No such observations are available from ships, radar, satellite, buoys, etc. They all provide wind information for different elevations and different averaging periods. Things like this, and the overall forecast and warning process are discussed. Hurricanes, because of their large size and high energy levels, are called the greatest storms on earth. While they possess the potential for massive destruction, they have great meteorological beauty and do provide some beneficial functions.
Hurricanes are very much involved in maintaining a balance of heat on planet earth.
Without them, the tropics would be too hot and the poles too cold. In a given year, about 80 tropical storms and hurricanes worldwide help transport excess heat from tropical latitudes to higher latitudes. In some locations, they provide life-sustaining water. Most of them occur between June 1st and November 30th, thus, those dates have been formally designated as the beginning and ending of Hurricane Season, respectively. In 1933 there were 21 tropical systems that reached at least tropical storm intensity, whereas in 1914, there was only one.