Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Jerry racing northward on August 15 | |
Formed | August 7, 2079 |
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Dissipated | August 17, 2079 |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 140 mph (220 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 945 mbar (hPa); 27.91 inHg |
Fatalities | 10 |
Damage | $35.2 million (2079 USD) |
Areas affected | Leeward Islands, The Bahamas, Bermuda, Atlantic Canada |
Part of the 2079 Atlantic hurricane season |
Hurricane Jerry was a fairly strong hurricane that occurred in August 2079. Jerry stayed mainly out to sea, although effects were felt in the Bahamas, Bermuda, and Atlantic Canada. Nova Scotia suffered majorly from Jerry, while the storm was extratropical. Jerry was notable for undergoing the Fujiwhara Effect with Hurricane Imogene.
Meteorological History[]
A tropical wave moving across the eastern Atlantic in early-August was being monitored for development. The wave sufficiently organized and was declared a tropical depression early on August 7. The depression quickly organized to a named storm, when it was named Jerry at 6:00 UTC on August 7. Conductive conditions for intensification were present and within a day, Jerry had intensified into the sixth hurricane of the season. Jerry continued northwesterly, northeast of the northern Caribbean Islands. On August 9, Jerry unexpectedly rapidly intensified, into a Category 3 hurricanes with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h). Shortly after Jerry's peak, it underwent an eyewall replacement cycle (EWRC) and weakened back down to a category 2 hurricane six hours later.
Jerry continued to move northwestward while weakening. Jerry was a minimal category 1 hurricane by September 10. Influence from extremely large and powerful Hurricane Imogene caused Jerry to slow down and weaken even move over the following day.
Jerry was declared a tropical storm on August 12 as it began to move northward. A, now, weak tropical storm, Jerry was undergoing the Fujiwhara Effect with Imogene to its south. The influence of Imogene caused Jerry to be drug southward. However, now that Imogene had been weakening over land, Jerry used Imogene's energy to intensify as it looped north of a now weaker Imogene. Jerry had become a hurricane once more on August 14. Jerry continued to intensify, reaching category 2 intensity on August 15. Jerry moved northward towards Bermuda while rapidly intensifying into a category 4 hurricane. Jerry hit peak of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 945 mbar (hPa) on August 16. Jerry raced northward and was declared extratropical on August 17. Jerry was an abnormally strong extratropical cyclone as it moved over Nova Scotia and out to the northern Atlantic.
Impacts[]
Caribbean and Bermuda[]
Jerry caused a decent amount of damage across the Atlantic. Extreme waves killed one person in Barbuda, but no damage was caused in the island. Heavy rains and wind caused minor damage in the Turks and Caicos, when Jerry passed to the north of the islands. No deaths were reported in the islands.
As Jerry quickly moved to the west of Bermuda, outer bands of rain caused heavy rain to the island.
Canada[]
Most of the damage was caused when Jerry hit Atlantic Canada as an extratropical cyclone. Winds of up to 100 mph were recorded in Nova Scotia. Homes, businesses, and other buildings suffered noticeable damage across Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada. Halifax, Nova Scotia, reported "extreme damage to sectors of downtown." Multiple coastal towns along the Atlantic Coast in Canada had severe surge, of up to 10 feet in some places. Nearly two million customers lost power. Estimated damage was slated at $30 million. Eight deaths were reported in Canada from Jerry, most of them from rip currents and flooding.