Sentences with phrase «on hurricane strength»

But I understand that the authors here were arguing towards and effective upper limit on hurricane strength.

Not exact matches

Within a few years, Intrade amassed 25,000 users willing to wager money on whether Osama Bin Laden would be captured, the strength of the upcoming hurricane season in the U.S., or more mundane matters such as the Nasdaq close.

Estimates for damages caused by Hurricane Harvey are climbing with the storm poised to regain strength in the Gulf of Mexico before crashing back on land.

Tropical storm and hurricane - strength conditions are expected to begin in Florida around 2 pm on Saturday and continue into Sunday.

The airline's dedication to providing extensive hurricane relief on the Caribbean island — and in the continental U.S. — underscores its commitment to leveraging its strengths as a business to rise up as a force for good in the community.

«BPS made the decision to close as the hurricane's path, strength and potential impact on Brevard County became more clear,» said BPS spokeswoman Jennifer Wolfinger.

The classic rum cocktail usually relies on ginger beer for its spicy punch, but this hurricane - strength potion not only uses a homemade lemon - ginger brew, it also garnishes itself with candied ginger.

Players for No. 5 LSU drew on the emotional strength they developed in dealing with the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita to recover from a poor first half and beat the fourth - ranked Crimson Tide.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Isaac neared hurricane strength last night, closing on the Gulf Coast with a projected landfall a day short of the seventh anniversary of the devastating Hurricanehurricane strength last night, closing on the Gulf Coast with a projected landfall a day short of the seventh anniversary of the devastating HurricaneHurricane Katrina.

Winds gusting at speeds of up to 1,650 km / h blow from West to East in the equatorial atmosphere, thirteen times the strength of the most destructive hurricane force winds that form on Earth «s equator.

Predicting wind intensity or strength in tropical cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes is a key objective in meteorology: the lives of hundreds of thousands of people may depend on it.

It was the first recorded hurricane to reach Category 5 status on the Saffir - Simpson Hurricane Scale in the Atlantic basin; it remains the only recorded hurricane to strike Puerto Rico at Category 5 strength, and one of the ten most intense ever recorded to make landfall in the Unitehurricane to reach Category 5 status on the Saffir - Simpson Hurricane Scale in the Atlantic basin; it remains the only recorded hurricane to strike Puerto Rico at Category 5 strength, and one of the ten most intense ever recorded to make landfall in the UniteHurricane Scale in the Atlantic basin; it remains the only recorded hurricane to strike Puerto Rico at Category 5 strength, and one of the ten most intense ever recorded to make landfall in the Unitehurricane to strike Puerto Rico at Category 5 strength, and one of the ten most intense ever recorded to make landfall in the United States.

But a reduction in the number and intensity of large hurricanes driving ocean waters on shore — such as this month's Hurricane Joaquin, seen, which reached category 4 strength — may also play a role by cooling sea - surface temperatures that fuel the growth of these monster storms, the team notes.

By Marie - Louise Gumuchian and Anthony Deutsch LONDON / AMSTERDAM (Reuters)- Hurricane strength winds battered northern Europe on Monday, killing more than a dozen people, cutting power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and train journeys.

And then two to four of those hurricanes would be expected to reach major hurricane status, defined as Category 3 or above on the Saffir - Simpson scale of hurricane strength, or winds above 111 mph.

It's these lower wind speeds, around hurricane strength, that are most common — even on the edges of stronger storms — according to Grimes.

Already he has shown, at least on the computer screen, that small changes in wind and air temperature — in fact, no more than 3 to 5 degrees — could have redirected hurricane Iniki away from landfall in 1992 and reduced the strength of hurricane Andrew that same year.

The maps are the result of years of experience and recent polling that found most Americans living on vulnerable coastlines paid too much attention to hurricane wind strength and not enough to storm surge before deciding whether to evacuate ahead of a storm, Rhome said during an interview at this week's National Hurricane Conference inhurricane wind strength and not enough to storm surge before deciding whether to evacuate ahead of a storm, Rhome said during an interview at this week's National Hurricane Conference inHurricane Conference in Orlando.

As the hurricanes Iselle and Julio gain in strength near Hawaii, it will be interesting to see how the storms on another world also continue to evolve.

On November 17, 2012, Alvarenga set out with an untested mate, Cordoba, hoping to outrun a possible Norteno — a violent storm capable of producing hurricane - strength winds.

He shows how warming ocean waters gave Hurricane Katrina the added strength to blow right through Florida and on to New Orleans, and he documents worst - case scenarios for accelerated change.

Since you're insuring liability and contents, the strength of the building in terms of hurricane safety has a direct impact on how much risk you retain without wind coverage on your renters insurance in Florida.

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.

