1990 Azkali cyclone: Difference between revisions

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== Meteorological history ==

On the 24th of Uni, 1990 (Sunterian time), a tropical wave moved from northern [[Tyrosia]] northeast into the [[Volic Gulf]]. It was monitored by the [[Ari Island Volunteer Meteorological Center]] for several days, but was discontinued from being monitored as it failed to produce atmospheric convection. Over the coming days thereafter, however, the tropical wave slowly organized, and on the 3rd of Agotzo, the wave organized into Tropical Depression 1. Despite the wave's organizing, the AIVMC failed to further monitor the storm until the 10th of Agotzo. [[File:Tropical Cyclone Hudah 2000.jpg|thumb|Satellite view of the cyclone at 8:00 AM on the 9th of Agotzo (24th of Snoiguia) as a cyclone, just before it explosively intesified.|248x248px]]Over the next three days, the tropical depression moved northeast, entering into a zone with anomalously warm water temperatures and little wind shear. By the 6th of Agotzo, the depression had organized further, and began to be monitored by the (Sunterian Meteorological agency). The same day, the (SMA) categorized the depression as a Severe Tropical Storm - however, it was not given a name, being several months before the start of the cyclone season. At noon on the 7th of Agotzo, hurricane hunters reported the intensification of the cyclone from a Severe Tropical Storm to a Cyclone, with sustained winds of 95 miles per hour, with gusts of 110 miles per hour. A mid-level ridge to the north of the cyclone steered it west along an elongated arcing path, into waters with cooler water temperatures. The cyclone stalled and weakened slightly into a Severe Tropical Storm starting at around 10:00 PM on the 7th.

On the 24th of Uni, 1990 (Sunterian time), a tropical wave moved from northern [[Tyrosia]] northeast into the [[Volic Gulf]]. It was monitored by the [[Ari Island Volunteer Meteorological Center]] for several days, but was discontinued from being monitored as it failed to produce atmospheric convection. Over the coming days thereafter, however, the tropical wave slowly organized, and on the 3rd of Agotzo, the wave organized into Tropical Depression 1. Despite the wave's organizing, the AIVMC failed to further monitor the storm until the 10th of Agotzo. [[File:Tropical Cyclone Hudah 2000.jpg|thumb|Satellite view of the cyclone at 8:00 AM on the 9th of Agotzo (24th of Snoiguia) as a cyclone, just before it explosively intesified.|248x248px]]Over the next three days, the tropical depression moved northeast, entering into a zone with anomalously warm water temperatures and little wind shear. By the 6th of Agotzo, the depression had organized further, and began to be monitored by the (Sunterian Meteorological agency). The same day, the (SMA) categorized the depression as a Severe Tropical Storm - however, it was not given a name, being several months before the start of the cyclone season. At noon on the 7th of Agotzo, hurricane hunters reported the intensification of the cyclone from a Severe Tropical Storm to a Cyclone, with sustained winds of 95 miles per hour, with recorded gusts of up to 110 miles per hour. A mid-level ridge to the north of the cyclone steered it west along an elongated arcing path, into waters with cooler water temperatures. The cyclone stalled and weakened slightly into a Severe Tropical Storm starting at around 10:00 PM on the 7th.

Around this time, Western Azkali and Kalilonde were experiencing significant amounts of rainfall, on average approximately 3 or 4 inches so.

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In the days before landfall, the cyclone intensified to its record breaking maximum wind speed, an estimated 230 miles an hour. In the hours before it made landfall, it slightly weakened, leaving it's landfall wind speed at a staggering 220 miles an hour.

The cyclone made landfall at 11:40 AM on the 12th of Agotzo, in the village of [[Hengatzeisu (township)|Hengatzeisu]].

== Preparations ==

There was no preparation for the cyclone as it struck Azkali. The widespread lack of any utilities in the area made it impossible for any news of the cyclone's existence to reach the area from the outside world. As described by one anonymous survivor, "''we were struck in the back'' [of] ''the head while on the ground weeping''".<ref>1 September, 1990, Otzeipao Information Radio</ref> The only prior warning that reached the zone where the cyclone made landfall occurred late in the afternoon on the 11th of Agotzo from the AIVMC, which published a two sentence bulletin severely underestimating the date of landfall and wind speed of the cyclone: ''"A cyclone has been spotted in the Volic Gulf, which will make landfall approximately late in the evening of the 13th of Agotzo in the South of Azkali. The cyclone's wind speed is estimated at 100 miles an hour, so people there are recommended to prepare several days of supplies in anticipation of this cyclone."'' By this time, the cyclone was at its maximum estimated wind speed, with ten-minute sustained winds of approximately 230 miles an hour.

