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average – 14), 9 hurricanes (long-term average – 7) and 6 major hurricanes (long-term average – 3). The fullforecast can be found here. 3-Month Outlook October to December - Rainfall Much More Likely Below Normal Near-Normal Above Normal Likely Left: Middle East and North Africa Right: Caribbean

and 307 people died. A further 200,000 hectares were flooded in the Netherlands, and 1,800 people drowned. The storm that caused this disastrous surge was among the worst the UK had experienced. Hurricane force winds blew down more trees in Scotland than were normally felled in a year. A car ferry

tropical storm status. 2. Tropical cyclone activity Tropical cyclone activity NWP NEP NAT NI MED TOTAL Tropical depressions (<34 knots) 2 (5) 3 (0) 1 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 6 (7) Tropical storms (34-63 knots) 5 (13) 7 (8) 13 (5) 4 (6) 1 (1) 30 (33) Hurricanes/typhoons (>63 knots) 11 (12) 10 (10) 7 (8) 4 (1) 0 (0

: www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/ weather/tropical-cyclones/ hurricane www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/ facts/hurricane.html www.cdc.gov/features/ hurricanepreparedness/index.html Tornado Weithiau fe'i gelwir yn drowynt. Mae tornado yn golofn o aer sy'n troi'n gyflym ac sy'n ymestyn o waelod cwmwl storm ac

Tropical depressions (<34 knots) 2(5) 0(2) 0(1) 0(0) 2(8) Tropical storms (34-63 knots) 9(9) 7(1) 9(12) 4(5) 29(27) Hurricanes/typhoons (>63 knots) 16(10) 10(10) 10(7) 0(1) 36(28) Total 24(24) 17(13) 19(20) 4(6) 67(63) Categories assigned based on 1-minute averaged winds Basin name abbreviations: NWP

at low levels, circulating either anti-clockwise (in the northern hemisphere) or clockwise (in the southern hemisphere). Tropical cyclones are also known as hurricanes and typhoons, depending on which country or countries are affected by them. Tropical cyclones can be seen from satellites and are very

level) vorticity is associated with increased hurricane activity. An increase in vorticity under climate change could c○ Crown Copyright 2016 12 Figure 9: Change in June to August mean wind shear (U at 200hPa - 850 hPa) from GCM (top) and downscaled (bottom) simulations under a RCP 8.5 scenario

influence over areas such as commerce, fashion, media, art, fashion and entertainment. New York weather can become very hot and humid in the summer, as tropical air occasionally pushes northwards, with occasional bitterly cold blasts from Canada. As we saw with Hurricane Sandy, tropical storms can

about the response to the Derry floods in August and ex Hurricane Ophelia. The Met Office science advisory group meeting was held in November which WW attended as an observer. Attendance at PAG-Reach in December and will be attending the Interdepartmental Met Office Strategy Group on 25 th January. WW

satellite, was captured on 31 July 2023, relatively early in the lifetime of the cyclone, when it was still situated well to the south of the Ryukyu Islands and its wind speeds were near their peak, the equivalent of a Category 4 Atlantic hurricane. Credits: Image: © Crown copyright, Met Office, Data