In addition to your local television or radio broadcasts the following three websites are particularly good:
The first is the tropical section of a site that I use for daily weather:
<http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/>
This site has improved tremendously over the past year and provides detailed information about waves way out in the Atlantic.
When you get to the tropical site, you have additional menu choices.
* Tracking Map
* Public Advisory
* Discussion
* Satellite
* Coordinates
* Computer Models
I first go to Computer Models. Five models are shown, created at different times. Then I go to the Discussion . It's there that I get a real sense of the what's happening.
The second site was recommended by Larry Larkin. Also very good.
<http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical>
The third is operated by NOAA - the US Government's site for oceans and weather:
<http://nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATWDAT+shtml/290627.shtml?>
You'll need to visit this site a number of times before you will get comfortable. Here are some definitions of some of the term used:
ATLC - Atlantic
KT Knots - a unit of speed (1 kt is about 1.15 mph, e.g. 30 kt
is about 35 mph
EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
TSTMS - Thunderstorms
ITCZ - The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is an area of
low pressure that forms where the Northeast Trade Winds meet the
Southeast Trade Winds near the earth's equator.