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    The radius of maximum wind (RMW) is the distance between the center of a cyclone and its band of strongest winds. It is a parameter in atmospheric dynamics...
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  • distance from the center, known as the radius of maximum wind, or RMW. Unlike gusts, the value of these winds are determined via their sampling and averaging...
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    metrics include the radius of maximum wind, the radius of 34-knot (17 m/s; 63 km/h; 39 mph) wind (i.e. gale force), the radius of outermost closed isobar...
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  • cyclones roughly half their size. Radius of maximum wind Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Q: What is the average size of a tropical cyclone? Archived 2013-09-01...
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  • Thumbnail for Glossary of tropical cyclone terms
    twice the radius of maximum wind. Compare indirect hit, strike. Eastern North Pacific Basin The portion of the North Pacific Ocean east of 140W. The National...
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    may be quite similar to landfall, as this term is used when the radius of maximum wind within a tropical cyclone moves ashore. These effects are high surf...
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  • the system can be approximated by their values at the radius of maximum wind. The inclusion of Q i n : f r i c t i o n {\displaystyle Q_{in:friction}}...
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    dipole eye structure. Tropical cyclones portal Outline of tropical cyclones Radius of maximum wind RAINEX Storm surge Eyewall replacement cycle Landsea...
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  • Thumbnail for 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane
    feeling the storm's radius of maximum wind. Shortly afterward it logged 60 mph (97 km/h) near the edge of the eye, along with a pressure of 960 mb (28 inHg)...
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    which is seen on satellite imagery as the coldest cloud tops. The radius of maximum wind is usually collocated with the coldest cloud tops within the CDO...
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  • Quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) Radar Operations Center (ROC) Radius of maximum wind (RMW) Rain-free base (RFB) Rankine vortex Rear flank downdraft (RFD)...
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    Hurricane Camille (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024)
    common aspect of undergoing periods of rapid intensification. The size of Camille's radius of maximum wind was less than one-third that of Katrina, more...
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  • for Welsh Romani language Radius of maximum wind, the distance between the center of a cyclone and its band of strongest winds Mannheim-Waldhof station...
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    arrival of the storm's strongest winds or were positioned outside the radius of maximum wind, providing incomplete measurements and resulting in maximum values...
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  • Thumbnail for 1898 Georgia hurricane
    strongest in the state of Georgia. It is also the most recent major hurricane to hit the state. Additionally, its radius of maximum wind was estimated at 20...
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    considered a type of eyewall replacement cycle. Winds have also been found to decrease in a stairstep like fashion within the radius of maximum wind, which may...
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  • Thumbnail for Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina
    (45–55 km) radius of maximum wind, the NHC indicated sustained Category 4 winds may have briefly occurred along the extreme southeastern coast of Louisiana...
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  • Thumbnail for 1935 Labor Day hurricane
    velocity along with an extremely tiny radius of maximum wind (5 nmi, 5.8 miles) led to an analyzed intensity at landfall of 160 knots (184 mph; 296 km/h). The...
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  • caused by a storm's winds, and the Hurricane Hazard Index, which is based on surface wind speeds, the radius of maximum winds of the storm, and its translational...
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    cyclones with maximum sustained winds greater than 33 m/s (64 kn; 119 km/h; 74 mph), or hurricane-force, and particularly in major hurricanes of Saffir–Simpson...
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    essential sources of meteorological data. radius of maximum wind (RMW) The distance between the center of a cyclone and its band of strongest winds, often used...
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    inner core dissipating and a larger eye organizing around it; its radius of maximum wind doubled from about 30 mi (50 km) to 60 mi (100 km). This differed...
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    17 mi (27 km) radius of maximum wind, and was traveling at a swift pace of about 35 mph (55 km/h). Consequently, its estimated maximum winds of 125 mph (205 km/h)...
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    incredibly small with an average radius of maximum wind of 8 mi (13 km). Additional weakening took place and peak winds fell to 145 mph (235 km/h) while...
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    maximum sustained winds of 130 km/h (80 mph) – Category 3 on the Australian cyclone scale. At 09:00 AEST on Christmas Eve, Althea struck the coast of...
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  • Thumbnail for Pressure-wind relationship calculations for tropical cyclones
    to reliably measure. These winds can be estimated from both the radius of maximum winds and the pressure gradient, but this gradient is also difficult...
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  • Thumbnail for Meteorological history of Hurricane Patricia
    second-most intense worldwide in terms of barometric pressure. It also featured the highest one-minute maximum sustained winds ever recorded in a tropical cyclone...
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  • Thumbnail for 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane
    14 mi (23 km) radius of maximum wind being smaller than the average Atlantic storm at a similar intensity and latitude. The center of the hurricane then...
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  • Thumbnail for 1930 San Zenón hurricane
    of 150 mph (240 km/h), and also provided data to estimate the radius of maximum winds at 8 mi (13 km). At 1800 UTC on September 3, it made landfall near...
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    the radius of maximum winds reported a reading of 922 mbar; the barometer on the ship was found to be 5 mbar too high, resulting in a pressure of 917 mbar...
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