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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 ...
Hurricane categories. Category 1: Winds 74-95 mph. Damage primarily to shrubbery, trees, poorly constructed items, and unanchored mobile homes. Category 2: Winds 96-110 mph. Some roof damage ...
Hurricane Oscar is the most recent Category 1 hurricane as of October 2024.. Category 1 is the lowest hurricane classification on the Saffir–Simpson scale.When a storm's wind speed is between 64 knots (74 mph; 119 km/h; 33 m/s) and 82 knots (95 mph; 153 km/h; 42 m/s), it is classified as a Category 1. [1]
Genevieve continued to strengthen rapidly overnight as it developed an inner core, and the storm became a Category 1 hurricane on August 17, reaching 1-minute sustained winds of 75 mph (121 km/h). [7] [8] Genevieve continued to rapidly intensify as it began to grow an eye along with well-defined banding features, later that day. [9]
September 5–6, 2004 – High surf from Hurricane Howard hit the southern California coastline with 6 to 12 ft (1.8 to 3.7 m) waves, which led to more than 1,000 lifeguard rescues over the busy Labor Day Weekend. [32] September 20, 2004 – The remnants of Hurricane Javier dropped 0.08 in (2.0 mm) of rainfall at Needles. [33]
The forecast says 4 to 7 of the storms would reach major status, meaning at least a Category 3 hurricane with minimum sustained winds of 111 mph. The yearly averages are 14.4 named storms, 7.2 ...
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).
The tropical storm made landfall near San Pedro, California, early on September 25, [1] with winds of severe gale strength. It dissipated later that day. [ 4 ] The strongest reported sustained wind was of Force 11 strength, which was reported by a ship, making this system a minimal hurricane.