Keeping track of tropical storms/hurricanes

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) / National Weather Service / National Hurricane Center tracks weather disturbances that may lead to hurricanes near the U.S., in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The Atlantic map extends all the way to the coast of Africa. I assume this is because tropical weather systems usually move west, and those in the Atlantic often originate off the coast of African and travel across the ocean to the U.S.

It is a very informative and interesting.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Another site I recommend is Weather Underground, which gives weather information for the whole globe.

http://www.wunderground.com/

For a map of the globe with named tropical weather systems:

click on , then select from the drop-down list.

This map also shows ocean temperatures, where you can see the warmer waters where storms are most likely to develop.

The global perspective allows us to track the powerful hurricanes that cross the whole ocean, then turn and go back across the ocean again. Eg., there are hurricanes that form off the coast of California, cross the Pacific to hit Asia, then turn around and end up hitting Alaska! And I have seen some that start up off the coast of Africa, cross the Atlantic, move up the eastern U.S. coast, then go back across the ocean and hit Europe!