User:IrfanFaiz/Sandbox/Hurricane Daniel
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- This article is about the Pacific hurricane of 2006. For other storms of the same name, see Hurricane Daniel.
| Category 4 hurricane (SSHS) | ||
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 Hurricane Daniel at peak intensity |
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| Formed | July 17, 2006 | |
| Dissipated | July 26, 2006 | |
| Highest winds |
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| Lowest pressure | 933 mbar (hPa) | |
| Damage | None reported | |
| Fatalities | None reported | |
| Areas affected |
Hawaii | |
| Part of the 2006 Pacific hurricane season |
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Hurricane Daniel was a powerful Category 4 Pacific hurricane that developed an annular hurricane structure during it's peak. Hurricane Daniel breifly threatened the Hawaiian Islands but it weaken rapidly, miles southeast of the islands.
[edit] Storm History
On July 16, a tropical disturbance formed off the western Central Amrican coast and quickly increased in convective activity and organization. The NHC designated it as a tropical depression that night (July 17 UTC). The depression continued to organize and was designated as a tropical storm the next day. On the same day, Daniel continued to strengthen, it began to show signs of a hurricane with a spiral structure that wraps all the way from the center of the circulation. Satellite images began to show signs of a developing eye. The storm moved over an area of really low wind shear and warm sea-surface temperatures. NHC began to forcecast this hurricane to reach major hurricane status. Hours later, the storm rapidly intensify to a hurricane, during it's intensification, a banding-eye feature began to form at the center.
[edit] External Links
- See the NHC's archive on Hurricane Daniel.
- The CPHC will begin issuing advisories on Hurricane Daniel effective 1500 UTC July 24.
