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Hurricanes season is a terrifying time when depressions have the potential to become storms, and storms have the potential to turn into devastating named hurricanes. Hurricane Andres is the first named Hurricane of the Hurricane season, and while it seems that the now category 2 storm will not prove to be damaging to the United States, but the United States has seen the devastation of putting all its faith in forecasts which turned out to be incorrect, or at the very least misleading. In these days of drastic climate change, whether that be related to global warming, or just shifting air currents, the last thing to underestimate is the power of hurricane made strong by often unpredictable weather patterns.

How Strong is Hurricane Andres?

So far Hurricane Andres has strengthened from a small tropical storm, into a category 2 hurricane. Being a category 2 hurricane means that its wind speed are sustained somewhere between 90-100 miles per hour on average. At the moment Andres is moving Northwesterly at 8 Miles per Hour, and the hurricane force winds extend outward from the eye of the storm 30 miles. The National Weather Service and other experts are continuously monitoring this hurricane to be sure that it remains on its predicted path in which it loses strength and eventually dissipates, but if past hurricane seasons have shown the incredibly erratic behavior that hurricanes can show. During a 24 hour period in 2005 hurricane Wilma transformed from being a small hurricane with speeds of around 50 miles per hour, to category 5 hurricane reaching gusts of 185 miles per hour much to the chagrin of experts who had could not have predicted the strange path the hurricane took.

No need to panic yet say experts at The National Weather Service

The National Weather Service’s exact advisory in regards to the danger posed by the hurricane is, “There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.” There is no need to break out the flashlights, and fire up the generator as of yet, but it is important for citizens who may be affected by hurricane season to have all their supplies ready far enough in advanced, or face being unprepared if Hurricane Andres changes course and threatens to make landfall.

U.S.: Hurricane Andres Strengthens to Category 2 Off the Coast of Mexico