Retired Hurricane Names

I saw a story today that said three names were added the retired hurricane names list. Over the last 55 years, only 14 of those have not had at least one storm named retired. 2008 had three names retired: Gustav, Ike, and Paloma. With the addition of the three names from last season, it brings the grand total to 73 retired storm names. 2005 had the most retired storm names with five total. Interesting stuff. The names added to the list will be replaced with Gonzalo, Isaias and Paulette. They will come up in 2014.

Behind The Scenes of Vortex 2

From The Weather Channel, featuring a few videos of behind the scenes of VORTEX2.

http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?from=email&bcpid=823503751&bclid=19052817001&bctid=22598664001

http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?from=email&bcpid=823503751&bclid=19052817001&bctid=22791469001


http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?from=email&bcpid=823503751&bclid=19052817001&bctid=24051922001

NOAA NWS GOES-R

NOAA has announced the contract winner to build the next generation weather satellite. The GOES-R program has chosen Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. to build two of the new satellites. The real exciting news about the GOES-R is the increased resolution that they will provide. They will double the charity and will provide 20 times the amount of information. To read the press release and learn more about the GOES-R program, check out their website. GOES-R Program Site