOWRAD+) from Intellicast: Boston, MA (~30k), New York, NY (~30k), Washington, DC (~30k).

Latest Advisories & Forecasts

Latest Public Advisory: Ohio State, Florida State, National Hurricane Center
Latest Marine Advisory: Ohio State, Florida State, National Hurricane Center
Lastest Tropical Discussion: Ohio State, Florida State, National Hurricane Center
Latest Strike Probabilities: Ohio State, Florida State, National Hurricane Center
Huracan Felix Advertencia

Reconnaissance Reports

Here's how to decode recon reports.
Coded Reconnaissance Data Messages Ohio State, Florida State, National Hurricane Center
Detailed Vortex Data Messages: Ohio State, Florida State, National Hurricane Center
Dropsonde Data Messages Ohio State, Florida State, National Hurricane Center
Supplementary Vortex Data Messages Ohio State, Florida State, National Hurricane Center
Reconnaissance Schedule Ohio State, Florida State, National Hurricane Center

Storm Track & Strike Probabilities (Charts)

NW Atlantic Tracking Chart
Tracking Latitude & Longitude Pairs
IGES has some great maps including: Forecast Track & Strike Probabilities, Winds & High Seas, and Model Forecast Tracks.
Storm Track and Strike Probabilities from Intellicast.

Aviation, Coast Guard, and other Surface Reports

No information at this time. If Felix makes another approach towards land, I'll add these.

Current Surface Weather Maps

Several interesting items from Automated Weather Sources in the watch area: Maximum Wind Gusts, Daily Rainfall, Rate of change in Barametric Pressure, Wind Direction, and Text Summary of Weather Data (neat).
Ship & Buoy Reports (alternate) (I didn't realize how many ships hang around these storms!
Regional weather map from N.C. State Meteorology.
Satellite/Radar composite map of the United States.
Northeastern U.S. Surface Map.
Mid-Atlantic Data Plot from Purdue.
Current Weather Map from COLA: Northeast USA

Local Weather Details

North Carolina weather
South Carolina weather
Virginia weather

Current Upper Level Wind Charts

Purdue University: [ 850 MB | 700 MB | 500 MB | 300 MB | 200 MB ]
The University of Illinois: [ 850 MB | 700 MB | 500 MB | 300 MB | 200 MB ]

Other Related Information

Today's High & Low Tides from The Daily Press, in Newport News, VA.

Newsgroups Talking About Felix

biz.listsrv.wx-talk
ne.weather
sci.geo.meteorology

Ballooning Online!

Eric E. Goodson eric@nando.net
Created: 9 August 1995 - Last update: 18 August 1995.