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  CNN - Bonnie back as hurricane - August 28, 1998
By 11 p.m., it had sustained winds of 75 mph and was reclassified as a hurricane.
Bonnie spun slowly over the state, dousing most of the coast and flooding inland communities.
Bonnie upgraded to hurricane status again as it nears sea - August 28, 1998
www.cnn.com /WEATHER/9808/28/bonnie.02   (859 words)

  
 G-IV Assessment - Bonnie 4
Hurricane Bonnie developed from an easterly wave midway between the Cape Verde Islands and the Leward Islands on 19 August, 1998.
The largest differences are near the coll region between Bonnie and the westerlies to the north, and in the north-south vorticity maximum to the east of Bonnie.
The MRF ensemble forecasting system suggested that data surrounding Bonnie and a spuriously-analyzed cyclone in the northeastern Caribbean, and in the area between Bonnie, the subtropical ridge cell to the east and the westerlies to the north would have the greatest impact on the Bonnie forecast.
www.aoml.noaa.gov /hrd/assessment/bonnie4   (1780 words)

  
  Hurricane Bonnie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name Bonnie has been used for several tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.
1986's Hurricane Bonnie - a minimal hurricane that hit Beaumont - Port Arthur, Texas, causing light damage.
2004's Tropical Storm Bonnie - struck the Florida Panhandle, and caused heavy rainfall along the East Coast of the United States.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tropical_Storm_Bonnie   (170 words)

  
 Storm 2004 Hurricane Season: Bonnie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Bonnie is centered about 295 miles south-southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River at 11 p.m.
Bonnie is forecast to hit the state early Thursday, at least 12 hours earlier than Hurricane Charley.
The rare prospect of back-to-back hurricanes striking Florida within a day causes Gov. Jeb Bush to declare a state of emergency, some schools and government offices to close and forecasters to warn residents to prepare for the worst.
www.palmbeachpost.com /storm/content/weather/special/storm/2004/atlantic/bonnie/news.html   (690 words)

  
 Hurricane-August
Hurricane Bonnie was a moderate strength hurricane (Category 3) that did 1 - 2 billion dollars worth of damage in the mid-Atlantic states.
Hurricane warnings were issued for a section of the coast extending form Virginia to South Caroline (Hurricane Warning: Expected landfall within 24 hours).
Bonnie strikes the coast of North Carolina and remains largely stationary for the majority of the night.
www.conncoll.edu /ccacad/envstudies/Hurricane-August.html   (1046 words)

  
 BBC News | Sci/Tech | Hurricane Bonnie was taller than Mt Everest
Bonnie was the most studied hurricane ever and observations of it from space show that it had a central cloud tower twice the height of Mt Everest.
Hurricane Bonnie which just caused so much havoc to the United State's eastern seaboard has become the most observed hurricane in history.
Bonnie held some surprises for scientists as they review the data collected from the large array of instruments used to studying the storm.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/163582.stm   (532 words)

  
 Quick Response Report #112 - Impact of Hurricane Bonnie (August 1998): North Carolina and Virginia with Special ...
In general, Bonnie was not a significant event other than from the standpoint of learning how little we know about hurricanes and how poorly we are able to predict the impacts of a given storm on a given coastal area.
In Hurricane Bonnie, undeveloped areas on the Pungo River estuary in Beaufort County, North Carolina, (south of Belhaven) were observed to have piles of storm debris 4 to 6 ft high "caught" in the first reach of underbrush inland.
Bonnie must be considered a minor storm that did not negatively impact a large number of individual property owners or cause extensive claims for insurance companies.
www.colorado.edu /hazards/research/qr/qr112.html   (2876 words)

