The eye of a hurricane is a calm, rain free, and sometimes cloud free area at the center of a hurricane, surrounded by the storm's strongest winds.
No, but Hurricane Sandy hit Brooklyn, New York.
Hurricane ratings are bases on maximum sustained wind speed. A category 1 hurricane has sustained winds of 74-95 mph. A category 5 hurricane has winds over 156 mph.
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Unorganized mass of thunderstorms Tropical Depression Winds uo to 74 miles per hour Category 1 to 5 storm
No. The eye of a hurricane is free of storms.
Hurricanes develop when a cluster of thunderstorms moves over warm ocean water with plenty of warm, moist air.
A hurricane will start as a Tropical Wave. It then becomes a Tropical Depression. A TD is given a number but not a name. Once the TD reaches 39 mile per hour winds its given a name and becomes a Tropical Storm. After reaching 74 mile per hour winds it becomes a hurricane.
A hurricane is actually composed of thunderstorms. Both hurricanes and ordinary thunderstorms get their energy from warm moist air.
Thunderstorms. Tornadoes are a product of thunderstorms while a hurricane is composed of thunderstorms.
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Hurricane Sandy started out as a tropical disturbance over the Caribbean Sea. The disturbance was an area of low pressure that produced some showers and thunderstorms. Over the warm waters of the Caribbean the disturbance organized and strengthened first to a tropical depression, then to a tropical storm, then to a hurricane.
Hurricane Sandy started out as a tropical disturbance over the Caribbean Sea. The disturbance was an area of low pressure that produced some showers and thunderstorms. Over the warm waters of the Caribbean the disturbance organized and strengthened first to a tropical depression, then to a tropical storm, then to a hurricane.
No. A hurricane is an entirely different class of storm from thunderstorms and tornadoes. However, hurricanes often do produce thunderstorms and tornadoes.
Hurricane Sandy started as a small cluster of thunderstorms over the Caribbean Sea that organized and strengthened into a tropical depression, then to a tropical storm, and finally to a hurricane. The storm headed north striking Jamaica, Cuba, the Bahamas, paralleling and eventually striking the U.S. east coast.
Hurricane Katrina caused many thunderstorms, as do all hurricanes.