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In my experience they peter out quickly over land, and from Category 4 to depression in 24 hours is a bit fast but conceivable. The source of energy for hurricanes is warm air saturated with moisture and the source for such air is a warm ocean. When cut off from that source by being over land - even relatively flat land like Florida - the storm looses its punch quickly. As Hugo among others proved, however, if a storm is moving quickly it can remain a hurricane well inland.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Hurricane Alley 12:30 PM Update with Florida Map for Cross-Reference purposes.






Patton@Bastogne
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