Hurricane Iota reanalyzed as a Category 4 storm; a system in both the Atlantic and eastern Pacific to watch
Hurricane Iota of November 2020, which operationally was assessed as a Category 5 hurricane and was originally considered to be the latest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on record, had its Tropical Cyclone Report (TCR) released on Tuesday. The report downgraded its maximum sustained winds to 135 knots (155 mph) – making it a high-end Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Iota, the final named storm of the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, caused significant damage to Nicaragua,…