Meteorology and Climatology During an average hurricane season, six hurricanes and four tropical storms form per year, with at least two hurricanes striking the U.S. each year. Interestingly, 1998 saw the most hurricanes in almost 100 years. At one time in 1998, four hurricanes existed in the Atlantic, something that had not happened since 1883! This is for Calvin's final report in his class. He just loves to learn about hurricanes
posted by RT on 5/05/2002 04:53:00 PM

TPC NHC TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMES. This is the set list of hurricane names. We had no idea they were set years in advance.
posted by RT on 5/05/2002 04:52:00 PM

How fast do hurricanes move Typically, a hurricane's forward speed averages around 15-20 mph. However, some hurricanes stall, often causing devastatingly heavy rain. Others can accelerate to more than 60 mph.

Hurricane Gordon took 8 days to go from Mexico to the United States. One of the research questions Calvin asked about.

posted by RT on 5/01/2002 06:25:00 PM

1997 Hurricanes and Typhoons This is for Calvin's project.

Hurricane images are from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS). DMSP operates day/night and dusk/dawn satellites. Daytime images are taken with sunlight striking perpendicular to the storm while dusk/dawn images have sunlight glancing across the top of the storm. Images from F12 and F14 are daytime images; those from the F13 satellite are dawn/dusk. Each hurricane is shown in two separate images showing views in the OLS visible near-infrared band and the OLS thermal-infrared band. The spatial resolution of the imagery used is 2.7 km. The thermal infrared images show the temperatures of the cloud tops, and ocean and land surfaces, while the visible-near infrared images show reflected sunlight during the day and reflected moonlight or man-made lights during the night.

posted by RT on 5/01/2002 06:13:00 PM