Welcome to the home page of Dr. Jack Beven!

Weather Interests: Hurricanes and Tornadoes

First and foremost amongst my interests: Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones! They're the reason for my job, and I watch them whenever and wherever they occur. I use to write a weekly summary of tropical cyclone activity around the world. These have now been restarted on a monthly basis courtesy of Gary Padgett. The summaries are available via e-mail, with the summaries and the associated track files also available through the Australian Severe Weather Tropical Cyclone Page.

For any questions you have about tropical cyclones, check out the Tropical Cyclone FAQ maintained by my colleague Chris Landsea at the NOAA Hurricane Research Division. For real-time and other information on tropical cyclones (or just about any other type of weather), try the weather link list at the TPC.

I write columns for the Mariners Weather Log for the weather in the TPC area of responsibility, including hurricanes. Be sure to check them out!

Yes, folks, I've gotten to fly into hurricanes and chase tornadoes. Check out my flight into Hurricane Luis, and my May 7, 1997 tornado chase! Those interested in flying into hurricanes should check out the Hurricane Hunters or the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center. Those interested in tornado chasing should check out the StormTrack Page or the home pages of my chasing pals Roger Edwards and Jim Leonard.

I'll be adding more chase photos as time permits, but none from 2005! This year was a dud!

In late June 2005, I traveled to San Jose dos Campos, Brazil, to participate in a conference on Cyclone Catarina, the first known hurricane in the South Atlantic Ocean. An English version of the press release on the conference is available from the Meteorological Society of Brazil. If you have a fast connection, my presentation at the conference is available as an 11 MB zipped PDF or as a 26 MB PowerPoint.

Finally, here's a list of web sites for my meteorological friends and acquaintances.