Ray's Quick View South Florida Weather Page

My collection of some of the best hurricane and weather sites around.  These have stood the test of time.  Beware of weather sites to hurricane information from Florida State University weather dept.  In years past, as the storm approached, the access to the public was abruptly cut off about 36 hours before the storm hit!  Imagine my surprise!  These sites have usually been available throughout the storm period.  Again, your experience may vary.

The Sites:

Another Great Weather Site (Thanks Buck!) www.crownweather.com 

although a little slow to load recently, Crown weather is a powerhouse of current information.  

Tide information is here!

Webcams!

(no, not weather, but related... Traffic Cams South Florida)

National Data Buoy Center (south florida)  also NDBC WorldWide  and of specific interest LONF1 from Long Key, Florida.

The National Hurricane Center
National Hurricane Center Forecast Tracks
Hurricane models at the South Florida Water Management District's tropical storm tracking and prediction unit.  PICTURE AT RIGHT NOT LIVE! Click on the link to 'Storm08' etc. at the top of the page... (rc)
Miami Radar with links to National Weather Service pages including Radar, Satellite, UV, Visual and Vapor.  Similarly, check out Key West Radar  Great Weather page. Bravo to the the NWS and NOAA for this accomplishment! Also check out the Miami Weather Homepage clicking on to the Key West Area and get the text forcast for Craig Key.
WindGuru wind prediction Charts (Islamorada Edition)
GFS animations from Air Resources Laboratory of NOAA
National Weather Composite (click on photo for looped version)
Southeast US Loop
Weather Underground WunderMap
Weather Underground Seasurface Temperature
Unisys Weather Server. Great link for weather satellite imagery.  Check out GEOS-8 as well as the Hemisphere Water Vapor (for all these images, you can choose from the buttons at the top of page, the Image type,  Region, Time or a loop of 3 or 12 hours)
Univ of Hawaii (picture at right is NOT LIVE!)Great color GEOS-8 pictures GIF Loop of Bahamas-Cuba Java Loop of Bahamas-Cuba Archive of Past storms/times/dates
Intellicast World Satellite Picture (watch where the line around the equator suggests where the storms will occur and follow...)
My Old Weather Page (including Links to sea surface temperature and  higher resolution imaging)

Tide Information:

A pretty good site for tide information, including tide charts and graphs (configure the buttons for a graphic representation) is here: http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/

links to specific areas:

U.S. Lower East Coast (North Carolina through Florida Keys)

Hillsboro Inlet (ocean)

Lake Worth, Port of Palm Beach

Channel Two, west side, Hawk Channel

Channel Five, west side, Hawk Channel

Long Key Bight, Long Key