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 NCDC: Climate of 2003: Hurricane Season Summary
Hurricane Juan initially appeared to be subtropical in nature, but after forming approximately 295 miles southeast of Bermuda on September 25th, it moved to the north-northwest and was classified as fully tropical.
Hurricane Fabian was the onl-y hurricane to develop during the month of August, though in total, there were four tropical systems that formed during the month.
As the storm recurved in the western Atlantic, hurricane warnings were issued for the island of Bermuda and Fabian's eye passed very slightly to the west of the island on the afternoon of September 5th.
www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/climate/research/2003/hurricanes03.html   (2395 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.
In 1935 the primary hurricane forecasting responsibility was moved to Jacksonville, and in 1943 to Miami.
It is responsible for tracking all tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and the eastern Pacific: From May 15 to Nov. 30, the peak hurricane period, a specialist is on duty 24 hours a day.
www.sptimes.com /2003/06/01/hurricaneodds/hurr_hugo.html   (3999 words)

  
 Caribbean Net News: 2003 Atlantic hurricane season officially over
Hurricane Fabian (shown right) was the only hurricane to develop during the month of August, though in total, there were four tropical systems that formed during the month.
As the storm recurved in the western Atlantic, hurricane warnings were issued for the island of Bermuda and Fabian's eye passed very slightly to the west of the island on the afternoon of September 5.
Hurricane Juan initially appeared to be subtropical in nature, but after forming approximately 295 miles southeast of Bermuda on September 25, it moved to the north-northwest and was classified as fully tropical.
www.caribbeannetnews.com /2003/12/01/season.htm   (1498 words)

  
 1980 Atlantic hurricane season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The most notable storm was Hurricane Allen, a powerful Category 5 hurricane that travelled across the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, causing widespread damage and hundreds of deaths.
Allen was one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes of record, with maximum sustained winds at 190 mph at its peak.
Hurricane Earl was the first of a short series of Cape Verde-type hurricanes to form in early September.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1980_Atlantic_hurricane_season   (1471 words)

  
 Remembering Hurricane Hortense--Ten Years Later   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The strongest storm of the 1996 season was Hurricane Edouard a storm that formed right off the African Coast, and traversed the Atlantic for about two weeks.
Hurricane Hortense first came to life on September 3rd, 1996 in the Central Atlantic around 41 degrees West Longitude.
Obviously, with the onset of an active hurricane cycle in the Atlantic, and the busy season that it was in 1996, there were a lot of fascinating discussions in class about what was going on in the tropics.
www.hurricaneville.com /hortense.html   (1241 words)

  
 LCRA: Feature Story: An active hurricane season expected this year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The strongest hurricanes, category 5, have winds of greater than 155 miles an hour and are capable of blowing away small buildings and causing extensive damage to homes and industrial buildings.
Scientists with the National Hurricane Center indicate that this year, most of the indices are positive, meaning conditions will be favorable for many of the disturbances and clusters of storms to become organized -- in other words, a busy hurricane season.
Gray and other hurricane researchers believe there is a strong probability that at least one of the year's tropical storms or hurricanes will move inland somewhere along the Texas coast this year.
www.lcra.org /featurestory/2004/hurricanes.html   (947 words)

  
 Hurricanes
The hurricane season officially starts the 1st of June and ends the 1st of December.
The 2005 season was the most destructive in recorded history, with 27 named storms and 14 hurricanes.
"Even though we expect to see the current active period of Atlantic major hurricane activity to continue for another 15-20 years, it is statistically unlikely that the coming 2006-2007 hurricane seasons, or the seasons that follow, will have the number of major hurricane U.S. landfall events as we have seen in 2004-2005," Gray said.
www.islandtimeholidays.com /hurricanes.htm   (378 words)

