Stormgodess wrote:Question: With a strong storm, that weakens.. let's say Ian gets to Cat 4 but weakens to Cat 2 before landfall. What about storm surge? Does the surge drop along with the weakening storm, or can it still hold on to pushing higher waters it gathered when much stronger?
Does that question make sense?
Water in the ocean has a lot of inertia compared to air so while the winds would drop off quickly it would be much longer for the storm surge to weaken.
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