Atlantic Ocean (Page 2)

Hurricane Chris was always going to be a short lived tropical cyclone, but it did impress more than most of us expected (except the HWRF and HMON models who were revving up to Gert proportions in their forecasts). However, storm force winds still extend out 180 nautical miles and willRead More →

Clearly the answer is Hurricane Gert. Some speculation this week emerged that Chris looked like a Category 3 hurricane, just as Force Thirteen’s analysis of last year’s Hurricane Gert rated it at a similar intensity. But what are the differences, and how do they compare? Well, firstly, both storms beganRead More →