def: Hurricane- A tropical
cyclone with 1-min average
surface (10 m) winds in excess
of 32 m s−1 (64 knots) in the
Western Hemisphere (North
Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea,
Gulf of Mexico, and in the
eastern and central North Pacific
east of the date line).
cyclone with 1-min average
surface (10 m) winds in excess
of 32 m s−1 (64 knots) in the
Western Hemisphere (North
Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea,
Gulf of Mexico, and in the
eastern and central North Pacific
east of the date line).
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Meteorologist Ken Weathers 865-335-9196 ken.weathers@yahoo.com