From left to right: hurricane Isis, hurricane Javier (both E From left to right: hurricane Isis, hurricane Javier (both E. Pacific), hurricane Ivan, tropical storm Jeanne (both Atlantic). Hurricane Ivan movie: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/archive/2004/storms/ivan/ivan_visir.mov Fig. 11-CO, p.292

2004 Hurricane Season Tracks. See http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2004atlan.shtml

2004 Eastern Pacific Hurricane Tracks.

FIGURE 11.1 A tropical wave (also called an easterly wave) as shown by the bending of streamlines—lines that show wind flow patterns.(The heavy dashed line is the axis of the trough.) The wave moves slowly westward, bringing fair weather on its western side and showers on its eastern side. Cape Verde Islands (off W. Africa) Fig. 11-1, p.294

FIGURE 11.2 Hurricane Elena over the Gulf of Mexico, about 130 km (80 mi) southwest of Apalachicola, Florida, as photographed from the space shuttle Discovery during September, 1985. Because this storm is situated north of the equator, surface winds are blowing counterclockwise about its center (eye). The central pressure of the storm is 955 mb, with sustained winds of 105 knots near its eye. Fig. 11-2, p.295

FIGURE 11.3 A model that shows a vertical view of air motions and clouds in a typical hurricane. The diagram is exaggerated in the vertical. Fig. 11-3, p.296

FIGURE 11. 5 Hurricanes form over warm, tropical waters FIGURE 11.5 Hurricanes form over warm, tropical waters. This image shows where sea surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic exceed 28°C(82°F) — warm enough for tropical storm development— during May, 2002. Fig. 11-5, p.298

FIGURE 11.7 Visible satellite image showing four tropical systems, each in a different stage of its life cycle. Fig. 11-7, p.301

FIGURE 11.8 Regions where tropical storms form(red shading), the names given to storms, and the typical paths they take (red arrows). Fig. 11-8, p.301

FIGURE 11.9 Some erratic paths taken by hurricanes. Fig. 11-9, p.303

FIGURE 11.10 A composite of infrared satellite images of Hurricane Georges from September18 to September 28, 1998, that shows its westward trek across the Caribbean, then northward into the United States. Fig. 11-10, p.304

FIGURE 11.12 When a storm surge moves in at high tide it can inundate and destroy a wide swath of coastal lowlands. Fig. 11-12, p.305

FIGURE 11.14 Beach homes at Folly Beach, South Carolina, (a) before and (b) after Hurricane Hugo. Fig. 11-14, p.309

FIGURE 11.16 A community in Homestead, Florida, devastated by Hurricane Andrew on August 26, 1992. Fig. 11-16, p.310

Table 11-2, p.311

Table 11-1, p.309

FIGURE 11.17 The number of hurricanes (by each category) that made landfall along the coastline of the United States from 1900 through1999. All of the hurricanes struck the Gulf or Atlantic coasts. Categories 3, 4,and 5 are considered major hurricanes. Fig. 11-17, p.312

Table 11-3, p.313