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Monitoring Atlantic Hurricane Potential
 
NOAA's Atlantic Hurricane Outlook
 

NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) works in close collaboration with NOAA's National Hurricane Center and the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory to produce seasonal Atlantic hurricane outlooks and climate summaries of recent past hurricane seasons. The current atmospheric and oceanic conditions over the tropical North Atlantic are summarized in the links below.

Variables Observed
Atmospheric Level (h-Pa)
Heights & IR Temperatures  
Heights & Wind Speed  
Heights & Vorticity  
Winds SFC | 850 | 700 | 600 | 200
Streamlines & IR Temperatures  
Divergence 850 | 200
Vertical Velocity  
Vertical Shear 200-850
Vertical Shear & IR Temperatures  
Precipitable Water 1000
Heights 1000 | 850 | 700 | 600 | 500 | 200
Streamfunction 200
Velocity Potential 200
Sea Surface Temperatures Surface

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