Abstract: An alternative 24-h statistical hurricane intensity model is presented and verified for 13 hurricanes during the 2004?05 seasons. The model uses a new method involving a discriminant function analysis (DFA) to select from ...

Abstract: etrics, the tornado outbreak on 27 April 2011 was the most significant tornado outbreak since 1950, exceeding the super outbreak of 3?4 April 1974. The number of tornadoes over a 24-h period (midnight to midnight) was 199; ...