Weird cyclones - Impressive cyclones

[HarlequinBoy]

Yeah Erin was bizarre in Oklahoma.

[bob rulz]

I think they meant consecutive periods as a major. In that case, Ioke was the longest lasting at Cat 4 or higher intensity.

Ah, okay. imo that's even more impressive.

What's the record for longest period of time at major intensity?

[wzrgirl1]

I think they meant consecutive periods as a major. In that case, Ioke was the longest lasting at Cat 4 or higher intensity.

Ah, okay. imo that's even more impressive.

What's the record for longest period of time at major intensity?

Hurricane Dog (1950) category 5 (60 hours)

[RL3AO]

I think they meant consecutive periods as a major. In that case, Ioke was the longest lasting at Cat 4 or higher intensity.

Ah, okay. imo that's even more impressive.

What's the record for longest period of time at major intensity?

Ioke has it or is close.

[Cyclone1]

Donna holds the record for the Atlantic for the longest time spent as a major.

[wzrgirl1]

Donna holds the record for the Atlantic for the longest time spent as a major.

I believe that is wrong.....check this out: scroll to the bottom: Dog was the longest continuous hurricane 5 but allen spent longer as a hurricane 5 if I am reading this right, but I could be wrong.

forgot the linK:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Dog_(1950)

[Cryomaniac]

Yeah Erin was bizarre in Oklahoma.

In my opinion, Erin was a tropical storm over OK. I really don't see what reason, other than it being odd, that it wasn't called that.

[Cyclone1]

Donna holds the record for the Atlantic for the longest time spent as a major.

I believe that is wrong.....check this out: scroll to the bottom: Dog was the longest continuous hurricane 5 but allen spent longer as a hurricane 5 if I am reading this right, but I could be wrong.

forgot the linK:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Dog_(1950)

Hurricane Dog spent the longest time as a continuous category 5 Hurricane Allen spent the longest time as a category 5 in general. Hurricane Donna spent the longest time as a "major hurricane". That was my point.

[Mecklenburg]

i read somewhere there was this cyclone that strengthened to hurricane status right after a depression, skipping the TS stage..

[Mecklenburg]

what are the chances of an another cyclone catarina phenomenon?

[Ad Novoxium]

i read somewhere there was this cyclone that strengthened to hurricane status right after a depression, skipping the TS stage..

1960's Abby.

[Honeyko]

i read somewhere there was this cyclone that strengthened to hurricane status right after a depression, skipping the TS stage..

Uh, no storm does that.

It's just a matter of data-accumulation irregularities.

[Mecklenburg]

i read somewhere there was this cyclone that strengthened to hurricane status right after a depression, skipping the TS stage..

Uh, no storm does that.

It's just a matter of data-accumulation irregularities.

it's probable...

[Mecklenburg]

i also find hurricane anita of 1977 weird... with a WSW track...

[Ad Novoxium]

i also find hurricane anita of 1977 weird... with a WSW track...

Among other things:

-Only Category 5 of the ENTIRE YEAR in the North Hemisphere. Yes, even including the West Pacific.
-Strongest storm of the whole year in terms of windspeed in NHem (STY Babe was strongest in mbar). It's incredible to imagine an Atlantic storm having higher wind speeds than a typhoon.
-Reached the Pacific as a tropical depression (reclassified as T.D. 11)
-Was 90 mph and 54 mbar stronger than the second most intense Atlantic hurricane that year (Dorothy at 85 mph and 980 mbar to 175 mph and 926 mbar).
-(I think) the lowest ACE for a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane (12.8).
-One of only three Atlantic Category 5 hurricanes with an A name, and the only female name to have done so. (the others were Allen and Andrew).
-The last retirement of a name prior to the new male/female name lists.

[Mecklenburg]

I think they meant consecutive periods as a major. In that case, Ioke was the longest lasting at Cat 4 or higher intensity.

Ah, okay. imo that's even more impressive.

What's the record for longest period of time at major intensity?

Hurricane Dog (1950) category 5 (60 hours)

i think hurricane dog also holds the distinction of maintaining a Cat. 5 strength more northerly than any hurricane...

[Mecklenburg]

i also find hurricane anita of 1977 weird... with a WSW track...

Among other things:

-Only Category 5 of the ENTIRE YEAR in the North Hemisphere. Yes, even including the West Pacific.
-Strongest storm of the whole year in terms of windspeed in NHem (STY Babe was strongest in mbar). It's incredible to imagine an Atlantic storm having higher wind speeds than a typhoon.
-Reached the Pacific as a tropical depression (reclassified as T.D. 11)
-Was 90 mph and 54 mbar stronger than the second most intense Atlantic hurricane that year (Dorothy at 85 mph and 980 mbar to 175 mph and 926 mbar).
-(I think) the lowest ACE for a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane (12.8).
-One of only three Atlantic Category 5 hurricanes with an A name, and the only female name to have done so. (the others were Allen and Andrew).
-The last retirement of a name prior to the new male/female name lists.

huricane ethel holds that record, i think

[arkestra]

indeed, but Ethel's intensity is probably overestimated...

[arkestra]

I wonder if science found something to explain why Epsilon retained hurricane status for so long. It's been almost three years now, and maybe they can explain now what Avila found very frustrating in 2005...

[Ptarmigan]

Among other things:

-Only Category 5 of the ENTIRE YEAR in the North Hemisphere. Yes, even including the West Pacific.
-Strongest storm of the whole year in terms of windspeed in NHem (STY Babe was strongest in mbar). It's incredible to imagine an Atlantic storm having higher wind speeds than a typhoon.
-Reached the Pacific as a tropical depression (reclassified as T.D. 11)
-Was 90 mph and 54 mbar stronger than the second most intense Atlantic hurricane that year (Dorothy at 85 mph and 980 mbar to 175 mph and 926 mbar).
-(I think) the lowest ACE for a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane (12.8).
-One of only three Atlantic Category 5 hurricanes with an A name, and the only female name to have done so. (the others were Allen and Andrew).
-The last retirement of a name prior to the new male/female name lists.

1977 was an inactive year. I never knew why and I have tried looking for information about it. All I know that we had a very weak El Nino that time and monsoonal pattern may have been further south that time. I know the Philippines was dry in 1977.