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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:00 pm
by Cyclenall
My new question:
What tropical cyclones have effected or even made landfall in Africa? I understand tropical storm Delta (2005) was close but didn't exactly impact Africa? I'm not talking about storms in any other basin then the Atlantic.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:16 pm
by bob rulz
As far as I know no tropical cyclone has ever made landfall on mainland Africa from the Atlantic Ocean. Vince and Delta were about as close as it gets.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:57 pm
by senorpepr
Well, although it's not really a landfall, TS Christine (1973) formed over Africa. Also, the Cape Verde Islands are technically part of Africa... so they've endured a few landfalls over the years. However, there has been no bone fide landfalls no the mainland continent, resulting from Atlantic storms.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:30 pm
by Cyclenall
I thought about TS Christine but it wasn't a landfall. I didn't mean the Cape Verde Islands as part of tha mainland of Africa. Thanks for answering.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:11 pm
by brunota2003
Well, was the center of circulation on the coast at the time it was a tropical depression? I cant tell on the maps...if it was on the coast then wouldnt it count as a "landfall"?
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:31 pm
by wxmann_91
brunota2003 wrote:Well, was the center of circulation on the coast at the time it was a tropical depression? I cant tell on the maps...if it was on the coast then wouldnt it count as a "landfall"?
If it was moving from coast to land, it would be a waterfall.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:47 pm
by fci
wxmann_91 wrote:brunota2003 wrote:Well, was the center of circulation on the coast at the time it was a tropical depression? I cant tell on the maps...if it was on the coast then wouldnt it count as a "landfall"?
If it was moving from coast to land, it would be a waterfall.
That's funny.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:24 pm
by all_we_know_is_FALLING
What about landfalls on the East Coast of Africa?
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:40 pm
by senorpepr
all_we_know_is_FALLING wrote:What about landfalls on the East Coast of Africa?
Let's just say "plenty."
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:42 pm
by Aslkahuna
The original question referred to the Atlantic Basin only. The landfalls on the east coast of Africa occur primarily with Southern Hemisphere storms in the South Indian Ocean. Landfalls from the Arabian Sea are very rare due to dry air entrainment killing the storms before they hit Africa.
Steve
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:24 pm
by all_we_know_is_FALLING
Thanks senorpepr and Asklahuna.
And I know what the original question was, BTW. I was asking a DIFFERENT one.