| Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
 Hurricane Oho at peak intensity on October 6 | |
| Formed | October 3, 2015 |
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| Dissipated | October 10, 2015 |
| (Extratropical after October 7) | |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 110 mph (175 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 957 mbar (hPa); 28.26 inHg |
| Areas affected | Hawaii, Alaska |
| Part of the 2015 Pacific hurricane season | |
Hurricane Oho was a rare tropical cyclone whose extratropical remnants struck the state of Alaska.[1][2][3] The twenty-first tropical cyclone and thirteenth hurricane of the extremely active 2015 Pacific hurricane season, Oho formed out of a monsoon trough located south of Hawaii on October 3.
Meteorological history edit
Map key
Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Storm type
Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression
Preperations and impact edit
Hawaii edit
Oho caused some increased surf and flash flooding along the Big Island.[4]
Alaska edit
British Columbia edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/2015/Final-CP072015_Oho_Final.docx
- ^ https://www.adn.com/weather/article/cyclone-oho-brings-heavy-rains-high-winds-southeast-alaska/2015/10/09/
- ^ https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/exhurricane-oho-going-where-few-hurricanes-have-gone-before-alaska
- ^ https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/tropical-storm-oho-hurricane-northwest-british-columbia
Tropical cyclones of the 2015 Pacific hurricane season | ||
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