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  NHC Archive of Hurricane Seasons
Monthly Weather Summaries of the hurricane seasons for the years 1872 - 2002 are available from the NHC Library.
Learn about the progress of a typical hurricane season in terms of the total number of tropical systems and hurricanes produced throughout the year in the Atlantic and East Pacific basins.
The Atlantic Tracks File is an ASCII (text) file containing the 6-hourly (0000, 0600, 1200, 1800 UTC) center locations (latitude and longitude in tenths of degrees) and intensities (maximum 1-minute surface wind speeds in knots and minimum central pressures in millibars) for all Tropical Storms and Hurricanes from 1851 through 2006.
www.nhc.noaa.gov /pastall.shtml   (1051 words)

  
  580wdbo.com: Hurricane Guide 2006 Hurricane Guide
Understanding the contribution that warm water plays in the growth of a hurricane, it is easy to appreciate that ocean regions with high sea-surface temperatures (greater than 79° F or 26° C) are often dangerous locations for mariners to be found as a hurricane threatens.
Generally speaking, the smallest errors associated with hurricane track forecasts occur while a system is moving in a general west to west-northwest track, south of the Atlantic subtropical ridge.
Additionally, hurricanes that make landfall within 50-100 NM of a particular port tend to be more destructive than those that approach the port from over land or parallel the coast in the vicinity of the port.
580wdbo.com /common/hurricane/marine.html   (2362 words)

  
 Gulf Coast Hurricanes
Hurricane Alicia (1983) and Opal (1995) were of the same general intensity at landfall (sustained winds 115-mph), while property damage and economic impact were similar.
Hurricane Katrina (2005), is estimated to have had sustained winds of 125-mph when the center first hit the Louisiana coast.
The sustined winds in the Hurricanes of 1909, 1915, and Hurricane Carla (1961), are estimated to have been around 140-mph, with peak gusts in the 165 to 170-mph range.
www.geocities.com /hurricanene/gulfcoast.htm   (1530 words)

  
 Long Island Weather - Northeast Hurricanes and Tropical Storms
The record of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin since 1900, although probably not complete for the early part of the 20th century, is still quite good given the lack of modern observing systems prior to World War II.
The Chesapeake-Potomac Hurricane of 1933 was considered one of the most severe storms to have occurred along the middle Atlantic coast.
The hurricane remained offshore, passing very close to the 40/70 benchmark during the pre-dawn hours on September 2 and then less than 75 miles east of Nantucket Island.
www.northshorewx.com /weather.asp   (1630 words)

  
 Wilma's Rage Suggests New Hurricane Categories Needed
But Hurricane Wilma this week brushed up against where a 6 would be if the scale were logically extrapolated to include another category.
Hurricane Wilma, which had maximum recorded wind speeds of 175 mph, would have been on the verge of breaking into this hypothetical new category.
Hurricane Katrina, which was a Category 5 storm before weakening prior to landfall, caused much more damage than Camille—another Category 5 hurricane that struck in 1969.
www.infowars.com /articles/science/wilma_rage_suggests_new_hurricane_cat_needed.htm   (1141 words)

  
 Hurricanes Booklet
As an Atlantic hurricane drifts closer to land, it comes under surveillance by weather reconnaissance aricraft of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, the famous "Hurricane Trackers", who bump through the turbulent interiors of the storms to obtain precise fixes on the position of the eye and measure winds and pressure fields.
As is the case with the majority (60 to 70 percent) of the hurricanes that form in the North Atlantic from June to November each year (the official hurricane season), Gilbert began as a cluster of clouds moving off the northwest coast of Africa.
By the early afternoon of September 11, the "hurricane watch" issued early in the day for Jamaica (warning of the possiblity of a hurricane) was upgraded to a "hurricane warning" (indicating the probability of a hurricane within the next 12 to 24 hours).
www.texas-city-tx.org /HurricanesBooklet.htm   (11135 words)

  
 Hurricanes vs. PNW Storms   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The December 1995 windstorm tended to yield gusts of 60 to 70 mph, with a peak of 73.
Hurricane Isabel landed near Drum Inlet, NC, as a Category II system with a central pressure of 958 mb and maximum average winds of 104 mph (90 knots).
With a hurricane's main weapon reduced in potency (admittedly by all the attention), and population growing on Pacific shores, the difference in threat between hurricanes and Pacific cyclones appears to be approaching equalization.
oregonstate.edu /~readw/HurricanesVsPNWstorms.html   (4311 words)

  
 NCDC: U.S. Annual Climate
The temperature for the 2005-2006 winter season (Dec-Feb) was the 11th warmest such period on record (1896-2006), with much warmer than average temperatures in parts of the central and northern Plains, Great Lakes, parts of the Northeast and across California.
The 2006 Atlantic basin hurricane season was near the 1950-2000 average with 9 named storms, of which 5 were hurricanes, including 2 major hurricanes.
The relatively inactive season in 2006 was attributed in large part to the rapid onset of El Niño in the equatorial pacific, which acted to suppress conditions conducive to hurricane formation in the Atlantic.
www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/climate/research/2006/ann/us-summary.html   (3101 words)

