I started making one but found this:

http://flhurricane.com/googlemap.php?2005s12

They also have RSS feeds with Lat/Long, which is what I lacked when I tried my map hack.

I was getting errors, slowness this morning (expected with a fan site such as this during a BIG storm).

http://flhurricane.com

But it seems a little overloaded at the moment.

That's nice. I'm looking for one that's got the satellite or doppler information.

- A

not exactly hurricane data but still a nice view

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA7

Ever heard of this invention called TV?

"Ever heard of this invention called TV?"

I got that sensation the other day when I realized how much more efficient the phone is for getting quick info or help, compared to email...

What can Google Maps do with this that a regular satellite/radar map, which I'm sure you can get from several sources, cannot?

Robert, pinpoint locations, zoom, easily pan, create links to specific addresses, provide directions -- in short, all the things that google maps does that a satellite/radar map does not.

- A

I've actually always wondered why neither Google Maps, Earth, NASA's World Wind don't hook up with weather data live. I can't imagine it could be terribly difficult especially considering the other overlays World Wind can do. That kind of real-time layering is an awesome capability. I was watching streaming video from a New Orleans station before storm hit and was simultaneously cruising around World Wind and Google Maps to get oriented as to the areas people were talking about. It's a powerful way to bring yourself a little closer to the action.

A little late and maybe not exactly what you were looking for, but this is pretty neat: http://compooter.org/sandbox/code/google/hurricane/atlantic/

Limulus, that's a great link. I wonder if NOAA has seen that tool? I bet they wouldn't mind making use of it. Now we just need to get some satellite mappage over it and all would be in sync. Did I just say "in sync"?

~ Kevin

Google Earth (http://earth.google.com). Has overlays for new orleans too at http://eatrh.google.com/kartina.html.

This is late and also not exactly what you wanted but I'd suggest using Naval Research Lab Monterey's Tropical Storm pages at http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.htm, their tracks haven't been wrong in the whole time I've been watching them, which is a couple of years now. They're the only place that actually got Ivan's track right last year, and their NexSat feature at http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/nexsat_pages/nexsat_home.html also has access to very hard to find sattelite images, like a great deal of stuff from Polar orbiting sattelites.