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Old 01-07-2009, 05:08 AM
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Thanks Rhoody. I use the PAGASA site as well as:

Japan Meteorological Agency

which is the URL of the Japanese Meteorological Agency, and

https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.php

which is the US Navy's Joint Warning Ctr in Hawaii, The URL frequently does not come up. One of the major problems in the Pacific is the competition or perpetual "pissing contest" amongst the various national agencies over naming of the storms, which (all too) frequently change names as they cross reporting boundaries.

The Eastern Pacific and the Atlantic have no such problems, since all the nations involved co-operate, even Cuba. The communist regime even tolerates overflight by US hurricane hunter aircraft without trying to shoot them down. Northerly Canada has a hurricane warning center which is active during the annual season.
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