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The system has maximum sustained winds near 45 mph with higher gusts, and "steady strengthening is forecast," according to the center. The storm is likely to become a hurricane by Tuesday night or ...
As of the 11 a.m. ET advisory from the hurricane center, the storm was located about 180 miles east-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. The system is moving ...
The National Hurricane Center estimates that much of the Big Bend and northeast Florida could see tropical storm force winds of at least 39 mph by about 8 p.m. tonight. Tropical Storm Warnings ...
At 6 a.m. CST, the center of Tropical Storm Rafael was located near latitude 17.4 North, longitude 78.4 West. Rafael is moving toward the northwest near 13 mph. A generally northwestward motion is ...
The India Meteorological Department's scale uses seven different classifications for systems within the North Indian Ocean, and are based on the systems' estimated 3-minute maximum sustained winds. Tropical cyclones that develop in the Southern Hemisphere are only officially classified by the warning centres on one of two scales, which are both ...
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).
In most tropical cyclone basins, use of the satellite-based Dvorak technique is the primary method used to estimate a tropical cyclone's maximum sustained winds. [5] The extent of spiral banding and difference in temperature between the eye and eyewall is used within the technique to assign a maximum sustained wind and pressure. [6]
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on tropical systems for Saturday, Aug. 31. For the latest on the possibility of new Atlantic storms view our story for Sunday, Sept. 1.. The National ...