weather.com to Offer Hurricane Tracking Software; Web Site Allows Users to Track the Eye of the Storm.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2000 weather.com, the world's leading source of weather on the Web and the official site of The Weather Channel(R), is the perfect site for anyone who is interested in tracking tropical storms -- from armchair meterologists to those who find themselves in the storm's path. With Hurricane Season Hurricane season refers to a period in a year when hurricanes usually form. For more information see: Tropical cyclone#Times of formation. For a lists of past seasons, see:
Tracking The Eye 2000 allows users to track a current storm as it develops. For a yearly subscription fee -- $24.95 for the first year and $9.95 for each subsequent consecutive the program will automatically retrieve the most up-to-date hurricane coordinates from the National Hurricane Center The U.S. National Hurricane Center, located at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, is the division of National Weather Service's Tropical Prediction Center responsible for tracking and predicting the likely behavior of tropical depressions, tropical storms and in order to build a digital hurricane track. The software allows subscribers to access weather.com, without leaving the tracking program, for further updates on breaking weather or to access additional forecasts. "Tracking The Eye 2000 is a great addition to weather.com's extensive list of interactive products and services," said Todd Walrath, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for weather.com. "While users can always find detailed information about hazardous weather conditions by logging on to weather.com, this software allows them to go one step further -- actually tracking a storm as it develops." This program also offers a graphical analysis of wind speeds and pressure, shows how the storm rates on the Saffir-Simpson scale Saffir-Simpson scale (săf`ər–), standard scale for rating the severity of hurricanes as a measure of the damage they cause; it is based on observations of numerous North Atlantic Basin hurricanes. , and predicts its damage potential. When users are not watching an active storm, they can review the tracks of past hurricanes. Tracking the Eye 2000 includes tracks of more than 750 hurricanes of the 20th Century. weather.com also provides updates on all tropical systems in their Tropical Update section at weather.com/weather_center/trop_season and alerts users of other severe and potentially dangerous weather conditions in its Storm Watch section at weather.com/weather_center/storm_watch. About weather.com weather.com, The Weather Channel(R) Web site, is the world's leading source of weather on the Web. weather.com is consistently ranked the top single-content site on the Web by Media Metrix and the number one news and information site by Nielsen Net Ratings. Averaging 300 million page views and 14 million unique users per month, the weather.com network offers comprehensive forecasts for more than 77,000 locations worldwide and provides relevant content to help users plan for everyday life. Additionally, weather.com is the leading provider of broadband and wireless weather products accessible through high-speed Internet See broadband. services, phones, pagers, Palm Pilots, and other personal digital assistants. Partnerships include America Online See AOL. , ESPN.com, ABCNews.com, Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. , Nokia, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. , and Palm Computing. |
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