Talk about a late start to the Central Pacific Hurricane Season!
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This is one of the most surprising things to happen in 2010 in the tropics for me. I would have never expected this but the tropics had other plans. It's even during a La Nina no less. Latest start ever in any basin ever recorded and the most hilarious part was it formed when the season had already ended. Now we just need one more TS in the Atlantic to get to the V name
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Looking back at the satellite imagery, I think this is by far the most impressive "sub-tropical" storm I have ever seen. I think it was tropical when the eye formed and possibly a category 2 typhoon while in the Wpac. I suspect it was sub-tropical and transitioning to a fully tropical typhoon when it was near 65 knots which I haven't seen before and can't recall an example. It also is a rare sub-tropical cyclone for the Wpac as well since I can't think of many being at that state...usually tropical year round in the Wpac.
I'm not sure why the CPHC didn't mention how impressive this system was or the numerous records that were broken as a result of Omeka. I can think of around 5 records thus far and more impressive facts surrounding it.
Last question, why was the first track cone map from the CPHC in black and white with the area outside of the cone completely black? The colours were washed out.