  
 TPC ATLANTIC BONNIE 1998 PRELIMINARY REPORT
Bonnie was the third hurricane to directly hit the coast of North Carolina during the past three years.
Bonnie moved on a general west to west-northwest track around the circulation of the Azores-Bermuda High toward the northern Leeward Islands.
During Bonnie, the NOAA high altitude jet and P-3 deployed a very large number of sondes over a large portion of the Atlantic as a part of a major synoptic flow experiment.
www.nhc.noaa.gov /1998bonnie.html   (1670 words)

  
 hurricane bonnie | About hurricane bonnie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
NYC - Bonnie McFarlane & the Conchords (04/21/05 - 04/26/05)
Hurricane Bonnie at the Field Research Facility in Duck, NC August 27, 1998 A summary of Bonnie's...
Hurricane Bonnie of 1998 was a Category Two hurricane when it hit the North Carolina coast, while Hurricane Georges of 1998 was a Category Two Hurricane when it hit the Florida Keys and the...
www.hurricanesalley.com /hurricanebonnie   (1702 words)

  
 What did Hurricane Bonnie look like from space?
This photograph of Hurricane Bonnie (September 20, 1992) was taken by astronauts orbiting the Earth in the space shuttle (STS-47).
Hurricanes can be several hundreds of miles across, and up to 50,000 feet high.
At the center of the hurricane is the "eye", a relatively calm and clear area that's 20-30 miles wide.
earth.rice.edu /MTPE/atmo/atmosphere/hot/hurricanes/bonnie.html   (79 words)

  
 Observations of Impacts Caused by Hurricane Bonnie, August 1998, on the North Carolina Coast - USGS Center for Coastal ...
Hurricane Bonnie struck the North Carolina coast on August 26, 1998.
A category 3 storm packing winds of 115 mph (185 kph), Bonnie came ashore near Cape Fear, NC, close to the tracks of Hurricanes Bertha and Fran in the summer of 1996.
Although prior to landfall, Hurricane Bonnie was approximately the same strength as Hurricane Fran, Bonnie caused far fewer impacts to the barrier island environment.
coastal.er.usgs.gov /hurricanes/bonnie/lidar   (301 words)

  
 Hurricane Bonnie - SITREP #05
Hurricane Bonnie blew ashore at Cape Fear today, swamping roads, knocking out power to 80,000 people and threatening to sweep north along North Carolina's coast all the way to Virginia.
At 1700 hours the center of hurricane bonnie was located near latitude 34.0 north and longitude 78.0 west, or on the coast near Cape Fear.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 115 miles from the center and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 230 mile.
www.dem.dcc.state.nc.us /PIO/Releases/98Bonnie/sitrep05.htm   (2930 words)

  
 Hurricane Bonnie - Lawn Care 1st.com - News & Articles on Lawns and Landscaping   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Hurricane Emily lashed beach resorts on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, where thousands of tourists were evacuated or took refuge in shelters while the storm toll across the Caribbean rose to eight dead.
Hurricane Emily blasted the world-famous beach resorts on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, where thousands of tourists were evacuated or took refuge in shelters while the storm toll across the Caribbean rose to seven dead.
Hurricane Emily slammed into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula early Monday as a powerful Category 4 storm, snapping concrete utility poles with its winds of 135 mph and punishing waves along the region's famous white-sand beaches.
www.1st-in-seasons.com /hurricane/hurricane-bonnie.shtml   (530 words)

  
 Remote Sensing Systems / Storm Watch / Example Data Applications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
On August 25, 1998 Hurricane Bonnie was just off the Carolina coast and Hurricane Danielle was gathering strength in the center of the Atlantic, heading towards Florida.
Bonnie caused significant upwelling, that was completely missed in the IR retrievals of SST because of the clouds surrounding the storm.
Two hurricanes in particular were used since these storms stalled for a short time, allowing us to better collocate data from several instruments.
www.ssmi.com /hurricane/example_data_applications.html   (1061 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Hurricane Bonnie -- August 25, 1998
Bonnie was expected to reach land anywhere across the 500 mile stretch of coast line from Edisto Beach, South Carolina, to Chincoteague, Virginia.
It seemed like every hurricane has its unique personality, but it does seem like that the thing that is most unusual that makes it unlike other hurricanes is its enormous size.
JERRY JARRELL: Well, we use the Sanfer Simpson Hurricane Scale, and it's a five-point scale, so that's right in the middle, and anything three, four, or five we considered to be a major hurricane, and it means that it has winds in excess of 110 miles per hour.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/weather/july-dec98/bonnie_8-26.html   (1109 words)

