ANDREA ORIGINATED FROM A STRONG EXTRATROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
THAT HAD FORMED OFF THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS ON 6 MAY...AND
GRADUALLY ACQUIRED SOME TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. ANDREA BECAME A SUBTROPICAL STORM WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 150
MILES EAST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA AT 0600 UTC 9 MAY. NORTHERLY
WIND SHEAR AND DRY AIR CAUSED ANDREA TO WEAKEN BELOW STORM STRENGTH
BY 1200 UTC 10 MAY AND TO DEGENERATE INTO A REMNANT LOW ON 11 MAY.
THE REMNANT LOW LATER BECAME ABSORBED BY A FRONT ON 14 MAY.
TROPICAL STORM BARRY FORMED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT SPAWNED A
BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE EASTERN COAST OF THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA ON 30 MAY. THE LOW MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD ON 31 MAY
AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY GRADUALLY BECAME MORE CONCENTRATED NEAR
THE CENTER EARLY ON 1 JUNE. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED TO IMPROVE
AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED AT 1200 UTC 1 JUNE...JUST
NORTHWEST OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA. SIX HOURS LATER THE
DEPRESSION STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM. BARRY REACHED A PEAK
INTENSITY OF 60 MPH AT 0000 UTC 2 JUNE WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 150
MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS. THEREAFTER...STRONG
UPPER-LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS RESULTED IN WEAKENING AND BARRY
MADE LANDFALL IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AROUND
1400 UTC 2 JUNE.
CHANTAL FORMED FROM A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OF NON-TROPICAL ORIGIN
ABOUT 240 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA EARLY ON 31 JULY. IT
MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTHEASTWARD AT AN INCREASING FORWARD
SPEED AND REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 50 MPH LATER ON 31 JULY.
CHANTAL WAS SHORT-LIVED...AND IT LOST ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS
BY EARLY ON 1 AUGUST AS IT APPROACHED SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND.
1998:
12 Hurricane LISA 5-10 OCT 65 995 1
13 Hurricane MITCH 22 OCT- 9 NOV 155 905 5
14 Hurricane NICOLE 24 NOV- 2 DEC 75 979 1
1969:
14 Hurricane KARA 7-19 OCT 90 978 2
15 Hurricane LAURIE 17-27 OCT 90 973 2
17 Hurricane #17 30 OCT- 7 NOV 65 988 1
18 Hurricane MARTHA 21-25 NOV 80 979 1
As in they are all over the place!
Sorry, since this is a sailing site and there are a lot of cruisers all too committed to start across the Atlantic too early each year so that they can be home for Christmas. Our friends rode out the remnants of a hurricane 2 years ago off Africa and do not recommend it!! They are the only yacht I know that have streamed warps and gone into survival mode.
You forgot Hurricane Lenny in mid November 1999 - he formed in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, and then proceeded to head east, in very cheerful defiance of popular opinion as to what he 'should' be doing..... and he created a fair bit of havoc along the way....
While Hurricane Mitch the year before (in October I think) pulverised Honduras and the Bay Islands with 150 knots sustained.
Latest forecasts has Dean going just north of us - so we are still going to get some pretty strong westerlys. Oh joy. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
CHANTAL FORMED FROM A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OF NON-TROPICAL ORIGIN
ABOUT 240 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA EARLY ON 31 JULY. IT
MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTHEASTWARD AT AN INCREASING FORWARD
SPEED AND REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 50 MPH LATER ON 31 JULY.
CHANTAL WAS SHORT-LIVED...AND IT LOST ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS
BY EARLY ON 1 AUGUST AS IT APPROACHED SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND.
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Chantal made quite the mess here in Newfoundland. 90-150cm or rain in less than 24hrs.
Second that. During the first week of ARC 2001 we were hearing reports of a hurricane wandering around the Caribbean. That was the last week of November.
I would aim for 1 Dec as a good start date from the Canaries. 'October all over' is a dangerous fallacy.
The 1 thing I now know for certain about Hurricanes and such natural stuff is that both Poetry and common knowledge have NO effect on what these damded things are going to do.
I will be moving my cat to a registered Hurricane hole on St John tomorrow PM. then x-ing all crossible bits that this thing goes else where.
Ooops, sorry Ken, I had kinda forgotten about Katrina.... yes, she (un)fairly clobbered the poor folk of New Orleans rather badly.
Most of the rest seem to have been blokes - they should have kept it all sexist, with just ladie's names, like what they used to do up until about 25 years ago or so.
Dean is finally starting to swing northwards (phew!), so it looks like we will just get some big seas coming in from the west and some strongish (gale force max I hope) winds. This will still cause carnage on the west coast here though, as many properties are less than 50m. from the sea, and many are virtually on the beach.
I feel sorry for whoever gets a direct hit - he will probably be a hurricane by tomorrow, and it looks like he could be aiming for Martinique or Dominica now, based on current predictions.
The weather forecast on TV here this evening was talking about a 15' swell on Friday..... the surfers will be out enmasse.....