  
 Canadian Weather Almanac: When Disaster Strikes   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A hurricane is a violent, large, rotating storm with fierce winds and pounding rains.
Hurricane season is generally from May through November, with the largest number of storms occurring in August and September.
In 1985, Hurricane Gloria was forecast to be "the storm of the century." Fortunately, Gloria didn't live up to the hype, although it did bring strong winds to the western Maritimes and heavy rain to parts of New Brunswick.
members.tripod.com /~MitchellBrown/almanac/disasters_hurricanes.html   (1012 words)

  
 1934 Atlantic hurricane season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1934 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1934, and lasted until November 30, 1934.
However, it was a continuation of deadly seasons that had been going on since 1928.
A Category 1 hurricane passed over north Florida as a tropical storm and made landfall in central Texas, causing 11 casualties and $1-$2 million in damage.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1934_Atlantic_hurricane_season   (226 words)

  
 In the eye of the hurricane I
Far off in the eastern Atlantic, 4,000 miles from the U.S. coast, he noticed an area of clouds that appeared to be developing the counterclockwise motion typical of tropical storms.
And in 1934, again in luckless Galveston, residents sought confirmation that a hurricane was brewing in the Gulf.
In 1935 the primary hurricane forecasting responsibility was moved to Jacksonville, and in 1943 to Miami.
www.sptimes.com /2003/06/01/hurricaneodds/hurr_hugo.html   (3999 words)

  
 Case Studies - Hurricanes - Forces of Nature
Hurricane Carol splintered piers, jetties, and houses from Virginia to New England with 160-mile-an-hour winds.
A hurricane hit the eastern portion of the country and was later reported to cause widespread destruction and forest fires.
Although Allen was predicted to be one of the most intense hurricanes of the 20th century, the hurricane exhausted itself in the Gulf of Mexico and came on land as merely a tropical storm.
library.thinkquest.org /C003603/english/hurricanes/casestudies.shtml   (5421 words)

  
 What is a tropical depression, tropical storm, Hurricane?   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The most hurricanes in a season occurred in 1969, when there were 12 hurricanes.
The clear, calm "eye" of the hurricane is bordered in the "eyewall" by a ring of thunderstorms where winds are the strongest and rains are torrential.
Of the 126 tropical storms or hurricanes that struck the United States Atlantic and Gulf coasts between 1949 and 1990, 25 (19.9%), were classified as "Major," rating "3" or higher on the S/S Scale.
www.surfersvillage.com /surfing/18136/news.htm   (1504 words)

  
 State Climate Office of North Carolina: NC Hurricanes
The time of the year when tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean is from June to November with the peak of the Atlantic tropical cyclone season in early September.
Tropical cyclones are referred to as hurricanes when their maximum sustained winds reach or exceed 74 mph (33 ms-1 or 65 kts).
Hurricane intensity is further classified by the Saffir-Simpson scale, which rates hurricane intensity on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the most intense.
www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu /climate/hurricane.php   (935 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Some hurricanes don't stick to the season   (Site not responding. Last check: )
While the vast majority of tropical storms and hurricanes over the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico occur during the official June 1 through November 30 hurricane season, a few storms occur in other months.
It includes tropical storms and hurricanes that either began during the season and lasted into December or which formed between December 1 and May 31, including storms that began in May but lasted until June 1 or later.
Hurricane Alma is a hurricane for six hours over the Caribbean south of Cuba.
www.usatoday.com /weather/huricane/wnonseason.htm   (497 words)

  
 Research - National Weather Service - Lake Charles, LA
The path to the first hurricane of the season was unique, to say the least.
The storm formed at very low latitudes in the Atlantic (8.8 degrees latitude) late during the month of June, moved south of Trinidad, scraped the South American coast westward to Venezuela, before moving northwest across western Cuba, surviving a Caribbean Sea passage during a period normally quite hostile towards development.
September 4-5th, 1933: The 11th storm of the season was stronger and struck the furthest north.
www.srh.noaa.gov /lch/research/txerly20hur3.php   (702 words)

  
 Hurricane Ivan now Category 4 - baltimoresun.com
Hurricane Ivan had sustained winds of 135 mph, advancing quickly from a tropical storm to a Category 4 storm, the National Hurricane Center said.
The government of St. Lucia has issued a hurricane watch, and a tropical storm watch was in effect for Grenada and its dependencies.
Hurricane Charley hit Florida's southwest coast with 145 mph wind on Aug. 13 and crossed the state, killing 27 people and causing billions of dollars in damage.
www.baltimoresun.com /sports/football/orl-bk-ivan090505,0,3335463.story   (653 words)

