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2009 Storm Names
Atlantic

Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fred
Grace
Henri

Ida
Joaquin
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
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E. Pacific

Andres
Blanca
Carlos
Dolores
Enrique
Felicia
Guillermo
Hilda
Ignacio
Jimena
Kevin
Linda
Marty
Nora
Olaf
Patricia
Rick

Sandra
Terry
Vivian
Waldo
Xina
York
Zelda

Other Years
 
Storm Reports of Local Interest
(2009 reports are preliminary)
Claudette - August '09
Gustav - Sept. '08
Fay - August '08
TD 10 - Sept. '07
Barry - June '07
Alberto - June '06
Wilma - October '05
Katrina - August '05
Dennis - July '05
Cindy - July '05
Arlene - June '05
Jeanne - Sept. '04
Ivan - Sept. '04
Frances - Sept. '04
Charley - August '04
Bonnie - August '04
Henri - Sept. '03
Isidore - Sept. '02
Hanna - Sept. '02
Barry - August '01
Allison - June '01
Helene - Sept. '00
Gordon - Sept. '00
Georges - Sept. '98
Earl - Sept. '98
Josephine - October '96
Opal - October '95
Jerry - August '95
Erin - August '95
Allison - June '95
Kate - Nov. '85
 
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2009 Hurricane Season

This is a GOES or METEOSAT infrared satellite picture of a portion of the tropical Atlantic basin. Please be patient while the latest satellite image loads.
This is a GOES or METEOSAT infrared satellite picture of a portion of the tropical Atlantic basin. If tropical systems develop, we will display a sector that focuses on the storm in either the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic, the northwestern Atlantic, or the eastern Atlantic. Click on the image for a larger view. Click here to loop the image.

Atlantic Basin Storms

HURRICANE IDA
Storm Center Lat: 22.2N Lon: 86.3W
Movement toward: NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 330 DEGREES AT 10
Maximum sustained winds: 100
Storm Center is 582 MILES from Florida State Capital
Storm Center is 551 MILES from Panama City Beach
Storm Center is 509 MILES from Apalachicola
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Category

Pressure
mb

Winds
mph
Surge
ft
Depression -- <39 --
T. Storm -- 39-73 --
Hurricane 1 > 980 74-95 4-5
Hurricane 2 965-980 96-110 6-8
Hurricane 3 945-965 111-130 9-12
Hurricane 4 920-945 131-155 13-18
Hurricane 5 < 920 > 155 > 18
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