Sentences with phrase «hurricane strength when»

The storm is forecast to be at Category 1 hurricane strength when it makes landfall tonight just south of New Orleans.

Not exact matches

Hurricane Jose is a Category 4 storm as well; when it and Irma were at their peak strengths earlier this week, it was the first time two hurricanes with 150 - plus mph winds have been in the Atlantic at the same time.

When the church is consumed and possessed by mortgages, capital campaigns, membership numbers, qualifications for membership or deacon or elder, the variety and format of financial reports, redecorating, ordination policies, the proper delineation of committee responsibilities, the aggregation and strengthening and protection of church hierarchical authority, the preference for political associations and prominence instead of being a voice and influence for justice and compassion, seasonal vestment colors, the abandonment and refusal to acknowledge congregations who dare to be excited by their proclaiming and provoking and living and sharing the Good News, the continual choosing and preoccupation with better organization over better outreach, or what styles of worship are to be offered — then it is time for an earth - shaking, stone - rolling, curtain ripping, hurricane - strength, fiery and noisy transformational revolution that will resurrect the Good News in the body and spirit of communities and individuals.

The meteorological focus is on Hurricane Harvey, which increased in strength to Category 4 status Friday evening when its winds jumped to 130 mph as it makes way northwestward to the south Texas coast.

Various updates A lot has changed in Florida since Oct. 22, 2005, when Hurricane Wilma roared west to east across the peninsula at Category 3 strength, making it the last major hurricane (storms in that category and stronger) to come ashore in the UniteHurricane Wilma roared west to east across the peninsula at Category 3 strength, making it the last major hurricane (storms in that category and stronger) to come ashore in the Unitehurricane (storms in that category and stronger) to come ashore in the United States.

Still smaller, to be sure, than natural variability, but certainly not nothing, when once considers that that each degree c represents a 15 - 20 mph increase in potential hurricane strength.

There is no straightforward connection between hurricane strength and sea surface temperatures (Swanson, 2008) and when we look at past records, hurricanes vary much more coherently with natural climate oscillations than with increasing greenhouse gasses (Chylek and Lesins, 2008).

When four hurricanes of extraordinary strength tore through Florida last fall, there was little media attention paid to the fact that hurricanes are made more intense by warming ocean surface waters.

This means that when a hurricane strikes land now, it will tend to cause much more damage than it would have in the past, even if there is no change in the actual strength of the hurricanes striking land.

When tropical cyclones — storm systems ranging in strength from tropical depressions to major hurricanes — form over the Gulf of Mexico's warm waters, they have a high chance of causing many deaths as well as widespread property damage in coastal communities.

Then when a hurricane goes off the Loop and over cooler water, it rapidly loses strength — this happened to Rita, which went from a Category 5 to a 3 before landfall.