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Watches and warnings. As of 2 p.m. ET Thursday, a hurricane warning was in effect for:. Anclote River to Mexico Beach, Florida. A "hurricane warning" means that hurricane conditions are expected ...
Sir Francis Beaufort. The scale that carries Beaufort's name had a long and complex evolution from the previous work of others (including Daniel Defoe the century before). In the 18th century, naval officers made regular weather observations, but there was no standard scale and so they could be very subjective — one man's "stiff breeze" might be another's "soft breeze"—: Beaufort succeeded ...
The storm is expected to continue weakening as it travels inland. As of 11 p.m. ET Wednesday, Francine's center was about 35 miles northwest of New Orleans, the hurricane center said.
Helene’s wind radius is forecast to be among the largest ever recorded in a storm at similar latitudes, in the 90th percentile, the hurricane center said Tuesday.
In Canada, a severe thunderstorm is defined as having wind gusts of greater than 90 km/h (56 mph), hail with a diameter of greater than two centimetres (0.79 in), rainfall rates of greater than 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in one hour or greater than 75 millimetres (3.0 in) in three hours, or tornadoes. [14]
A wind gust or just gust is a brief, sudden increase in the wind speed. It usually lasts for less than 20 seconds, briefer than a squall, which lasts minutes. A gust is followed by a lull (or slackening) in the wind speed. [1] Generally, winds are least gusty over large water surfaces and most gusty over rough land and near high buildings. [2]
Location: 80 miles south-southwest of Montego Bay, Jamaica. Maximum sustained winds: 60 mph Movement: northwest at 13 mph. Pressure: 993 mb. Next advisory: 10 a.m. How strong is Tropical Storm ...
But the storm could reach the level of a hypothetical Category 6 − and further stir debate about whether the National Hurricane Center’s long-used scale for classifying hurricane wind speeds ...