Home Comments	"StormPulse" is at http://www.stormpulse.com/ . It has a fun dynamic graphics interface showing Atlantic and Gulf hurricanes and tropical storms. It takes a little while to get a feel for the features, as is the case with most programs, and frankly I am still not there yet. But in truth, I think some parts of it are wonderful. Depending on what little dots, knobs, and rectangles you clicked on, quite a bit can be jammed on the screen, some of it obscuring other parts. Generally speaking, there is a map in the main window, which shows land and water, with water depth shows with different colors, and a blue circle with the current location of the storm and a orange jagged line leading off to the likely future locations. A little below is a rounded corner rectangle showing wind speed in the storm, current hurricane etc categorization, and two arrows where you can progress by 12 hour increments into the past locations or the likely future locations, and the rectangle shows the likely wind speed etc. You can also click on the dots along the future path to see the same thing. There are also a bunch of little dots or little circles in the upper right which you can click and see all kinds of things superimposed on the picture, like for instance wind probabilities, forecast models, clouds, map labels. Map labels - they're good. They show the names of various cities. What is really cool is the forecast models. You click on that and it shows over a half dozen projected paths of the storm, according to various official modeling programs used by the weather service. It is a bit cluttered and it takes a few seconds before they appear, but it is really awesome that this kind of thing can be made available in such a nice graphics form to the public online. Some of technology is really a great plus. With everything else on the screen you may not notice that there are 4 arrows to move the map to the right, left, up, or down. Furthermore, depending on how much stuff you have on the screen, the arrows may be covered up or scrolled off the window. In a similar functional mode, there is a zoom in and zoom out in the upper left. By zooming out enough, you get a nice feel for the size of the Atlantic Ocean and the movement across it of the storms. Bon Appetit.