Site Updates

We have reenabled Google Maps in the model system for the East Pacific and Central Pacific for active storms. There are less sites that have that data, so we decided to reenable it. It only applies to the latest run for active storms, not older runs or archived data for other storms. You can access the Google Maps link through the front page of the model system. It will be in the storm box for an active system in those basins. To reduce map loads, we will not reenable it for the Atlantic. See our February 18th, 2025 update for more on why this change was made.

We have deactivated our Twitter account.

We have removed web based mapping on our site from Google. Due to upcoming changes at Google starting March 1st, 2025, less free map loads will be allowed for a site. Rather than allowing 28,500 free map loads per month for dynamic mapping, only 10,000 free map loads will be allowed for a site. Previously, we have usually been approved by Google for extra free credits for two months at a time, only not being approved on one occasion. I don't want to go through that each year during a busy month. Some areas of the site will display an error instead of web based mapping from Google.

I hope to have a new mapping system for 2026. You can still download a model file on our site to be viewed in the free program Google Earth.

We no longer use the following social media sites: Twitter/X, Facebook (TropicalAtlantic), Threads (@tropical_atlantic) and Instagram (tropical_atlantic). While this decision was made earlier, we've decided today to remove the links to these sites.

The only social media sites we use are Bluesky and YouTube.

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