![]() ![]() The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor Tropical Storm Grace, Henri and the recently formed tropical wave in the Atlantic. We’re getting a little off-topic, here, though.Ģ011′s Irene was indeed a hurricane, but by the time it ravaged Vermont, it was technically a tropical storm.Watch Video: Strengthening Grace gears up for Mexico impact “The Perfect Storm” was a 2000 movie starring George Clooney and New England’s own Mark Wahlberg, based on a book of the same name by Sebastian Junger. And the “H” name - Henri in 1991 - was next on the list when the storm struck.Ĭorrect. Yep! Atlantic hurricane names are recycled every six years, unless they’re retired out of notoriety - we’re never going to see another hurricane named Katrina, or even Bob, again. SAY IT HAD BEEN NAMED, WHAT WOULD IT HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS? A hurricane eventually formed at its center - but it purposely went unnamed, because meteorologists worried it would be distracting. It started as a nor’easter, in which form it inflicted the most damage. The so-called “perfect storm” - also known as the Halloween Storm - hit New England about two months later. WAIT, WAS HURRICANE BOB THE SAME AS ‘THE PERFECT STORM’? School is back in session in parts of the east coast, but there are still thousands of tourists enjoying the beaches of Cape Cod, the Hamptons and elsewhere. WE’RE IN THE DOG DAYS OF AUGUST - ARE THERE STILL TOURISTS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST? EDT Monday, so he’s technically still in charge for now. Andrew Cuomo brought up Sandy in a Saturday news conference, saying Henri comparatively offered “short notice.” And with Sandy, at least, there was more time to prepare. Power outages throughout the greater region could last a week or more. Henri has not been that hard on the city or the shore, but it could cause calamitous flooding in the saturated Hudson River Valley. Sandy’s known as a superstorm around these parts, because it was technically an extratropical system when it did its worst to New York City, its suburbs and the Jersey Shore in October 2012. But at the same time, climate change isn’t off the hook when it comes to tropical weather - global warming exacerbates hurricanes, making them stronger and wetter. It’s just a tropical weather phenomenon, the National Weather Service says. Most tropical systems in the northern hemisphere run out or recur before they can make their way north, according to the National Weather Service. ![]() There are two ingredients needed for a storm to track this far up north: a tropical system itself and steering currents. WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS NEEDED FOR AN HENRI (OR BOB OR GLORIA)? These storms have human names courtesy the World Meteorological Association, which draws up a list of 21 names for each Atlantic hurricane season. JE M’APPELLE HENRI - WHY DO I SHARE A NAME WITH A STORM? But with Connecticut in Henri’s path, some might better remember Gloria - the September 1985 hurricane made landfall on both Long Island and Connecticut and caused eight deaths and nearly $1 billion in damage. Bob was its predecessor, responsible for the deaths of 17 and $1.5 billion in damage in August 1991. Had it made landfall as a hurricane, it would have been New England’s first in 30 years. Henri had strengthened into a hurricane Saturday morning before losing steam Sunday. The storm surge - a wall of sea water pushed ahead of the storm by its winds - wasn’t significant like it was with 2012′s Superstorm Sandy, the effects of which are still plaguing New York.Ī stormy trio. Rain continued falling in some of those areas Monday, but cleanup was largely underway in New Jersey. It dropped to a tropical depression when sustained winds fell below 39 mph.Īfter coming ashore, Henri veered west, dumping large amounts of rain on Connecticut, New York’s Hudson River Valley, parts of New Jersey and even Pennsylvania. A tropical storm? 39-73 mph.Īs of Sunday evening, Henri’s sustained winds topped out at 40 mph (64 kph), well below hurricane status. The maximum sustained winds for a hurricane are anything above 74 mph.
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