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#15 Hurricanes
#15 Hurricanes
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Pacific
y Called Typhoons in the Western Pacific and
Asia
Know this
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Recall highs
and lows
Equatorial
low (0)
Subtropical
high (30)
Trade winds
(SW)
Westerlies
(NE)
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Northern Hemisphere
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Southern Hemisphere
Hurricanes
Counter Clockwise
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Hurricanes
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Approaching the eye, wind velocities
increase, pressure drops
(figure 14-2 pg.417)
Once inside eye, wind
velocities are zero
Consider as a storm
passes over you and
you are within the
eye, what will happen
next?
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Category
Pressure (mbar)
Surge (ft)
Wind (mph)
>980
4-5
75-95
965-979
6-8
96-110
945-964
9-12
111-130
920-944
13-18
131-155
<920
>18
>155
Hurricanes
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Damaging products of hurricanesy Storm Surge- Due to low pressure and high
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Category 5
Max winds- 195mph
Pressure- 895 mbar
Storm surge- 17ft
Rainfall- 11in+ (12hr)
Landfall in the
Philippines
November 7th
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