  
 When and Where Do Hurricanes Occur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hurricanes are generally a summer phenomenon, but the length of the hurricane season varies in each basin, as does the peak of activity (Table 2).
Unless a hurricane name is retired and replaced by a new name, the list is recycled every six years (i.e., the names used in 1999 will be used again in 2005, the names used in 2000 will be used again in 2006, etc).
Hurricane Camille (1969), with sustained winds of at least 180 mph, produced a storm tide of 23 feet in Pass Christian, Mississippi.
weather.jsums.edu /hurricane.htm   (15979 words)

  
 FORECAST OF ATLANTIC HURRICANE ACTIVITY FOR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Seasonal hurricane forecasts have been issued for 21 years by the tropical meteorology research group of Prof.
We expect this to be the eighth of the last 10 seasons that have had hurricane activity much above the last 55 year average and particularly the suppressed activity of the quarter-century period of 1970-1994.
The Florida landfall of major hurricanes Charley and Frances in the last three weeks should be thought of as a rare but natural occurrence and an expected statistical adjustment to the century long climatological average.
hurricane.atmos.colostate.edu /forecasts/2004/sep2004   (3533 words)

  
 US hurricane expert is stirring up global warming debate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The paper is the latest salvo in the debate among climate scientists on whether human-induced global warming is producing stronger hurricanes.
The argument reached boiling point during last year's record-shattering Atlantic hurricane season, which produced 28 tropical storms and hurricanes including, for the first time in a single season, four of the most destructive Category 5s.
Landsea is among a group of scientists who say the impact of global warming on hurricanes is not clear, and the studies do not account for inaccurate information in storm databases.
www.surfersvillage.com /surfing/23031/news.htm   (574 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Names are almost used up for tropical storms and hurricanes this season
Before this year is out, TV forecasters and coastal residents may have to break out their Greek dictionaries if the Atlantic hurricane season keeps up its frantic pace.
For several hundred years, damaging hurricanes were named after the saint's day when the storm hit.
That was considered biased against women, so men's names were added in 1978 in the Pacific and a year later in the Atlantic, with Hurricane Bob.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20050922-0325-hurricanenames.html   (647 words)

  
 Hurricane Records & Facts
Hurricane Epsilon 2005 is the longest lasting December storm.
Atlantic Tropical Storm Bret (August 1993) became Hurricane Greg in the Northeast Pacific.
The hurricane and tropical cyclone information displayed here is based on the latest NOAA, NHC, NASA and other official reports received here and may or may not be the most current forecast available from these official forecasting agencies.
www.hurricane.com /hurricane-records.php   (1568 words)

  
 Hurricane Nadine
Typhoon Nadine was a category 1 hurricane formed in the Western Pacific east of the Philippines and did not reach land.
Nadine was a category 5 hurricane that formed in the Western Pacific west of the Philippines.
The name Nadine was used for in 1978 for a Western Pacific Tropical Storm.
www.disastercenter.com /hurricane/Nadine/Nadine.html   (590 words)

  
 If hurricane names run out, storms will go Greek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The floodwaters in New Orleans still cover 80 percent of the city.
When old names are retired, new names have to be drafted in to a database maintained specifically for Atlantic Ocean storms, said Mark Oliver, spokesman for the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, which maintains the database.
WMO says it is sensitive to problems caused by particularly infamous hurricanes on people who share the same name, but said national committees ultimately decide on what types of names should be applied.
www.abcactionnews.com /stories/2005/09/050922names.shtml   (686 words)

  
 Greenwich Time
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30.
The Eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15 through November 30.
Tracking maps and info for all Atlantic storms, 1886-2005.
weather.greenwichtime.com /tropical   (53 words)

  
 Planet Ark : US Hurricane Expert Stirs Global Warming Debate
Planet Ark : US Hurricane Expert Stirs Global Warming Debate
MIAMI - Historical data on hurricanes isn't accurate enough to conclude that they are becoming more ferocious or that global warming is to blame, as some studies have suggested, a noted storm researcher said on Friday.
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www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37439/story.htm   (771 words)

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