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Hurricane Bill was a large Atlantic hurricane that brought minor damage across mainly Atlantic Canada and the East Coast of the United States during August 2009. The second named storm , first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season , Bill originated from a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic on August 15.
The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season was a below-average Atlantic hurricane season that produced eleven tropical cyclones, nine named storms, three hurricanes, and two major hurricanes. [ 1 ] [ nb 1 ] It officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30, dates that conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones ...
Hurricane Bill, the first hurricane, major hurricane, and most intense hurricane was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that affected areas from the Leeward Islands to Newfoundland. With only 11 tropical depressions and 9 named storms, the 2009 season featured the lowest number of tropical cyclones since the 1997 season , and only one system ...
After a sleepy start, the 2009 hurricane season exploded this week with Ana, Bill and Claudette. As Hurricane Bill churns across the Atlantic, this is a good time to make sure your family has an ...
8:00 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Bill weakens to a Category 3 hurricane. [5] 8:00 a.m. AST (0000 UTC on August 21) – Hurricane Bill attains its secondary peak intensity with winds of 125 mph (200 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 943 mbar (hPa; 27.85 inHg), the lowest pressure recorded in any storm during the 2009 season. [5] August 21
Hurricane Bill (1997), threatened Bermuda, but passed the island without incident; Tropical Storm Bill (2003), made landfall west of New Orleans killing four and causing $50 million in damages; Hurricane Bill (2009), a large Category 4 hurricane that passed Bermuda and grazed Nova Scotia before striking Newfoundland as a tropical storm
The hurricane center uses only the top four or five highest performing models to help make its forecasts. Gabe Hauari is a national trending news reporter at USA TODAY.
This marked the farthest northeast a tropical cyclone formed in the Atlantic basin, breaking the record set by Hurricane Vince in 2005. [3] [33] In its Tropical Cyclone Report on Grace, the National Hurricane Center reported that the formation of Grace was poorly forecast. The first mention of the precursor low on 1 October predicted that it ...