AIR hurricane model now includes possibility of re-intensification post-landfall

AIR Worldwide Inc. has released an updated U.S. hurricane model that now captures the possibility of a storm’s re-intensification after landfall.
“As evidenced by Hurricane Ike in 2008, inland hurricane losses from some storms can be significant,” an AIR release says.
“While research indicates that re-intensification occurs in less than five per cent of all landfalling hurricanes, the impact on inland losses can be significant.”
Version 12.0 of the hurricane model now captures the possibility of re-intensification of storms after landfall in the model’s catalogue of simulated events.
The model’s hazard module also incorporates improved knowledge of the full 4-D structure of hurricanes, including the development of the storm footprint over time, the rate of decrease in wind speed moving away from the eye of a hurricane, and the relationship between upper-level and surface winds, the release adds.