Hurricane Helene is an unusual example of 'conveyor belt' weather conditions, similar to those for Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
Hurricane Helene is an unusual example of “conveyor belt” weather conditions, similar to those for Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said dozens of people were still trapped in buildings damaged by the Category 4 hurricane. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 140 mph when it made landfall late Thursday in a sparsely populated region in Florida’s rural Big Bend area, home to fishing villages and vacation hideaways where Florida’s Panhandle and peninsula meet.
Some climate scientists projected this might be a relatively quiet hurricane season due to the development of an Atlantic Ocean version of La Niña. What appears to have happened is that the storm’s development and movement were influenced by a combination of factors, including a high-pressure system to the northeast and a trough or low-pressure system to the northwest, creating a sort of “conveyor belt” steering Helene.
The interaction between a tropical storm and an atmospheric weather system is more common than the Fujiwhara Effect. Weather systems are common, regularly moving through the country and providing weather changes, Alaka said.
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