Tuesday, November 30, 2010

North Atlantic Hurricane Season Ends Today

November 30 is the formal end of the hurricane season in the North Atlantic. Though the calendar says so, the hurricanes don't always notice. Witness the imfamous 2005 season, when they continued well into December, using Greek letters because the names were exhausted.

2010 was actually a very busy hurricane season in the North Atlantic. Fortunately, there were no major landfalls on US soil.

The TCPOD (Tropical Cyclone Plan Of the Day) is replaced by a WSPOD (Winter Storm Plan Of the Day) unless a TCPOD is needed for aerial weather recon tasking. The same WWW links work for both.

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NOUS42 KNHC 301400
WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS
CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL.
0900 AM EST TUE 30 NOVEMBER 2010
SUBJECT: TROPICAL CYCLONE PLAN OF THE DAY (TCPOD)
VALID 01/1100Z TO 02/1100Z DECEMBER 2010
TCPOD NUMBER.....10-182

I. ATLANTIC REQUIREMENTS
1. NEGATIVE RECONNAISSANCE REQUIREMENTS.
2. SUCCEEDING DAY OUTLOOK.....NEGATIVE.
3. REMARKS: THIS WILL BE THE LAST TCPOD OF THE
YEAR UNLESS CONDITIONS WARRANT OTHERWISE.

II. PACIFIC REQUIREMENTS
1. NEGATIVE RECONNAISSANCE REQUIREMENTS.
2. OUTLOOK FOR SUCCEEDING DAY....NEGATIVE.

NOTE: WINTER STORM REQUIREMENTS ARE NEGATIVE.
JWP