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  • Category 2 Earl Heads for Cape Cod September 3, 2010
    Hi, Dr. Rob Carver with your early-morning blog update. Earl is starting to pass the Outer Banks, all tropical warnings south of Cape Lookout, NC have been discontinued, and the hurricane watch for North Carolina has been canceled. Looking at our METAR history page, it is apparent the low pressure center of Earl is now moving away from Cape Hatteras.As of 50 […]
  • Category 2 Earl Passes the Outer Banks, Heads for Cape Cod September 3, 2010
    Hi, Dr. Rob Carver with your evening blog update. Earl continues to weaken, as he is now a category 2 storm. EarlAs of 11PM EDT, Earl is a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 mph. From the advisory, Earl is located at 33.8 N, 74.4 W, 115 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, NC and 570 miles south-southwest of Nantucket, MA. On average, Earl is cu […]
  • Earl significantly weakening September 2, 2010
    Hurricane Earl has significantly weakened today. The Hurricane Hunters found a central pressure of 948 mb at 4:06pm EDT, a large 20 mb rise from the 928 mb pressure of the 5am EDT advisory this morning. The aircraft found flight level winds at 10,000 feet of 124 mph, which translates to surface winds at the boundary between Category 2 and Category 3 strength […]
  • Earl: 3rd strongest hurricane on record so far north in U.S. coastal waters September 2, 2010
    Hurricane Earl strengthened significantly overnight, and its Category 4 140 mph winds make it the third strongest Atlantic hurricane on record so far north in U.S. coastal waters. Only Hurricane Esther of 1961 and Hurricane Connie of 1955 made it farther north in U.S. coastal waters at a higher strength. Both storms had winds 5 mph stronger than Earl--145 mp […]
  • Category 4 Earl Approaches the East Coast September 2, 2010
    Hi, Dr. Rob Carver with your evening blog update. It's a busy night in the tropics with category 4 Hurricane Earl and Tropical Storms Fiona and Gaston in the Atlantic. We'll focus on Earl tonight.EarlAs of 11PM EDT, Earl is a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 140 mph and faster gusts. From the advisory, Earl is located at 27.8 N, 73.8 W, 520 […]
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Hurricane Categories: A Examination of Destructive Power

For your reference as me move forward into Hurricane season, lets review the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, taken from NOAA’s website:

Category One Hurricane:
Sustained winds 74-95 mph (64-82 kt or 119-153 km/hr). Damaging winds are expected. Some damage to building structures could occur, primarily to unanchored mobile homes (mainly pre-1994 construction). Some damage is [...]

June 3rd, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Becoming an Adjuster, Being an Adjuster, Weather | Leave a comment

Hurricane Extremes: How Strong Can A Hurricane Get?

In observance of the opening of Hurricane season, we’ll be examining each day this week various dynamics of hurricanes and hurricane season.  Today, lets appease our basic, visceral side and look at just how nasty a hurricane can get in terms of sheer force.
First, pop quiz.  Do you know what the strongest Atlantic Hurricane in [...]

June 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Becoming an Adjuster, Being an Adjuster, Weather | Leave a comment

2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season: What to Expect

The Atlantic hurricane season officially began June 1st.  Lets get an overview of what we could expect:
How Long is Hurricane Season?
Hurricane season begins June 1st and ends November 30th.  As the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) notes, however, “There is nothing magical in these dates, and hurricanes have occurred outside of these six months, [...]

June 1st, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Becoming an Adjuster, Being an Adjuster, Weather | One comment