NHC Content in Alternate Formats

In an effort to reach as large of an audience as possible, including mobile customers, the National Hurricane Center has developed a few alternate formats of its website content. The following is a brief description of each format.

Text:  This format is optimized for those users with computers on dial-up or other very slow Internet connections. All areas of the NHC website are accessible, but most areas will have images disabled (with some exceptions). The text-only version is available at:  www.nhc.noaa.gov/?text

RSS:  NHC's tropical cyclone advisories, and all of its text products, are available through RSS. Find out more at:  www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutrss.shtml

Email:  NHC text products are available via email through the GovDelivery interface. Sign up instructions can be found at:  www.nhc.noaa.gov/signup.shtml

Mobile:  Offering critical hurricane advisories and marine forecasts, the mobile format of NHC's website is best suited for those users with SmartPhones, PDAs, or other modern cell phones capable of displaying basic HTML web pages. A selection of satellite imagery with zoom capability is also offered. These mobile pages can be directly accessed at:  www.nhc.noaa.gov/mobile

WAP:  Similar to the mobile pages described above, NHC's WAP pages were developed for cell phone customers prior to modern smartphones. Although the WAP pages are very similar to the mobile pages described above, the technology is older and has restrictions on file size and content length. If you have been using NHC's WAP pages on your phone, you might try the new mobile pages described above. The WAP pages can be accessed at:  www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.wml

Please send email to nhcwebmaster@noaa.gov if you wish to send comments or suggestions about alternative services.

Other NWS Alternate Content

weather.gov in basic HTML:  mobile.weather.gov
weather.gov in WAP (WML) format:  cell.weather.gov
weather.gov RSS library:  weather.gov/rss
weather.gov Email:  weather.gov/emailupdates