What is Hurricane Gladys (1968)?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Name = Hurricane Gladys | Basin = Atlantic | Type = Category 1 hurricane SSHWS | category = cat1 | Image location = Hurricane Gladys 1968-10-17 Apollo 7.jpg | track = | Formed = October 13, 1968 | Dissipated = October 21, 1968 | 1-min winds = 75 | Pressure = | Damages = 1420 | Year = 8.7 | Areas = [[Cuba]], Southeastern [[United States]] ([[Florida]] [[landfall (meteorology)|landfall]]), [[Nova Scotia]] | Hurricane season = [[1968 Atlantic hurricane season]] | Image name = | Inflated = 0 }} '''Hurricane Gladys''' was the first [[Atlantic hurricane]] to be observed each by the [[Hurricane Hunters]], radar imagery, and photographs from space. The seventh [[Lists of tropical cyclone names|named storm]] and fifth hurricane of the [[1968 Atlantic hurricane season|1968]] season, Gladys formed on October 13 in the western [[Caribbean Sea|Caribbean]] from a broad disturbance related to a [[tropical wave]]. == Related pages == * [[1968 Atlantic hurricane season|1968 Atlantic Hurricane season]] * [[Hurricanes in Florida]] {{1968 Atlantic hurricane season buttons}} {{weather-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gladys 1968}} [[Category:Category 1 Atlantic hurricanes]] [[Category:Hurricanes in Florida]] [[Category:Natural disasters in Canada]] [[Category:1960s in Cuba]] [[Category:1960s in Canada]] [[Category:1968 in the United States]] [[Category:October events]] [[Category:1960s in weather]]