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Hurricane Kristy weakened to a Category 1 storm on Saturday and is expected to downgrade into a post-tropical cyclone and disorganize in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center ...
A hurricane watch, meaning hurricane conditions are possible within 24 hours, was issued for: Dominica, Anguilla, St. Maarten, St. Martin and St. Barthelemy. A tropical-storm watch is in effect ...
By 1 p.m. Sunday, with the storm 290 miles west-northwest of Progreso, it intensified into Hurricane Milton, a Category 1 storm with a minimum of 74 mph sustained winds. Show comments Advertisement
To be classified as a hurricane, a tropical cyclone must have one-minute-average maximum sustained winds at 10 m (33 ft) above the surface of at least 74 mph (64 kn, 119 km/h; Category 1). [1] The highest classification in the scale, Category 5, consists of storms with sustained winds of at least 157 mph (137 kn, 252 km/h).
Hurricane Nigel became the sixth hurricane to form in the Atlantic Ocean this season Hurricane Nigel expected to ‘rapidly intensify’ and become major storm by Tuesday: Latest tracker Skip to ...
A Category 4 hurricane has winds of 113 to 136 kn (130 to 157 mph; 209 to 252 km/h), while a Category 5 hurricane has winds of at least 137 kn (158 mph; 254 km/h). [1] [3] A post tropical cyclone is a system that has weakened, into a remnant low or has dissipated and formal advisories are usually discontinued at this stage. [1]
Favourable atmospheric and oceanic conditions fostered strengthening, though this trend levelled off after Kirk became a hurricane on 1 October. A period of renewed rapid intensification brought Kirk to peak intensity as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale, with winds of 230 km/h
The National Hurricane Center said Ernesto remained a Category 1 hurricane on Monday. The storm was moving northeast and was expected to increase in speed but begin to weaken Monday evening.