Three Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific

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Three Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean: How Rare Is That?

Published Aug 30 2015 05:23 PM EDT
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Three Category 4 hurricanes on Sunday morning in the Pacific. Kilo (left), Ignacio (center) and Jimena (right). (NASA)

It seems Hawaii has been a target of several tropical systems this year, and Hurricane Ignacio is expected to move near the 50th state.

A very rare meteorological event occurred Saturday evening into early Sunday morning when three Category 4 hurricanes were ongoing simultaneously in the Pacific Ocean.

At 11 p.m. EDT Saturday, Huricane Kilo (135 mph) was located well southwest of the Hawaiian Islands followed by Hurricane Ignacio (140 mph) to the east of Hawaii and Hurricane Jimena (140 mph) in the eastern Pacific. Kilo was the last of the trio to reach Category 4 status, doing so on Saturday evening. For reference, hurricanes with maximum sustained winds of 130-156 mph are classified as Category 4, which is the second highest category on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

However, by 5 p.m. EDT Sunday both Kilo and Ignacio had begun to weaken and were classified as Category 3 hurricanes, while Jimena maintained its Category 4 status.

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[Electric Monk]

1. This is a dupe (sorta)

23 recs and counting, here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027124514

[Sienna86]

2. Wonder how this affects shipping traffic in the Pacific?

Have to wonder if climate change is related?