🌀 Noel · Category 1 · 85 mph

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 · 12:00 AM – 12:00 AM

Hurricane Noel was a deadly tropical cyclone that moved across the Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean Sea to Newfoundland in late October 2007. The sixteenth tropical depression, fourteenth named storm, and the sixth hurricane of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Noel formed on October 27 from the interaction between a tropical wave and an upper-level low in the north-central Caribbean. It strengthened to winds of 60 mph (97 km/h) before making landfall on western Haiti and the north coast of eastern Cuba. Noel turned northward, and on November 1, it attained hurricane status. The hurricane accelerated northeastward after crossing the Bahamas, and on November 2, it transitioned into an extratropical cyclone. Category 1 hurricane: peak winds of 85 mph (75 knots), lowest pressure 965 mb. October 24 – November 6, 2007. Landfalls: October 29 at 50 mph, 18.1°N 72.5°W; October 30 at 60 mph, 21.1°N 75.8°W; November 1 at 60 mph, 24.1°N 77.9°W; November 1 at 65 mph, 25.0°N 77.4°W. Accumulated cyclone energy: 5.6. Wiki link Track: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best track AL162007 (public domain).

🌀 Noel · Category 1 · 85 mph