Re: Hurricane Ian

On 10/5/2022 8:38 PM, Tim Merrigan wrote:
>> No. Designations like Nor'Easter refer to the direction the wind is
>> blowing from at the speaker's location. Hurricanes have a circular wind
>> pattern, and are usually counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.
>>
>> So if Ian is sitting in the Atlantic somewhere off the coast of New
>> York, the most likely direction of winds in NYC is from the Northeast.
>> Hence...
> Is/was it still a hurricane when it got to the North East?

I don't think so, but the difference between a "tropical storm" and a 
"hurricane" is wind velocity, not direction or pattern.

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