  
 Hurricane Emily
Hurricane Emily is moving W/NW at 15 Mph with 90 Mph Winds.
A Hurricane Watch and a Tropical Storm Warning is in effect along the South Texas Coast from Baffin Bay Southward to the Texas - Mexico Border.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Northeast Mexico from South of the Texas- Mexico Border to La Cruz and a Tropical Storm Warning from South of La Cruz to Cabo Rojo all Warnings have been discontinued for the Yucatan Peninsula.
www.hurricaneadvisories.com   (436 words)

  
 Bonnie batters N.C., southeast Va.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
It became a hurricane on the way and, though hurricane warnings were posted for the Turks and Caicos islands and the southeastern and central Bahamas between Aug. 22 and 24, Bonnie never hit.
After watching Bonnie grow weaker all day, Virginia Beach emergency officials were caught by surprise; they had closed their offices for the night Thursday when the storm picked up steam over warm ocean water and became a hurricane again.
Bonnie's remnants were only expected to disrupt shipping in the north Atlantic with its gusty winds and rough seas.
www.usatoday.com /weather/huricane/1998/wbonnie.htm   (685 words)

  
 Hurricane Bonnie Page at HurricaneTrack.com
Hurricane Bonnie (August 26-27, 1998) was the Hurricane Intercept Research Team's first real, planned for hurricane intercept.
Another key to the success of documenting hurricane Bonnie was the cooperation/communication between emergency management officials and the Team.
Bonnie had a mean back-side, so we decided to stay put.
www.hurricanetrack.com /bonnie.html   (1070 words)

  
 Hurricane!
That means unprecedented detail on hurricanes where it counts the most: near the eyewall and close to sea level.
This depiction of Hurricane Earl was created from WSR-88D Doppler data taken at Eglin Air Force Base on the evening of 2 September (0141 UTC on the 3rd), as Earl approached the Florida panhandle (the coastline is visible at top).
Hurricanes: Their Nature and Impacts on Society (Wiley, 1997) uses the concept of vulnerability to integrate the societal and physical aspects of hurricane impacts.
www.ucar.edu /communications/staffnotes/9810/hurricane.html   (3748 words)

  
 Bonnie News Releases and PSA's
Based on current Hurricane Bonnie predictions, there will be no other Bonnie updates issued from the Town of Cary.
Bonnie is a dangerous storm with winds in the Triangle possibly gusting to hurricane force later today.
Bonnie’s forward movement has slowed and strengthening could occur as Bonnie moves over the warm waters of the Gulf Stream.
www.townofcary.org /news/bonnie.htm   (651 words)

  
 Bonnie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Hurricane Hunters tracked Hurricane Bonnie around the clock, from the time she approached the Lesser Antilles until she made landfall on August 26th.
This is one of the best ways to tell how strong the hurricane is, and the steady pressure we saw on each pass showed the storm was not strengthening in her last moments before coming ashore: relatively good news for the coastal residents.
NASA flew their high-altitude research aircraft into Hurricane Bonnie, and reported seeing snow kicking out of the storm, and also studied some interesting radar pictures of the towering "chimney".
www.hurricanehunters.com /bonnie.htm   (541 words)

  
 Bonnie - The Caribbean Hurricane Page - The 1998 season
Bonnie is still hanging around east of the Bahama's at a relatively safe distance.
Since Bonnie is about 180 miles (about 155 nautical miles) away, it seems that the highest winds they might encounter at the moment is 34 knot (39mph) winds.
Bonnie (a hurricane by now) is now very close to the Turks and Caicos.
www.gobeach.com /bonnie.htm   (6037 words)

  
 Waiting For Hurricane X | TIME
When the crisis seemed to be over, Bonnie regained some of her fury to pound Virginia before heading out to sea.
Even as Bonnie ran out of steam, a new hurricane, Danielle, was barreling across the Atlantic behind her.
Hurricane Andrew was not merely a wake-up call; it was a stick of dynamite under the pillow.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101980907-139890,00.html   (2188 words)

