Some climatological characteristics of hurricanes and tropical storms, Gulf and East Coasts of the United States.

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U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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A climatology of hurricane factors important to storm surges is presented for the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts of the United States. Factors presented are: frequency of entering, exiting, and alongshore hurricanes; ratio of tropical storms to hurricanes; central pressures of hurricanes and tropical storms; radius of maximum winds and speed of forward motion for hurricanes; and direction of motion for entering hurricanes.

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hurricanes, tropical depressions, climatology, storm surges, winds, atmospheric pressure, gale force winds, periodicity

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