The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is about to wrap up with a strange split personality: fewer storms than normal, but an ...
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Hurricane Melissa set records on it's way to impacting Jamaica, one was the largest wind gust ever recorded within a ...
According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and meteorologist Robert Homer Simpson, is a rating of 1 to 5 based on a hurricane's ...
Hurricane Melissa caused the strongest winds ever recorded by a dropsonde in a tropical cyclone. Our expert provides details ...
This is the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in Jamaica and is tied for the second strongest landfall in all of the Atlantic Basin! The storm is heading towards the coast around Montego Bay ...
A bomb cyclone is a meteorological term that describes a low pressure system whose size, strength and intensity increase ...
Hurricane hunters are specialized aviators who intentionally fly into dangerous storms to collect critical real-time weather data and conduct reconnaissance missions. They utilize robust, modified ...
November hurricanes are rare in Florida — and even rarer in Sarasota — but warmer waters could fuel late-season storms.