o When does hurricane seaons begin and end?
- It begins August 1 and ends November 30.
For the HFIP, real-time run reservations on the NOAA Jet super computers are release on 1 Nov to allow for retrospective testing and additional development work to begin. Typically, the number of storms after 1 Nov are decreased substantially so HFIP frees up the Jet machines after 1 Nov.

o Are some images partially blank, intentionally?
- Yes  e.g.