Storyline · concluded · The storm ledger
Surigae
Every dispatch filed on Surigae, in order, so you can watch the call sharpen from first mention to the last word.
2Dispatches
3Days · APR 15–APR 17
I-26Tropics
Where the dispatches were filed
The route · every exit
- Exit 1 · APR 15 Intensification into a Super Typhoon possible
- Exit 2 · APR 17 Winds could be 170-knots
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Why I-26?
Tropical stories ride Interstate 26, after the 26 °C sea-surface temperature often used as a rough threshold for tropical development.
26 °C
The sea-surface temperature often used as a rough threshold for tropical development; the shield number of this road.
Invest
An area the Hurricane Center is investigating, numbered 90–99 with a basin letter, before it has a name.
ACE
Accumulated Cyclone Energy: a season's wind, squared and summed every six hours. Climatology sets the scale.