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Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific

posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday September 01 2015, @08:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the Triple-Event dept.

"gewg_" writes:

EarthSky reports:

NASA's Terra satellite just released this August 29 image of Hurricanes Kilo, Ignacio, and Jimena, all Category Four Hurricanes. According to the Weather Channel:

This is the first recorded occurrence of three Category 4 hurricanes in the central and eastern Pacific basins at the same time. In addition, it's also the first time with three major hurricanes (Category 3 or stronger) in those basins simultaneously, according to hurricane specialist Eric Blake of the National Hurricane Center.

[...]On Sunday, August 30, from west to east, Hurricane Kilo was located 1,210 miles west-southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, Hurricane Ignacio was located 515 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii, and Hurricane Jimena was located 1,815 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday September 02 2015, @07:45PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday September 02 2015, @07:45PM (#231419) Journal

    Yeah, because they totally didn't bother to measure wind-speed before the new scale. Therefore, it's impossible to know if category 4 hurricanes existed before then.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2015, @08:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2015, @08:15PM (#231431)

    I have no idea if thats what they did, but this news article is worthless without explaining all that.