To: eastforker
So if the forward speed is 24mph and the storm is 110, does that mean it would have the force of 134 mph? No, absolutely not. The peak wind is measured or estimated relatively to stationary ground. The faster a storm moves, the higher in the hurricane categories it goes. See 1938 for a great example, forward motion of 60-70 mph turned a category 1 into a 3.
208 posted on
10/28/2020 7:39:30 PM PDT by
palmer
(Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
To: All
...Zeta Moving Rapidly Through MS and AL...
1000 PM CDT Update
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About 45 MI NE of Hattiesburg MS
Max Sustained Winds...80 MPH
Moving...NE at 31 MPH
Minimum Pressure...979 MB
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 25 miles.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 150 miles.
210 posted on
10/28/2020 8:02:38 PM PDT by
NautiNurse
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