== ~~Impacts~~ ==

== Impact ==

=== Azkali ===

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 == Meteorological history ==
-On the 24th of Uni, 1990 (Sunterian time), a tropical wave moved from northern [[Tyrosia]] northeast into the [[Volic Gulf]]. It was monitored by the [[Ari Island Volunteer Meteorological Center]] for several days, but was discontinued from being monitored as it failed to produce atmospheric convection. Over the coming days thereafter, however, the tropical wave slowly organized, and on the 3rd of Agotzo, the wave organized into Tropical Depression 1. Despite the wave's organizing, the AIVMC failed to further monitor the storm until the 10th of Agotzo. [[File:Tropical Cyclone Hudah 2000.jpg|thumb|Satellite view of the cyclone at 8:00 AM on the 9th of Agotzo (24th of Snoiguia) as a cyclone, just before it explosively intesified.|248x248px]]Over the next three days, the tropical depression moved northeast, entering into a zone with anomalously warm water temperatures and little wind shear. By the 6th of Agotzo, the depression had organized further, and began to be monitored by the (Sunterian Meteorological agency). The same day, the (SMA) categorized the depression as a Severe Tropical Storm - however, it was not given a name, being several months before the start of the cyclone season. At noon on the 7th of Agotzo, hurricane hunters reported the intensification of the cyclone from a Severe Tropical Storm to a Cyclone, with sustained winds of 95 miles per hour, with gusts of 110 miles per hour. A mid-level ridge to the north of the cyclone steered it west along an elongated arcing path, into waters with cooler water temperatures. The cyclone stalled and weakened slightly into a Severe Tropical Storm starting at around 10:00 PM on the 7th.
+On the 24th of Uni, 1990 (Sunterian time), a tropical wave moved from northern [[Tyrosia]] northeast into the [[Volic Gulf]]. It was monitored by the [[Ari Island Volunteer Meteorological Center]] for several days, but was discontinued from being monitored as it failed to produce atmospheric convection. Over the coming days thereafter, however, the tropical wave slowly organized, and on the 3rd of Agotzo, the wave organized into Tropical Depression 1. Despite the wave's organizing, the AIVMC failed to further monitor the storm until the 10th of Agotzo. [[File:Tropical Cyclone Hudah 2000.jpg|thumb|Satellite view of the cyclone at 8:00 AM on the 9th of Agotzo (24th of Snoiguia) as a cyclone, just before it explosively intesified.|248x248px]]Over the next three days, the tropical depression moved northeast, entering into a zone with anomalously warm water temperatures and little wind shear. By the 6th of Agotzo, the depression had organized further, and began to be monitored by the (Sunterian Meteorological agency). The same day, the (SMA) categorized the depression as a Severe Tropical Storm - however, it was not given a name, being several months before the start of the cyclone season. At noon on the 7th of Agotzo, hurricane hunters reported the intensification of the cyclone from a Severe Tropical Storm to a Cyclone, with sustained winds of 95 miles per hour, with recorded gusts of up to 110 miles per hour. A mid-level ridge to the north of the cyclone steered it west along an elongated arcing path, into waters with cooler water temperatures. The cyclone stalled and weakened slightly into a Severe Tropical Storm starting at around 10:00 PM on the 7th.
 Around this time, Western Azkali and Kalilonde were experiencing significant amounts of rainfall, on average approximately 3 or 4 inches so.
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 In the days before landfall, the cyclone intensified to its record breaking maximum wind speed, an estimated 230 miles an hour. In the hours before it made landfall, it slightly weakened, leaving it's landfall wind speed at a staggering 220 miles an hour.
+The cyclone made landfall at 11:40 AM on the 12th of Agotzo, in the village of [[Hengatzeisu (township)|Hengatzeisu]].
 == Preparations ==
 There was no preparation for the cyclone as it struck Azkali. The widespread lack of any utilities in the area made it impossible for any news of the cyclone's existence to reach the area from the outside world. As described by one anonymous survivor, "''we were struck in the back'' [of] ''the head while on the ground weeping''".<ref>1 September, 1990, Otzeipao Information Radio</ref> The only prior warning that reached the zone where the cyclone made landfall occurred late in the afternoon on the 11th of Agotzo from the AIVMC, which published a two sentence bulletin severely underestimating the date of landfall and wind speed of the cyclone: ''"A cyclone has been spotted in the Volic Gulf, which will make landfall approximately late in the evening of the 13th of Agotzo in the South of Azkali. The cyclone's wind speed is estimated at 100 miles an hour, so people there are recommended to prepare several days of supplies in anticipation of this cyclone."'' By this time, the cyclone was at its maximum estimated wind speed, with ten-minute sustained winds of approximately 230 miles an hour.
-== Impacts ==
+== Impact ==
 === Azkali ===