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Hurricane Charley prior to moving ashore on South Florida on August 13. 12:30 a.m. EDT (0430 UTC) – Hurricane Charley makes its first landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm with 120 mph (190 km/h) winds, but weakening back down to Category 2 as it leaves the island just west of Havana. [5]
1 Only systems that formed either on or after January 1, 2004 are counted in the seasonal totals. 2 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 2004 are counted in the seasonal totals. 3 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the IMD scale which uses 3-minute sustained winds.
They also decided that the new lists of hurricane name would start to be used in 1978 which was a year earlier than the Atlantic. [36] Since 1978 the same lists of names have been used, with names of significant tropical cyclones removed from the lists and replaced with new names. [34]
Hurricanes Frances (top left) and Ivan (bottom right) on September 5. Reflecting the season's high activity, the accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season was 227 units, [nb 4] [20] one of the highest values on record in the basin. ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied ...
0–9. Tropical Depression 10F (2004) 2004 Atlantic hurricane season; 2003–04 Australian region cyclone season; 2004–05 Australian region cyclone season
There are many terms used to describe the severity of a storm as it's developing, and some become severe enough to warrant a name. Here's what to know
Two men walk past a building destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in Orange Beach, Ala., Friday, Sept. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) On Sept. 2, 2004, a tropical depression formed off the coast of Africa.
Tropical cyclones are named to avoid confusion with the public and streamline communications, as more than one tropical cyclone can exist at a time. Names are drawn in order from predetermined lists, [1] and are usually assigned to tropical cyclones with one-, three- or ten-minute windspeeds of more than 65 km/h (40 mph).