Hurricane Sandy was a Category 3 hurricane before making landfall. When Sandy made landfall in New Jersey, the intensity was similar to a Category 1.
Hurricane Sandy was not rated on the Richter scale. That scale is for earthquakes, not hurricanes. Hurricane Sandy was a category 3 in the Saffir-Simpson scale, but had weakened to a category 1 by the time it reached the United States..
Hurricane Sandy peaked as a category 3 hurricane just before making landfall in Cuba. When Sandy made landfall in New Jersey, it was a Category 1.
Hurricane Sandy was a hurricane because it was a large scale tropical system with a closed circulation, a defined center of rotation, organized convection, a warm core, and sustained winds in excess of 74 mph. All these are needed to qualify as a hurricane. However, at landfall in the U.S. Sandy had lost tropical characteristics, and so was technically no longer a hurricane but a very powerful post-tropical cyclone.
Like all hurricanes, it was a 12 on the Beaufort Scale. That is as high as the scale goes.
No. A hurricane is a type of cyclone, but a tornado is not. A cyclone is a large-scale weather system. A tornado is a small-scale circulation.
Hurricane Sandy was not rated on the Richter scale. That scale is for earthquakes, not hurricanes. Hurricane Sandy was a category 3 in the Saffir-Simpson scale, but had weakened to a category 1 by the time it reached the United States..
Hurricane Sandy peaked as a category 3 hurricane shortly before hitting Cuba. Sandy was at category 1 intensity at landfall in the United States.
Hurricane Sandy peaked as a category 3 hurricane just before making landfall in Cuba. When Sandy made landfall in New Jersey, it was a Category 1.
Hurricane Sandy was a hurricane because it was a large scale tropical system with a closed circulation, a defined center of rotation, organized convection, a warm core, and sustained winds in excess of 74 mph. All these are needed to qualify as a hurricane. However, at landfall in the U.S. Sandy had lost tropical characteristics, and so was technically no longer a hurricane but a very powerful post-tropical cyclone.
Like all hurricanes, it was a 12 on the Beaufort Scale. That is as high as the scale goes.
Yes. Nothing can happen without something to cause it. Hurricane Sandy statrted as a disturbance that strengthened and organized over the warm waters of the Caribbean. The storm was driven northward by large scale wind patterns, and then forced westward by a blocking high as the storm merged with an extratropical storms system.
the difference is that the australian scale has no category
The scale of a hurricane intensity is called the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It categorizes hurricanes based on their sustained wind speeds.
No. A hurricane is a type of cyclone, but a tornado is not. A cyclone is a large-scale weather system. A tornado is a small-scale circulation.
A tornado cannot "hit" a hurricane as they operate on entirely different scales. A hurricane is its own large-scale storm system while a tornado is a small-scale vortex that occurs within a storm system. In fact, it is not uncommon for hurricanes to produce tornadoes.
No, a hurricane is not a tornado over water. A tornado and a hurricane are quite different. A hurricane is a large-scale self-sustaining storm pressure system, typically hundreds of miles wide. A tornado is a small-scale vortex dependent on a parent thunderstorm rarely over a mile wide. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
No. Tornadoes are short-lived small scale weather events and are a byproduct of thunderstorms. Hurricanes are long-lived, large scale storm systems.