Sentences with phrase «to become hurricanes»

If you wait until the coastal storm becomes a hurricane and has an official name, it is likely too late to cover the cost of your trip.

Finally, tropical storms officially become hurricanes when their sustained wind speed exceeds 118 kilometers per hour.

This means that of the 6 to 10 named storms for this season, 1 to 4 storms are likely to become hurricanes in 2015.

However, not all of these types of tropical disturbances become hurricanes.

This means that of the six to 10 named storms for this season, about one to four storms are likely to become hurricanes in 2015.

The current forecast calls for Ophelia to strengthen gradually during the week as it drifts toward the east and become a hurricane on Friday, which would make it the 10th hurricane of the 2017 season.

These hurricanes form from a tropical depression or tropical wave that passes through or near that chain of islands, and then eventually strengthens into a named system (finally becoming a hurricane at some point) in the mid-Atlantic.

The low pressure area known as System 90L developed rapidly since Jan. 13 and became Hurricane Alex on Jan. 14.

The Saffir - Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the levels of «tropical depression» and «tropical storm» and thereby become hurricanes.

Brian McNoldy, a meteorologist at Colorado State University who maintains a useful Web site on tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean, has distributed an alert about a particularly noteworthy wave of low pressure moving west from Africa that appears likely to become a hurricane within a week.

[UPDATE, 7/7: Tropical Storm Bertha became Hurricane Bertha on Monday.

When Jonathan Falwell saw the first signs of what would become Hurricane Irma swirling on the weather map, he moved up the dates of his Caribbean vacation — a surprise trip to St. Martin with his wife for their 25th anniversary — just in case.

On Wednesday morning last week, as the tropical depression that would become Hurricane Harvey took direct aim at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) in Port Aransas on the Gulf Coast, microbiologist Brett Baker had already begun to prep his lab for the worst.

OurAmazingPlanet recently toured the NHC just as forecasters here were becoming concerned about the storm that would become Hurricane Rina (which has since weakened into a tropical storm).

Over the last few days, Tropical Storm Darby dumped rain on Hawaii and Hurricane Georgette became a

There is a chance it could become a hurricane before moving towards Belize Mexico area late Wednesday.

Finally it is as fact of weather hurricanes for, out in the Atlantic moving from the Coast of Africa it» been that way for maybe 5 million years or so but post-Katrina any collection of clouds anywhere near North America supposedly can magically create an eye for itself begin spinning frantically and yes go from being a rain storm to a HURRICANE but luckily than God not one of them has yet become a hurricane.

The latest in a slew of devastating storms to sock the Gulf region, Wilma became a hurricane Tuesday — tying the record for both most hurricanes in a season with 12 and most named storms at 21.

Just nine hours after becoming a hurricane, Wilma's wind speeds had jumped from 75 mph to 100 mph.

With Karl becoming a hurricane, we have three hurricanes at the same time.

With nine consecutive named storms becoming hurricanes already this year, it would take just two more to break the record of 10 set in 1878 and matched in 1886 and 1893, Varian said.

How do you quantify risk of Hurricane damage when the Ernesto storm might fizzle out or never become a hurricane?

However in 2010, the Atlantic saw 19 tropical storms, of which 12 became hurricanes as expected (and forecasted) due to the intense La Nina event and continued positive Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO).

It's been a relatively mild hurricane season this year, and just as the season draws to a close, the National Weather Service National Hurricane Center warns that Tropical Storm Rina is forecasted to become a hurricane tomorrow, Tuesday October 25th.

Cristina became a Hurricane at 2:00 AM PDT on June 11th, 2014.

If you remember from the When is hurricane season page in the Hurricane Travel Resource Center, a tropical storm becomes a hurricane when sustained winds reach 74 miles per hour or higher.

From NASA / GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER: The low pressure area known as System 90L developed rapidly since Jan. 13 and became Hurricane Alex on Jan. 14.

The Saffir - Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the levels of «tropical depression» and «tropical storm» and thereby become hurricanes

A Finnish legend that became a hurricane at Ajax and Barcelona, but struggled to make a meaningful impact at Liverpool.

If you remember from the When is hurricane season page in the Hurricane Travel Resource Center, a tropical storm becomes a hurricane when sustained winds -LSB-...]

But now that spring has arrived, this same rooster, who used to spend his days huddled on the rafters of our barn looking very picturesque and keeping the horse company, has become a hurricane.

Twelve of them became hurricanes, tying for the third most active recorded season.

The forecast predicts between four and eight named storms may become hurricanes — organized, rotating storms with sustained winds of 74 mph (119 km / h) or faster.

The forecast is currently for 11 to 17 storms to form, of which five to nine are expected to become hurricanes, and two to four major hurricanes

The forecast is currently for 11 to 17 named storms to form, of which five to nine are expected to become hurricanes, and two to four major hurricanes.

Recent research suggests that an AMO warm phase has been in effect since the mid-1990s, which has caused changes in rainfall in the southeastern US, and resulted in twice as many tropical storms becoming hurricanes than during cool phases.

Wind shear and dry air are hurricane killers, weakening and preventing towering columns of thunderstorms from organizing into a single system in order to become a hurricane.

There were 18 named storms to form in the East Pacific this year, of which 13 became hurricanes and a record - breaking 11 became major hurricanes.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a

At this point Earl is expected to become a hurricane (winds above 75 mph) before making landfall, but as of now it is still being considered a Tropical Storm.

A tropical low from the coast of Africa that becomes a hurricane can hit the U.S. with a multi-billion dollar bang.