Hurricane Nate (2005)

Hurricane Nate (2005)

Hurricane Nate was an Atlantic hurricane that threatened Bermuda but remained at sea during early September 2005. It was the fourteenth named storm and seventh hurricane of the annual Atlantic hurricane season. The hurricane caused no structural damage while tropical, although it generated rip currents in combination with other storms that killed one person off the New Jersey coast. Nate dropped light rainfall and produced gusty winds on the island of Bermuda.

About Hurricane Nate (2005) in brief

Summary Hurricane Nate (2005)Hurricane Nate was an Atlantic hurricane that threatened Bermuda but remained at sea during early September 2005. It was the fourteenth named storm and seventh hurricane of the annual Atlantic hurricane season. The hurricane caused no structural damage while tropical, although it generated rip currents in combination with other storms that killed one person off the New Jersey coast. After moving away from the island, the storm entered a region with cooler sea surface temperatures and unfavorable wind shear, causing it to weaken to a tropical storm before becoming extratropical on September 10. Nate dropped light rainfall and produced gusty winds on the island of Bermuda. The remnants of hurricanes Nate and Maria contributed to heavy rainfall in parts of Scotland and later Western Norway. Canadian Navy ships en route to the US Gulf Coast, carrying relief supplies to assist in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, were delayed while trying to avoid Nate and Hurricane Ophelia.

Nate reached its peak intensity of 90 mph late on September 8 as it passed 120iles southeast of Bermuda, while its strongest winds remained well offshore. Soon after the storm peaked in strength, increasing windar and dry air caused the storm to weaken back into a tropical tropical storm later on September 9. The storm was downgraded to a hurricane at 1800 UTC on September 11. The National Hurricane Center forecast that Nate would survive as a separate system, which it did. It is estimated that the system developed into a Tropical depression at 1800 UTC on September 5, at the time it was located approximately 350 miles to the south-southwest of Bermuda; it was given the name Nate by the National hurricane center. The system was later designated as Tropical Depression Fifteen.