  
 Disaster News Network: Hurricane Bonnie Threatens U.S. Coast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
By early Sunday it appeared unlikely that Florida residents would greet the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Andrew Monday (Aug. 24) with a visit from Hurricane Bonnie, but nevertheless, coastal residents were keeping a wary eye on the strengthening hurricane out in the Atlantic.
While hurricane warnings were posted for the Central and Southeast Bahamas Saturday, some forecasters were suggesting that Bonnie could hit the North Carolina Outer Banks as early as Monday.
Hurricane hunters are expected to fly into one of the waves on Sunday.
www.disasternews.net /disasters/8-23-98_bonniethreat.shtml   (887 words)

  
 CNN - Hurricane Bonnie gains speed - August 25, 1998
MIAMI (CNN) -- With winds of 115 mph, Hurricane Bonnie picked up speed early Tuesday as it churned through the Atlantic, kicking up heavy surf and riptides that pounded the East Coast.
The hurricane -- a Category 3 storm capable of causing severe coastal flooding and serious damage to buildings and homes -- has gained speed over the last 24 hours and is now moving north-northwest at 8 mph.
Bonnie lurches toward southeastern U.S. - August 24, 1998
www.cnn.com /WEATHER/9808/25/bonnie.01/index.html   (836 words)

  
 weather.com - Hurricane Central
The 2005 season had a record 28 storms, of which 15 were hurricanes, exceeding the 1969 record of 12 hurricanes, and seven were major hurricanes.
The 2005 season was remarkable for its early beginning and number of storms, as well as the intensity of the hurricanes, including the most intense hurricane on record for the Atlantic: Wilma reached an amazing 882 mb pressure, surpassing the old record set by Gilbert in 1988 with a 888 mb pressure.
The first Hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic season, Ernesto, formed on August 24th, about 155 miles southeast of Martinique in the Windward Islands and tracked to the west, becoming a tropical storm in the evening of the 25th.
www.weather.com /newscenter/tropical   (1193 words)

  
 Bonnie surprises NASA hurricane team with snow in August
Bonnie displayed a unique feature to ER-2 pilot Ken Broda from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Calif., who made his first ever flight over a hurricane in the Monday mission.
While hurricanes normally display a pattern of wind flow that pulls winds in at the base of the hurricane, up through the eye, and out at the top of the storm, Bonnie apparently doesn't work that way.
Evidence remained of the possible restructuring of the hurricane center as the eye remained lopsided on the east and north sides of the storm.
science.nasa.gov /newhome/headlines/essd25aug98_1.htm   (1520 words)

  
 Hurricane Charley
EDT, the National Hurricane Center indicated that Charley was located 350 miles (560 km) to the south-southeast of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic with sustained winds of 45 mph.
EDT, the National Hurricane Center reported estimated sustained winds to 95 mph with gusts to 115 mph and movement to the north at 16 mph.
EDT, the National Hurricane Center reported winds estimated to 145 mph near the eye of the storm and movement to the north-northeast at 20 mph.
fcit.usf.edu /florida/maps/hurrican/charley/charley.htm   (287 words)

  
 APT Archive Page
NOAA 12 Image of the Hurricane Bonnie taking her aim on the Eastern U.S. This Image was received from NOAA 12 on 08/23/1998 at 1056 UTC.
Hurricane Bonnie is taking aim on the Eastern U.S. on 08/25/1998 at 0852 UTC.
NOAA 14 image of Bonnie on the afternoon of the 25 of August.
www.qsl.net /kc0byf/Archive/archive.html   (312 words)

  
 Flying into the eye of Hurricane Bonnie
On Monday, a fleet of five aircraft took part in the second flight into Hurricane Bonnie — whose 2.4 to 3.6 meter (8-12 ft) waves caused the evacuation of more than a half-million tourists and residents on the Carolina coast.
Bonnie’s eye — her relatively warm, dry and calm center — remained lopsided on the east and north sides of the tropical system since the first flight Sunday.
By taking high-resolution information on a hurricane’s structure, dynamics and motion, scientists are hoping to improve hurricane predictions and thus reduce the cost of cleanups after storms.
www.exn.ca /Templates/Story.cfm?ID=1998082657   (436 words)

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