Meteorolgists learn from Hurricane Ike
Oct 9, 2008
ieve the storm would intensify. For reasons still unknown, it didn't. 'The low pressure could have supported stronger winds,' said Ian Giammanco, field coordinator for a hurricane re-search team at Texas Tech. A possible explanation for why Ike didn't reach its full potential is that within the storm, the distribution of pressure gradients was broad enough to stabilize the winds, he added. Tex
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