Early on October 29 , Sandy curved Motion_directional west-northwest ( the `` left turn '' or `` left hook '' ) and then moved Motion ashore near Brigantine , New Jersey , just to the northeast of Atlantic City , as a post-tropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds .

Dianmu formed Coming_to_be on June 13 and moved Motion west-northwest where it rapidly strengthened Cause_change_of_strength to typhoon status on June 16 .

the system gradually intensified Cause_change_of_strength and was declared Expressing_publicly tropical storm Catastrophe bonnie the next day as it moved Motion generally towards the west-northwest .

a cape verde hurricane Catastrophe that formed Coming_to_be on august 13 , 2007 , dean took a west-northwest path from the eastern atlantic ocean through the saint lucia channel and into the caribbean .

Unfavorable environmental conditions caused Causation weakening Cause_change_of_strength of the hurricane Catastrophe by September 4 as it resumed a west-northwest course away from Hawaii .

It formed Coming_to_be on August 22 off the west coast of Africa , and for much of its duration it maintained Preserving a west-northwest track .

Slowly intensifying Cause_change_of_strength as it moved Motion west-northwest , the system paralleled Motion the Greater Antilles throughout much of its early existence Presence .

Moving west-northwest , it rapidly intensified Cause_change_of_strength to reach Achieve peak winds of 180 mph ( 285 km/h ) , achieving Achieve Category 5 status on September 21st .

The depression began Process_start tracking Self_motion towards the west-northwest , and became Becoming a tropical storm Catastrophe the next day .

Modest strengthening Cause_change_of_strength ensued Process_start , and the cyclone Catastrophe became Becoming a tropical storm Catastrophe that evening and a hurricane Catastrophe on the evening of August 31 as it turned Becoming to the west-northwest .

However , due Causation to its acceleration to the west-northwest , Colin was unable to maintain Preserving a closed circulation and subsequently degenerated Change into a trough later that day .

Slowly moving Motion towards the west-northwest , the system intensified Cause_change_of_strength to tropical storm Catastrophe strength before making Arriving landfall Arriving on South Florida early on August 30 .

The first storm Catastrophe of the 2002 North Indian Ocean cyclone season , it developed Expansion on May 6 in the Arabian Sea , and it maintained Preserving a general west-northwest track for much of its duration .

After forming north of the Leeward Islands , the storm Catastrophe moved Self_motion west-northwest , moving Self_motion east of the Bahamas before resuming a west-northwest track towards the Southeastern United States .

After forming north of the Leeward Islands , the storm Catastrophe moved Self_motion west-northwest , moving Self_motion east of the Bahamas before resuming a west-northwest track towards the Southeastern United States .

Moving Motion west-northwest , the weakening system also accelerated Cause_to_make_progress and on July 31 , was downgraded Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a tropical depression .

Initially expected to veer north of Hawaii , it continued Motion west-northwest and began Process_start to approach Arriving the Hawaiian group on August 3 .

Moving Self_motion slowly in a general west-northwest motion , the disturbance intensified Cause_change_of_strength , reaching tropical storm strength on August 28 and subsequently hurricane Catastrophe intensity on August 30 .

As a result , multiple center relocations occurred Presence along its general west-northwest track .

Around that time , the storm turned Becoming back to the west-northwest and continued to deepen Cause_change_of_strength .

The storm steadily intensified Cause_change_of_strength as it moved Motion west , and then west-northwest .

Tracking generally towards the west-northwest , the storm gradually intensified Cause_change_of_strength as it traversed Motion_directional the Caribbean , peaking as a Category 5 hurricane on July 16 , marking Recording the earliest date for a storm Catastrophe to do so during the course of a given year .

While situated Placing about west-northwest of the French Polynesian island of Tahiti , the system drifted Motion south-southeastward .

over the next three days the system moved Motion towards the west-northwest , before it was named Name_conferral sina during november 24 , after it had developed Coming_to_be into a tropical cyclone .

It moved Motion briskly west-northwest , passing Motion_directional between the islands of Dominica and Guadeloupe .

Moving Motion towards the west-northwest , the cyclone clipped the northern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula before entering Arriving the Gulf of Mexico .

Moving Motion eastward at first , the storm slowly organized Arranging before beginning Process_start a north and west-northwest trajectory .

tropical storm ramon turned Becoming to the west-northwest after initially moving Motion west .