User:MarioProtIV/Oho 2015
Appearance
Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
![]() Hurricane Oho at peak intensity on October 6 | |
Formed | October 3, 2015 |
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Dissipated | October 10, 2015 |
(Extratropical after October 7) | |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 110 mph (175 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 957 mbar (hPa); 28.26 inHg |
Areas affected | Hawaii, Alaska |
Part of the 2015 Pacific hurricane season |
Hurricane Oho was a rare tropical cyclone whose extratropical remnants struck the state of Alaska.[1][2][3] The twenty-first tropical cyclone and thirteenth hurricane of the extremely active 2015 Pacific hurricane season, Oho formed out of a monsoon trough located south of Hawaii on October 3.
Meteorological history[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Oho_2015_track.png/275px-Oho_2015_track.png)
Map key
Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Storm type
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Preperations and impact[edit]
Hawaii[edit]
Oho caused some increased surf and flash flooding along the Big Island.[4]
Alaska[edit]
British Columbia[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/2015/Final-CP072015_Oho_Final.docx
- ^ https://www.adn.com/weather/article/cyclone-oho-brings-heavy-rains-high-winds-southeast-alaska/2015/10/09/
- ^ https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/exhurricane-oho-going-where-few-hurricanes-have-gone-before-alaska
- ^ https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/tropical-storm-oho-hurricane-northwest-british-columbia