You may have noticed a change......

Earlier this week we reformatted the main page of the West 12th Road Block Association News web site/blog. The page is now a 3 column view with blog postings in the center and information/links on the left and right hand sides.

The main reason for the change in appearance was to consolidate weather, storm and tide related date sources on the right hand side of the page for ease of use.  Many of you have inquired as to where we obtain the real time information we post regarding pending storm systems.  It is now available to all of you on the right hand side of the page which flows as follows....

1. Tidal Flooding/Weather Advisory:  The top right hand data source of the page is a "marquee" script advising the reader of the real time status of anticipated tidal street flooding on West 12th Road.  This item is updated daily.

2. Local Weather/Storm/Tide and Related Information:  This section is a series of links that provides you with:

NOAA/NWS Weather forecast for Broad Channel area and any issued watches, warnings, advisories or hazardous weather statements.

NOAA/NWS Marine/Boating forecast for our area and any small craft advisories, gale warnings, etc.

NOAA's Atlantic Tropical Outlook regarding expected tropical cyclone activity for a 48 hour period.

Regional Radar with real time northeast current radar graphic.

North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures.

Buoy Information with wind speeds, significant wave heights, atmospheric pressure, air and water temperatures.

NHC Aircraft Reconnaissance Data with real time data regarding planned and completed aircraft reconnaissance of storm systems. 

Probabilistic Storm Surge Graphic with projected heights of storm surge for our areas during tropical storms and hurricanes.

Tides - Sun rise/set - Moon rise/set for Broad Channel

Precipitation Forecast with real time rain, snow and ice forecast for a 48 hours period for our area.

Pollen Count with a 4 day pollen cast for our area.

NYC Evacuation Zones with real time "evacuation order" information during times of pending storms or other emergencies.

3. Hurricane Season to date:  Provides a history of all Atlantic Tropical Storms for the current 2013 hurricane season with an indication of any impact on our Broad Channel area.

4.  Current Moon Phase graphic indicating percentage of full and whether waxing or waning.

5.  Graphic: # Days Since Hurricane Sandy Struck Broad Channel (10/29/2012)

6.  Graphic: #Days Since Hurricane Irene Struck Broad Channel (8/28/2011) 

For those of you who have expressed an interest in this "weather" related matter, we hope you find the above data sources useful.