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Atlantic Tropical Action 2013 - Part 2


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So uh, what are the chances for a hurricane for the 3rd year in a row to hit the eastern seaboard? Has this ever been done before?

 

03 Isabel

04 Gaston

05 Ophelia   (Frances and Jeane if you count S Florida)

The later 2 weren't much.

 

There were also 3 in 1954 Carol, Edna and Hazel.

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03 Isabel

04 Gaston

05 Ophelia   (Frances and Jeane if you count S Florida)

The later 2 weren't much.

 

There were also 3 in 1954 Carol, Edna and Hazel.

 

If you want to get really technical, Ophelia 2005 and Sandy 2012 were not hurricane landfalls, although they each produced hurricane winds on the coast while they were offshore hurricanes.

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Oh, the record for successive years with East Coast hurricane landfalls happened in the 1950s and won't be exceeded for many years-- see below.  I left off the intensities because these are all being reanalyzed now:

 

1952 - Able (SC)

1953 - Barbara (NC), Carol (ME) (Note:  Carol may get downgraded.)

1954 - Carol (NY, CT, RI), Edna (MA, ME), Hazel (SC, NC)

1955 - Connie (NC, VA), Diane (NC), Ione (NC)

 

The early/mid-1950s was just a really active time for the East Coast.

 

Given that Irene was a weak Cat 1 and Sandy 2012 wasn't technically even a hurricane landfall, we're nowhere near any kind of record territory right now.

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Oh, the record for successive years with East Coast hurricane landfalls happened in the 1950s and won't be exceeded for many years-- see below.  I left off the intensities because these are all being reanalyzed now:

 

1952 - Able (SC)

1953 - Barbara (NC), Carol (ME) (Note:  Carol may get downgraded.)

1954 - Carol (NY, CT, RI), Edna (MA, ME), Hazel (SC, NC)

1955 - Connie (NC, VA), Diane (NC), Ione (NC)

 

The mid-1950s was just a really active time for the East Coast.

 

Given that Irene was a weak Cat 1 and Sandy 2012 wasn't technically even a hurricane landfall, we're nowhere near any kind of record territory right now.

 

Sandy not a hurricane? Wasn't there a mountain of evidence posted here when Sandy hit NJ that Sandy was indeed still warm core and still a hurricane? Or at least still tropical in nature?

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Sandy not a hurricane? Wasn't there a mountain of evidence posted here when Sandy hit NJ that Sandy was indeed still warm core and still a hurricane? Or at least still tropical in nature?

 

Nope.  The official NHC verdict was not a hurricane at landfall in NJ.  However, it counts as a hurricane hit for NY because it produced hurricane winds in NY while it was offshore and still a hurricane.  Keep in mind that a hit is not the same thing as a landfall:

 

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/All_U.S._Hurricanes.html

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Nope.  The official NHC verdict was not a hurricane at landfall in NJ.  However, it counts as a hurricane hit for NY because it produced hurricane winds in NY while it was offshore and still a hurricane.  Keep in mind that a hit is not the same thing as a landfall:

 

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/All_U.S._Hurricanes.html

For the record, you can take a look at my weather station data and you can see that temperature and dew point increase and pressure falls rapidly as the center approaches. While not necessarily enough to declare warm-core, its rather significant and unusual for a mid-ladtitude cyclone in late October. My wind data was rather bad during this event because of tree obstructions so ignore that.

 

Sorry if OT.

 

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KNJCAPEM5&graphspan=day&month=10&day=29&year=2012

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For the record, you can take a look at my weather station data and you can see that temperature and dew point increase and pressure falls rapidly as the center approaches. While not necessarily enough to declare warm-core, its rather significant and unusual for a mid-ladtitude cyclone in late October.

 

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KNJCAPEM5&graphspan=day&month=10&day=29&year=2012

 

Oh, I don't doubt it!  And, just to be clear:  this is the NHC's verdict, not mine.  That having been said, their verdict makes sense to me-- because the cyclone just didn't have a tropical-cyclone structure when it crossed the coast:  no eye, no eyewall, no core convection, an enormous RMW (well over 100 mi), etc.

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I'm going to enter October with a clean mindset-- as if the rest of the season didn't happen.

 

I say this because October is in some ways my favorite month-- not just in the EPAC (where it is the month for major landfalls) but also in the NATL, where we've seen some extremely hawt landfalls since 1960:

 

Hattie 1961 (Cat 4 - BZ)

Hilda 1964 (Cat 3 - LA)

Inez 1966 (Cat 3 - MX)

Joan 1988 (Cat 4 - NI)

Opal 1995 (Cat 3 - MX)

Roxanne 1995 (Cat 3 - MX)

Iris 2001 (Cat 4 - BZ)

Wilma 2005 (Cat 4 - MX; Cat 3 - USA)

 

And there've been some almost-hawt close calls, like Keith 2000 (BZ) and Lili 2002 (LA).   :D

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The seasons strongest hurricane so far is 85 mph, which also matches 1968's strongest hurricane at 85 mph.

 

Gladys is currently considered a Cat-2 landfall for FL, which is just one of many examples of the discrepancies between the best-track data and the official landfall list.  Reanalysis will either up the winds in best track or reduce the category in the landfall list, so everything matches.  So, it could be that 1968 actually had a stronger 'cane than 75 kt.

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For the record, you can take a look at my weather station data and you can see that temperature and dew point increase and pressure falls rapidly as the center approaches. While not necessarily enough to declare warm-core, its rather significant and unusual for a mid-ladtitude cyclone in late October. My wind data was rather bad during this event because of tree obstructions so ignore that.

 

Sorry if OT.

 

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KNJCAPEM5&graphspan=day&month=10&day=29&year=2012

 

P.S.  Cool pressure trace from Sandy!  952 mb is pretty hawt! :thumbsup:

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We are going to break the record for the 1995 to present +AMO phase of no major hurricane 

until  9-21 set in 2002. We are also going to be among the lowest ACE years of the satellite era.

But at least we won't finish with a lowest ACE of this period recorded in 1983 at 17.

 

No major hurricanes by 9-15:

 

2013....23 so far which is 34% of normal

2002....67................El Nino.....

1994....32................El Nino....-AMO

1987....34................El Nino....

1986....36................El Nino....-AMO

1982....32................El Nino...-AMO

1973....48..............................-AMO

1972....36................El Nino...-AMO

1968....45........weak El Nino ..-AMO

1962....36..............................-AMO

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It was pretty intense but it was not a true blue cane; good thing I did not live on the beach. Storm surge was New Orleans-esque.

 

I dont have the personal weather station to prove it, but without question I recall it was noticeably warmer and tropical feeling during the evening at the height of the storm while it was making land fall south of me. The SE winds began mixing down better at this point with 70-80 mph gusts. For you it is interesting that you were south of where land fall took place with north/nw winds and your temperature was rising on its approach. With that said the highest temperature doesnt exactly line up with the lowest pressure, I'd say that could be demonstrating the extra-tropical transition that was taking place. 

 

Anyhow, I'm not impressed with 95L this morning, expected it to look better after i left yesterday

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Anyhow, I'm not impressed with 95L this morning, expected it to look better after i left yesterday

I agree.  While it at least has more convection than yesterday evening, it doesn't look as organized as it did then.  

 

Think I'll just watch Usagi...

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