  
 1934 Central America Hurricane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although a weak hurricane, it killed 1,000-3,000 people, mainly from landslides in Central America, and spawned eight tornadoes when it made landfall in Louisiana.
On the 15th it turned to the northeast, causing hurricane warnings to be issued along the Louisiana coast.
The small hurricane made landfall on June 16 near Morgan City, Louisiana with winds of 75 mph, and quickly weakened over land.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1934_Central_America_Hurricane   (468 words)

  
 "Earliest" Hurricane Research   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Note: For the Hurricanes 2005 presentation I gave at the meeting of the Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society at Central Michigan University on November 29, 2005, please click here.
Hurricane Alice existed in December and January of 1954 and 1955, respectively.
However, there are some discrepancies in the wind speed criteria for a Category 4 hurricane (discussed here), where the HURDAT data (which is in MPH) does not agree with the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
pipsey.net:8080 /~thegreatzo/hurricanes.html   (498 words)

  
 1931 Atlantic hurricane season at AllExperts
The 1931 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation.
The 1931 season was below average in terms of tropical cyclone formation.
The other hurricane of the year hit the Virgin Islands as a category 2, Puerto Rico as a category 1, and continued on to the Yucatan Peninsula as a tropical storm.
en.allexperts.com /e/0/1931_Atlantic_hurricane_season.htm   (224 words)

  
 HURRICANE AND TYPHOON CONTROL
The real-world violence of hurricanes is an ideal backdrop against which to examine the pathological formatting that lavishly sustains imperial foreign wars, while recoiling from the massive manifestations of vital energy behind hurricanes.
None of the hurricanes that battered Florida in 2004 was as fierce as Iniki, with its 937 millibar eye and l50 mph winds.
The hurricane is the ultimate version of the low pressure system, which springs from the same geometric roots The alternative to such constructive, rational, inexpensive approach to hurricane diversion is what we have now: just standing there and taking what Mother Nature hands out – like the TV reporters in oilskins and sou’wester hats.
www.rainengineering.com /hurricane_and_typhoon_control.html   (2302 words)

  
 FAQ : HURRICANES, TYPHOONS, AND TROPICAL CYCLONES
* As a footnote, 1933 is recorded as being the most active of any Atlantic basin season on record (reliable or otherwise) with 21 tropical storms and hurricanes.
+ 1886 is recorded as the most active hurricane season for the continental USA with 7 landfalling hurricanes.
It is calculated by squaring the maximum sustained surface wind in the system every six hours and summing it up for the season.
www.aoml.noaa.gov /hrd/tcfaq/E11.html   (259 words)

  
 1934 Hurricane Season Summary
Warming not behind hurricane activity, Gray (Reuters) -Natural changes in ocean currents are to blame for increased Atlantic hurricane activity in recent years, not man-made global warming as many scientists believe, hurricane forecaster William Gray said on Friday., Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:53:42 GMT
Precise hurricane forecasts remain elusive- The National Hurricane Center hopes that within 20 years it will be able to predict within 95 miles where a storm might go when it is two days out.
Hurricane cycle far from over-Hurricane Katrina brought much death and destruction to Mississippi and Louisiana, and upcoming hurricane seasons could be just as dangerous, says a M.S.U. hurricane expert., Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:54:00 GMT
www.hurricane.com /hurricane-season/hurricane-season-1934.php   (1401 words)

  
 Hurricane Lantern - Information
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www.freewebs.com /information24/hurricane-lantern.html   (293 words)

  
 NOAA News Online (Story 2759)
This activity was far less than most other seasons since the current active Atlantic hurricane era began in 1995.
Nine, the number of named storms during the 2006 season, is the second lowest since 1995.
This reduced activity in both years is attributed largely to the rapid onset of El Niño in the equatorial Pacific, which suppresses conditions conducive to hurricane formation in the Atlantic.
www.noaanews.noaa.gov /stories2006/s2759.htm   (1066 words)

  
 Tropical Weather : Weather Underground
UK Met Office Atlantic seasonal forecast (GloSea model).
Learn about hurricane hazards and what you can do to help protect yourself, your family, and your property.
The CDC site is intended to increase the nation's ability to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies.
french.wunderground.com /tropical   (466 words)

  
 cbs4.com - Weather   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The best way to survive Hurricane Season is to be prepared, and CBS4.com is always on for you when you need to know what to do!
The prediction is in from forecaster Bill Gray, known for his predictions of hurricane activity.
That's why year round, and especially during hurricane season, South Florida looks to David, Bryan and the Team.
weather.cbs4.com /hurricane/hurrarchive.asp   (226 words)

  
 First Storm of the Season - 1851-2005
The first tropical system (subtropical storms are ignored) ever to appear in the Atlantic was on February 2 in the year 1952, other early storms appeared on March 6 in 1908 and April 18 in 2003 (Ana) [storms before April 1 not shown in graph].
Early in the season that area is not conducive to tropical cyclone formation, since water temperatures are too low.
Early in the season most storms form in the Gulf or W. Caribbean, later on, when the central Atlantic warms up, more storms form there (for more details see a separate section).
www.stormcarib.com /climatology/first1886.htm   (930 words)

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