User:CooperScience/Hurricane Jerry (2019)
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Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Formed | September 17, 2019 |
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Dissipated | Currently active |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 105 mph (165 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 976 mbar (hPa); 28.82 inHg |
Fatalities | None |
Damage | None |
Areas affected | Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico |
Part of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season |
Hurricane Jerry was a Category 2 hurricane which is currently a tropical storm threatening the island of Bermuda. The tenth named storm and fourth hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, Jerry formed from a tropical wave on September 17 over the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Favorable environmental conditions allowed the cyclone to strengthen as it moved westward, and Jerry became a hurricane on September 19. Early the following day, Jerry reached its peak intensity as a Category 2 hurricane, although increasing vertical wind shear caused it to quickly weaken afterward.