he air is sinking and is therefore stable, this makes the conditions for the hurricane unfavourable. Surface conditions for a hurricane play an important part as a hurricane can quickly diminish if it travels over cooler waters or over land as the source of 'fuel' is no longer present.
             As the air in the thunderstorm rises, some of it is forced towards the centre where it converges and sinks as it does so - it is compressed and warms creating an area free of cloud or precipitation. The most destructive part of the hurricane – the eye wall is a ring of thunderstorms that produce the strongest winds and the most precipitation. The winds are the strongest where the winds blow in the direction of the movement. The most dangerous act of the hurricane is when it makes land fall and creates a storm surge that can be up to 6 m in height. The dome of water which is between 80 – 160 km wide sweeps over land as the hurricane approaches.
             Hurricane Isabel was the first hurricane to reach a category 5 since Mitch in 1998. The path of any hurricane is hard to predict. Most hurricanes in the Atlantic affect the Caribbean and North America, usually travelling from warm waters in mid Atlantic in a west ward direction and being deflected north. Isabel first appeared in the Atlantic with sea temperature of around 28 oC. Once the hurricane made land fall, the hurricane rapidly
             degenerated from a hurricane status. The slightly unusual path of Isabel is at the end of its prime, as it moved almost due north and stopping just short of Canada. Due to the size of hurrican
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