On the heels of Hurricane Harvey, Irma made its way across the Atlantic, shattering records for strength and size.

Mehretu's «Cairo» (from 2013), recalls the Freudian overlays of history and the unconscious that are the essence of the megalopolis lifestyle; Bradford's «Corner of Desire and Piety» (2008) refers to the social failures of the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe and by extension the frailty and irrationality of the urban fabric; and the El Anatsui tapestry, «Red Black,» 2010, undulating on the wall, recalls the skin of the museum itself, woven of many pieces, with a curious declivity dramatizing its strength.

There have been various studies investigating the potential effect of long - term global warming on the number and strength of Atlantic - basin hurricanes.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center in May projected between a dozen and 16 named storms, including 2 to 5 major hurricanes (those above Category 3 on the Saffir - Simpson scale of storm strength).

During the period 1992 - 2000, the average sea - surface temperature of the Indian Ocean increased by approximately 0.25 Celsius, this may be the cause of an increased monsoon strength here (or more hurricanes on other places)...

-- Kerry Emanuel, who has been studying hurricanes and climate change for decades, has a great page on his Web site at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology consolidating the many competing computer model runs aiming to forecast the strength and track of tropical storms.

In the meantime, keep a weather eye on the Web site of the National Hurricane Center and Kerry Emanuel's page at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which collects a variety of forecasts of storm strengths and tracks.

However, in terms of predicting whether a hurricane will hit NOLA or Mobile AL, that is inherently uncertain more than few days out (predictability depending on the large scale circulation system and the strength of the storm).

The National Hurricane Center's final 3 - day projected track for Hurricane Irene keeps the powerful storm centered on the populous metropolitan corridor from the suburbs of Washington, D.C., through New York City — showing the storm still maintaining hurricane strength as it approaches the New York cHurricane Center's final 3 - day projected track for Hurricane Irene keeps the powerful storm centered on the populous metropolitan corridor from the suburbs of Washington, D.C., through New York City — showing the storm still maintaining hurricane strength as it approaches the New York cHurricane Irene keeps the powerful storm centered on the populous metropolitan corridor from the suburbs of Washington, D.C., through New York City — showing the storm still maintaining hurricane strength as it approaches the New York churricane strength as it approaches the New York coastline.

The strength of hurricanes and cyclones has reduced on average.

«One statistic that people should remember is that on average, about 1 in every 3 major hurricanes makes landfall at major hurricane strength (in the U.S.)» he said.

On Oct. 24, it will be exactly 8 years since the last major hurricane of Category 3 strength or greater made landfall.

Not surprisingly, perceptions of hurricane strength were mainly based on the intensity of the most recent storm they experienced, rather than an average of the last several.

«There's certainly strong circumstantial evidence because we know that the strength of tropical cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons depends very much on sea surface temperatures.

«Coming off one of the most devastating hurricane seasons in recent memory, many are quick to blame the strength and frequency of these storms on global warming.

«The authors write that «the El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a naturally occurring fluctuation,» whereby «on a timescale of two to seven years, the eastern equatorial Pacific climate varies between anomalously cold (La Niña) and warm (El Niño) conditions,» and that «these swings in temperature are accompanied by changes in the structure of the subsurface ocean, variability in the strength of the equatorial easterly trade winds, shifts in the position of atmospheric convection, and global teleconnection patterns associated with these changes that lead to variations in rainfall and weather patterns in many parts of the world,» which end up affecting «ecosystems, agriculture, freshwater supplies, hurricanes and other severe weather events worldwide.»»

So as hurricane season approaches, advocates for action on climate mitigation would be well served by playing to their strengths and avoiding using hurricanes to promote their cause.

Finally, on 20 September, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, and its category 4 strength winds caused the National Weather Service radar to stop functioning.

She went on to investigate cloud seeding to test her models and to try to reduce the strength of hurricanes.

Wilma achieved the greatest strength (lowest central pressure: 882 mb) of any Atlantic Hurricane on record without entering the Gulf of Mexico.

As to the theory of the quantitative strength of hurricanes I have learnt much from the early posts on this thread and haven't anything of value to add.

Re # 207: Strengths of these historical hurricanes are hard to pin down, but of course it would be foolish in the extreme to assume that the TX coast hasn't been hit by Rita - sized storms on numerous occasions in the past.

Contrast this logic with that used by those on either side of the hurricane strength debate.

Since you're insuring liability and contents, the strength of the building in terms of hurricane safety has a direct impact on how much risk you retain without wind coverage on your renters insurance in Florida.

Waves crest and blow over the seawall at Bryant Park in Lake Worth, Fla., as the first tropical storm - strength winds of Hurricane Irma pass over central Palm Beach County on Sunday, September 10, 2017.