Now anyone can put the IBISEYE hurricane tracker on their own Web site. Charlie Szymanski created a nifty widget that should hopefully help spread the word while offering a useful service.

When there are no named storms brewing, the widget shows "points of interest," which can be waves, areas, or points. Tropical waves are the ones to watch out for because they're most likely to become depressions, etc.

If a named storm emerges, the widget immediately changes its display to show the latest forecast path for that storm. This is a quick way to keep your users updated on the latest official storm track. And because the widget lets you customize what it shows, it's often better than just offering an ugly graphic from a government site.

To start using the widget, just paste this iframe into your site's code:

<iframe src="http://www.ibiseye.com/widget.aspx?height=500&width;=500⪫=27.36&lng;=-82.5&zoom;=3" width="500" height="500"
scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" hspace="0" vspace="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"
></iframe>

To customize your display, adjust the URL within the iframe with these settings:

Width: Sets the width of the widget. Be sure to also set this within the IFrame tag itself. They should be the same. Minimum is 250.

Height: Sets the height of the widget. Be sure to also set this within the IFrame tag itself. They should be the same. Minimum is 250.

NoOverlay To turn off the Satellite view, add this parameter to the iframe source attribute: &nooverlay;=true

Lat: This is the latitude at which the map centers. Default is over Florida – 27.36…

Lng: This is the longitude at which the map centers. Default is over Florida -- -82.5…

Zoom: This is the map zoom level. It defaults to 3. Range is from 1 to 17, with 17 being the most zoomed in.

Lat and Lng must be set together. You cannot have one without the other. Zoom, however, can be set without a lat and a lng, or with them.

The final product should look like this: